Latest Public Entities Headlines
All the headlines from our Public Entities Topic Page, ordered by recency.
AIG’s Lexington to Manage AIG Public Entity Casualty Insurance Accounts
Jan 6 2009 // AIG Commercial Insurance will service all casualty insurance coverage for the public sector through its Lexington Insurance Co., the insurer announced. Specifically, effective as of Jan. 1, 2009, Lexington’s Casualty...
Marsh Launches Public Sector Practice for Scotland
Dec 10 2008 // Marsh announced that it has launched a dedicated Public Sector Practice in Scotland to help the country’s public sector organizations address their unique risk and insurance issues. Marsh said its “Scottish...
CLARIFICATION: Public Entity Claims Growth Due to Jump in Members
Dec 5 2008 // The Public Entity Risk Institute (PERI), a nonprofit research institute, wishes to correct a conclusion about its public entity claims database, the PERI Data Exchange, published by Insurance Journal recently. The...
Workers Comp, Liability Claims Against Public Sector Exploding
Dec 2 2008 // Liability and workers compensation claims against the public sector are multiplying at an unprecedented pace, according to a report from a tracking database maintained by a risk management research organization. In 2008,...
Public Entities Use Early Intervention to Improve Workers’ Comp Results
Nov 16 2008 // Public entities nationwide are searching for new strategies to improve the performance of their workers’ compensation programs. A primary challenge has been frequent delays in reporting employee injuries, which sets...
AIG Introduces Public Entity, Trustee Protector Coverage
Jun 25 2008 // AIG Executive Liability, a unit of AIG Commercial Insurance, introduced Public Entity Plan and Trustee Protector, a policy that protects individuals who manage public entity employee benefit plans from fiduciary liability...
2 Mississippi Municipalities Could Lose Fire Rebates
Jun 3 2008 // Mississippi authorities say two municipalities in Bolivar County are in danger of losing their fire insurance rebate funds from the state. County Fire Coordinator Joe Phillips says Mound Bayou and Winstonville have not...
A.M. Best Withdraws Ratings of Public Entities’ Risk Group in Vermont
Apr 23 2008 // Insurance ratings firm A.M. Best Co. has affirmed the financial strength rating of B+ (Good) and issuer credit rating of “bbb-” of States Self-Insurers Risk Retention Group, Inc. ((Vermont). The outlook for...
28 Delaware Municipalities Form Workers’ Compensation Pool
Oct 29 2007 // Delaware Insurance Commissioner Matt Denn says local authorities in the state are forming a self-insurance pool that will make workers compensation insurance more affordable for the local governments and taxpayers. Denn...
Marsh UK Makes 6 New ‘Public Sector’ Appointments
Jun 26 2007 // Marsh UK announced that it- has strengthened its UK Public Sector Practice with the appointment of six additional risk specialists. Marsh listed the Personnel as follows: — Bob Ellison – a business risk...
Travelers Targets Public Entities with Workers’ Comp Solution
Jun 12 2007 // Travelers expanded its workers compensation coverage tailored to the needs of public entities during the Public Risk Insurance Management Association (PRIMA) 28th annual conference. “Our expanded appetite builds on...
Mass. Municipalities Pressured by Escalating Health Care Costs
May 15 2007 // Spending on health care is soaring for local communities in Massachusetts. Since 2001, health care spending has nearly doubled, squeezing budgets and forcing cities and town to cut back in other areas, from public safety...
AIG Specialty Boosts Its Capacity for Public Entity Liability
Apr 3 2007 // AIG Specialty Excess, an umbrella and excess casualty underwriting unit of the AIG Companies, has increased its capacity of excess liability insurance for public entities to $25 million from $15 million. AIG Specialty...
Brown & Brown Acquiring N.J.’s Grinspec, Public Entity Group Specialist
Mar 26 2007 // Florida-based insurance broker Brown & Brown, Inc. is acquiring Grinspec, Inc., an insurance intermediary with offices in New Providence and Moorestown, New Jersey. Brown & Brown, Inc. said it will acquire all of...
RISK MANAGEMENT A HIGHER PRIORITY FOR GOVERNMENT ENTITIES
Mar 12 2007 // Fairfax, Va.-based Public Entity Risk Institute (PERI), a nonprofit risk management training and educational organization, says that risk management operations within government entities have gained a heightened importance...
Darwin Enhances Public Entity E&O Products
Jan 26 2007 // Darwin Professional Underwriters, Inc. is making available enhanced public entity errors and omissions (E&O) liability insurance products, with policies to address educators professional liability risks, police...
Brown & Brown to Reimburse Fla. Municipalities $4.8 Million in Fees
Dec 11 2006 // Insurance agency Brown & Brown, Inc. has agreed to reimburse up to 400 cities and counties in Florida approximately $4.8 million for collecting undisclosed fees or commissions when it placed various coverages with...
Provantage PE from Professional Underwriters Covers Public Entities
Sep 29 2006 // Professional Underwriters, a national program administrator focused on public entity insurance, has launched new professional liability program designed specifically for the public entity marketplace. The prorgam,...
Professional Underwriters Launches New Public Entity Program
Sep 14 2006 //
Aon Names New Vice Presidents for Originator and Public Entity Areas
Jun 20 2006 // Aon Corp. today announces the appointment of Nadine Moore as vice president and originator, and the appointment of Michael O’Brien as vice president and director for the firm’s Public Entity Practice. In her...
