Latest NonProfits Headlines
All the headlines from our NonProfits Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Travelers to Offer Defense Outside the Limits for Non-Profits
Sep 1 2010 // Travelers is now offering defense outside the limits for policyholders of the Wrap+ directors and officers (D&O) and employment practices liability (EPL) suite of coverages for non-profit organizations. D&O and EPL...
Travelers Introduces New Suite of Management Liability Products
Aug 10 2010 // Travelers has launched two new management liability product suites that offer agents and customers the ability to streamline and customize coverage through a modular policy with common language, terms and conditions. These...
$25M Fund to Help Louisiana Businesses Recover from Storms
Aug 3 2010 // Louisiana has started a $25 million program to help businesses still trying to recover from the four major hurricanes of recent years. Grants of up to $2.5 million will be available to community-based or nonprofit...
State to Provide Liability Insurance for West Virginia Firefighters
Jul 28 2010 // The state agency that provides insurance for 160 state agencies will provide temporary liability coverage for West Virginia volunteer fire departments that are facing loss of coverage. The state’s Board of Risk and...
People
Jul 19 2010 // Steven D. Johnson has been named CEO of the Applied Systems Client Network (ASCnet). Johnson has held staff leadership roles in five associations over the last 26 years. Most recently, he was executive director of the...
How Should BP Handle Claims by Churches, Nonprofits?
Jul 8 2010 // God only knows what will happen to churches and other nonprofit organizations that say they are struggling for survival because of the Gulf oil spill crisis. Months after the Deepwater Horizon rig exploded and its well...
Farmers Introduces Institutional Business Owners Policy Through Texas Agents
Jul 7 2010 // Farmers Group of Cos. has introduced an institutional business owners policy (iBOP) for institutions across America, which will be offered by Farmers agents in Texas. iBOP is designed to serve a spectrum of religious...
Brown & Brown Acquires Meridian Group of New York
Jul 6 2010 // Florida-based insurance agency Brown & Brown has acquired Meridian Group of New York, Inc. Meridian Group, with annual revenues of approximately $1.3 million, provides life, health, and other employee benefits products...
IMA Hires Aronis as an Account Manager
Jul 2 2010 // Wichita, Kan.-based the IMA Financial Group Inc., a diversified financial services company specializing in insurance, asset and risk management, has hired Emily Aronis as an account manager in its IMA of Kansas health risk...
PrideMark-Everest Name Trevino VP of Sales
Jun 30 2010 // Santa Ana, Calif.-based PrideMark-Everest Insurance Services has hired David Trevino as vice president of sales focusing on commercial property and casualty insurance, as well as workers’ compensation. Trevino comes...
Float-Builder Liability Exemption Rejected in Louisiana Senate
Jun 10 2010 // A proposal to shield Mardi Gras float-builders from some liability claims for accidents on the parade route was scuttled by a Louisiana Senate committee after opponents argued the state shouldn’t give such...
Navigators, Victor O. Schinnerer Launch Non-Profit Directors & Officers Program
Jun 8 2010 // Navigators Insurance Co. and Victor O. Schinnerer & Co., Inc. have launched a non-profit D&O program. Schinnerer will act as program administrator for Navigators. The admitted filing of this countrywide program is...
Arrowhead General Insurance Agency Wins ACORD Award For Real Time Agency Data Upload
Jun 3 2010 // San Diego, CA, 06/03/2010 – ARROWHEAD General Insurance Agency, Inc., a leading provider of top rated insurance programs, is pleased to announce it was a recipient of an Early Adopter ACORD Award. Presenting the...
CNA Takes Over Not-for-Profit Directors & Officers Liability Program
Jun 1 2010 // CNA Financial Corp. said it is taking over the underwriting and administration of the existing Not-for-Profit Directors & Officers (D&O) program formerly managed by Victor O. Schinnerer & Co. starting today. In...
New Insurance Producer Association Forms in California
May 28 2010 // A new nonprofit insurance producer association has formed in California. The Insurance Agents & Brokers Association of California said it is unlike any producer association in the state as it will be completely managed...
California Nonprofit Execs Accused of Exposing Teens to Health Risks
May 24 2010 // Three executives of a now-defunct California nonprofit that provided job training for young people knowingly placed dozens of teenagers in jobs that exposed them to asbestos, prosecutors say. The nonprofit Firm Build sent...
Allied World Launches Management Liability Product Suite
May 14 2010 // Allied World Assurance Co. Holdings, Ltd. has released its new ForceField management liability product suite. Forcefield offers six coverage components with the option to purchase separate standalone products or a complete...
Massachusetts Cuts Worker’s Comp Rates
May 12 2010 // Massachusetts has approved a 2.4 percent decrease in workers’ compensation insurance costs, a figure that should reduce premiums by an estimated $22.5 million this year. Originally the Workers’ Compensation...
Barney & Barney Insurance Brokerage Launches Women’s Initiative
Apr 29 2010 // Women are under-represented in leadership positions in the insurance industry. Consequently, San Diego-based Barney & Barney LLC has launched a women’s initiative — B&B G.R.O.W., which stands for Growth...
Ascension Insurance Acquires Nevada’s Kapp Insurance Agency
Apr 19 2010 // Kansas City, Mo.-based Ascension Insurance Inc. has announced the acquisition of the Las Vegas-based Kapp Insurance Agency Inc., doing business as Portal of Nevada. Portal of Nevada is a full service employee benefits...
