Latest Public Entities Headlines
All the headlines from our Public Entities Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Berkley Corp. Forms Berkley Public Entity Managers
Apr 4 2012 // W. R. Berkley Corp.has formedBerkley Public Entity Managers, LLC, which will offer coverages to self-insured public entities — individual and groups. Berkley Public Entity Managers will underwrite on behalf of W. R....
North Carolina Court Weighs If Municipalities Charging Fees Forfeit Immunity
Mar 14 2012 // At a time when businesses have taken on traditional government tasks, from running schools to space launches, North Carolina’s Supreme Court is being asked to decide what tasks a municipality can perform and still...
ACE Expands Public Entity Product
Mar 9 2012 // ACE USA has introduced an enhanced public entity liability policy that combines public officials liability and employment practices liability coverage with general liability and auto liability in a single insurance...
What to Know About Public Entity Self-Insured Retention Programs
Feb 6 2012 // Public entities across the nation must professionally manage the numerous required services that communities demand. Such services are expensive to operate and, in recent tight budget years, entities are often forced to...
Public Entity Insurance Isn’t Road Salt Or Fill Dirt
Feb 6 2012 // What to Consider When Evaluating Public Entity Insurance Programs During the winter I was traveling in the snowy Northeast calling on agents. Between appointments, I passed a local hardware store that prominently displayed...
Wells Fargo Agrees to Settle Derivative Suits with Municipalities
Nov 9 2011 // Wells Fargo & Co. has agreed to settle class-action lawsuits filed by various municipalities alleging bid-rigging by Wachovia’s municipal derivatives group, according to a securities filing Tuesday. Wells Fargo,...
Insurers Eye Increased Risk of Public Entities in Era of Cutbacks
Nov 4 2011 // The climate of government cutbacks is forcing public entities to reduce expenditures while trying not to greatly increase their risk or jeopardize their immunity from lawsuits. Prison overcrowding is one particularly...
‘Parametric’ Covers Central to Insure Public Entities Says Cooper Gay Exec
Nov 1 2011 // Despite the ever increasing severity and frequency of natural catastrophes, “insuring public entities in affected countries is becoming simpler due to the emergence of new parametric trigger insurance”...
Texas Supreme Court: Public Entities Immune from Retaliatory Discharge Claims
May 3 2011 // A ruling by the Texas Supreme Court will make it more difficult for former employees of public entities to pursue retaliatory discharge claims against those employers. The Court has held that a political subdivision has...
Public Entities Forced to Adjust Sails in Fiscal Storm
Feb 7 2011 // State and municipal governments are facing tight budgets and many are having difficulty paying for their police, fire, schools and services. Where the municipalities can’t cut back, however, is on...
EPIC Launches National Public Entities Practice
Feb 3 2011 // California-based EPIC (Edgewood Partners Insurance Center), a retail property, casualty and employee benefits insurance brokerage, has created a national Public Entites Practice and team to deliver property and casualty...
Ryan Specialty Forms MGU to Offer Excess Casualty Coverage for Public Entities
Feb 1 2011 // Ryan Specialty Group, LLC (RSG) has launched CivicRisk (CRU), a managing general underwriter specializing in excess casualty coverage for public entities which includes, but is not limited to, cities, counties, school...
Medical Costs Drive Up Calif. Municipalities’ Workers’ Comp
Jan 20 2011 // Despite a decline in the number of job injury claims reported by California public self-insured employers last year, rising claim severity drove up total workers’ compensation costs for cities, counties and other...
Aon Launches Public Entity Practice
Dec 16 2010 // Chicago-based Aon Risk Solutions, the global risk management business of Aon Corp. has launched a public entity practice to address and work to fulfill increased demand among state governments, counties, towns, special...
Breckenridge to Manage CNA West, Midwest Public Entity Program
Aug 26 2010 // Breckenridge Insurance Services LLC was selected as the program administrator for CNA Select Risk’s Public Entity program in 16 western and Midwestern states. This program offers small and medium sized cities, towns,...
Texas Public Entities Earn $200K from Work Comp Dividend Plan
Jul 30 2010 // The Board of Trustees of Texas Political Subdivisions JSIF has voted to approve $200,000 in workers’ compensation insurance dividend payments to member local government entities throughout Texas. Each public...
Midlands Introduces Public Entity Package
Jun 8 2010 // Midlands Management Corp. has introduced a public entity multi-line package designed for select public entity risks that want to gain more control over their casualty exposures by accepting a self-insured retention (SIR)...
Aon eSolutions, Aon Global Risk Launch Public Entity Claims Tool
Jun 8 2010 // Aon eSolutions, the technology solutions business of Aon Corporation and Aon Global Risk Consulting will offer public entities a holistic claims tool that combines browser-based claims technology with claims consulting...
Florida Bans Municipalities From Charging First Responder Fees
Jun 17 2009 // Florida Governor Charlie Crist has signed into law legislation blocking local governments from billing motorists for emergency response services at the scene of an automobile accident. SB 2282, sponsored by Sen. Mike...
5 Risk Management Challenges for Public Entities in Today’s Economy
Feb 8 2009 // Local governments increased their commitment to risk management over the past decade, as they met the challenges posed by several major natural disaster and terrorism events. Better local government loss prevention, crisis...
