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Six Texas Cities to Receive Smoke Alarms
Sep 30 2009 // Firefighters in six Texas cities will be installing smoke alarms into the homes of low income and elderly residents thanks to this year’s “We’re Out to Alarm Texas” smoke alarm campaign. The program...
Two Californians Nabbed for Auto Insurance Fraud
Sep 14 2009 // Two residents of San Jose, Calif., have been arrested on automobile insurance fraud charges, after one of them attempted to buy insurance immediately after an accident. “Insurance fraud perpetrators drive up the cost...
Three CGL Endorsements Every Insured Should AVOID
Aug 20 2009 // Endorsements to the commercial general liability (CGL) policy are highly specialized. A high percentage are either exclusionary or extend protection to distinct classes of additional insureds. Most of the remaining...
One Worker Killed in New York City Scaffold Collapse
Aug 20 2009 // A construction worker fell five stories to his death when part of a scaffold collapsed in Brooklyn, police said. The worker had been resurfacing bricks on an apartment building’s facade in the Park Slope section when...
Four Commercial Auto Endorsements Every Insured Should Consider
Aug 18 2009 // Insurance Services Office (ISO) lists more than 100 endorsements available for use with the business auto policy (BAP) (the total number varies by state). Out of that heap of policy-altering endorsements, most designed to...
Three Commercial Property Endorsements Every Client Should Have
Aug 13 2009 // Several weeks ago, MyNewMarkets.com posted a two-part series regarding coverage gaps and selling to those gaps. “Gaps That Sell” and “Three Homeowners’ Policy Gaps that Sell” detailed the...
Two Typhoons Slam into Eastern Asia; Powerful Earthquake Strikes Japan
Aug 10 2009 // Typhoon Morakot wreaked havoc in Taiwan over the weekend, making landfall late on Friday in Taiwan’s Hualien County with sustained winds of 148 km/h (92 mph). “As of Friday, Morakot had generated only 100 mm (4...
Three Homeowners’ Policy Gaps That Sell
Aug 3 2009 // Skillful introduction and explanation of the following three “common” coverage gaps will likely result in the addition of a new homeowners’ client. Further, each of the three listed gaps is easily closed...
Four Injured in Brooklyn Building Collapse
Jun 23 2009 // A 4-story building that housed a bar and apartments collapsed Sunday night in Brooklyn, leaving four people with minor injuries and leading to the evacuation of six adjacent buildings. The city’s Fire Department says...
Eight States Challenge Product Liability Issues in GM Bankruptcy
Jun 23 2009 // A provision that would release future owners of General Motors for product liability on cars sold prior to the company’s bankruptcy is being challenged by the attorneys general of eight states. GM’s bankruptcy...
Two Former New Jersey Officials Sentenced for Bribe-Taking
Jun 17 2009 // Two former New Jersey elected officials arrested on corruption charges nearly two years ago in an FBI sting operation have been sentenced to federal prison terms. Former Passaic City Council member Marcellus Jackson...
Five Virginians Sue over Chinese Drywall
May 4 2009 // Five Hampton Roads homeowners are seeking more than $5 million in a lawsuit filed against a local developer, a distributor and a Chinese drywall manufacturer. The homeowners claim the companies were negligent for selling...
Seven Alabama Counties Due Flood Mapping Funds
Apr 7 2009 // Seven Alabama counties will benefit from some $5.8 million in federal money for flood map modernization. Officials say the grant will come from the Federal Emergency Management Agency and be routed through the...
Five Reasons Why Agents Should Pay Attention to the Stimulus Package
Apr 6 2009 // The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, or the Stimulus Package, is the largest infusion of government funds into the private sector in history. Although it does not include direct benefits to the insurance...
Five Tips for Agents From a Part-Time CFO
Apr 6 2009 // Tax time isn’t the only time insurance agents need someone to look at their books. Business owners should be informed monthly of their tax liability. In fact, agencies can benefit from having someone offer...
Two AIG Directors Will Not Seek Re-Election
Apr 1 2009 // American International Group Inc. directors Virginia M. Rometty and Michael H. Sutton will not seek re-election at the insurer’s annual meeting, an AIG filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission showed...
Five Reasons Why Agents Should Pay Attention to the Stimulus Package
Mar 23 2009 // The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, or the Stimulus Package, is the largest infusion of government funds into the private sector in history. Although it does not include direct benefits to the insurance...
One Size Does Not Fit All
Mar 9 2009 // Agents Beware of Coverage Differences in Personal Umbrella Policies A condominium board is involved in a lawsuit that results in a board member being sued. A neighbor’s child is playing in the backyard, falls off a...
Two Suspects Arrested in Southeast Pennsylvania Arsons
Feb 24 2009 // Authorities hunting for arsonists behind a string of fires in a small, Southeastern Pennsylvania steel town made two arrests within hours of each other. Roger Leon Barlow Jr., 19, and Mark Gilliam, 20, were arrested...
One Quarter of Oklahoma Bridges Structurally Deficient
Feb 24 2009 // In 2004, a football-sized piece of concrete fell from a bridge and crashed through Yvonna Osborn’s windshield while she was driving home on Interstate 35 in Oklahoma. The 52-year-old Irving, Texas, mother of two died...
