Latest Public Entities Headlines

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Professional Underwriters’ Public Entity Programs Available in Texas

Apr 10 2006 // Professional Underwriters, a national program administrator for public entities, announced that their public entity programs are now available in Texas. Professional Underwriters will offer casualty line coverages through...

Public Entity Business Product Introduced in S.E.

Apr 5 2006 // A new public entity business product to provide workers’ compensation for cities, towns, counties, and water and sewer districts has been announced by Key Risk Insurance Company. Coverage is available in North...

Stone Oak Underwriters to Provide Public Officials E&O, EPLI and Law Enforcement Liability for Public Entities

Feb 27 2006 // San Antonio, TX – Stone Oak Underwriters, LLC, of San Antonio, Texas has entered into a Program Administrators agreement with Berkley Underwriting Partners, LLC, to provide Public Officials E&O, EPLI and Law...

Stone Oak Underwriters Adds PL Products for Public Entities

Feb 27 2006 // Stone Oak Underwriters, LLC, of San Antonio, Texas, announced it has entered into a program administrators agreement with Berkley Underwriting Partners LLC, to provide public officials E&O, EPLI and law enforcement...

Brown & Brown Forms New Public Entity Reporting Region

Nov 14 2005 // Jim W. Henderson, president and COO of Brown & Brown Inc. of Daytona Beach and Tampa, Fla. has announced the formation of a new reporting region within the Company. Brown & Brown Public Entity Services will focus...

Darwin, PGU Offer Specialty Coverages for Public Entities

Sep 22 2005 // Darwin Professional Underwriters Inc. (Darwin) and Professional Government Underwriters Inc. (PGU) have entered into a program arrangement whereby PGU will be the exclusive provider of professional liability coverages for...

Accident Rates in Okla. Public Sector Workplace Hit Historic Low

Aug 16 2005 // Oklahoma public sector workplace accident rates are the lowest in state history, according to Commissioner of Labor Brenda Reneau. Gov. Brad Henry, reacting to the news, said the data demonstrates “the...

Va. Municipalities Tally Costs, Benefits Involving Red Light Cameras

Jun 16 2005 // Red-light cameras have been criticized as moneymakers masquerading as safety devices. But several Virginia jurisdictions predict their budgets will be better off when Virginia ends the pilot program this...

ACE USA Appoints Vincelette Sr. VP, Public Entity at Ace Casualty Risk

May 23 2005 // ACE USA, the U.S.-based retail division of The ACE Group of Cos., announced that Richard Vincelette has been named senior vice president, Public Entity, for ACE Casualty Risk. Based in Philadelphia, Vincelette will be...

Philadelphia Insurance Cos. Unveils Public Entity Program

May 20 2005 // Philadelphia Insurance Companies has unveiled a Public Entity program. The policy provides coverage for property, automobile, general liability, inland marine, crime, boiler and machinery and umbrella lines of business for...

Specialty Underwriters Partners With Public Entity Specialist

May 12 2005 // Chicago-based wholesaler Specialty Underwriters’ Alliance Inc. announced a new partner agent contract with Specialty Risk Solutions, which is also based in the Windy City and specializes in the public entity segment...

Trident Insurance Offering Identity Recovery Coverage for Employees with Schools, Public Entities

Apr 20 2005 // Trident Insurance Services LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of San Antonio-based Argonaut Group Inc., has added identity recovery coverage to its offering of products designed for employees of public entities. Trident has...

Property for Public Entities

Mar 21 2005 // Nuts & Bolts: Victor O. Schinnerer and Co. is offering an admitted property policy for all types of public entities. The policy features a specialized property enhancement for public entities, which provides higher...

Property Program for Public Entities

Mar 21 2005 // Nuts & Bolts: Victor O. Schinnerer and Co. offers an admitted property policy for all types of public entities. It features a specialized property enhancement for public entities, which provides higher limits for...

Property Program for Public Entities

Mar 7 2005 // Nuts & Bolts: Victor O. Schinnerer and Co. is offering an admitted property policy for all types of public entities. The policy features a specialized property enhancement for public entities, which provides higher...

Schinnerer Offers New Property Program for Public Entities in Most States

Feb 17 2005 // Schinnerer is now offering an admitted property policy for all types of public entities through the Insurance Company of the West (ICW), an A.M. Best A- rated company. The policy features a specialized property enhancement...

Trident to Offer Governmental Entity Insurance in Ga.

Jan 27 2005 // Trident Insurance Services LLC, a member of the Argonaut Group, Inc., of San Antonio, Texas has agreed with Public Entities of America LLC, to offer comprehensive and cost effective governmental entity insurance programs...

New Public Sector Brokerage Entity Formed

Aug 30 2004 // Insurance Office of America (IOA) has announced the formation of Public Entities of America (PEA), a subsidiary operation specializing in insurance and risk management services for the Public Sector. PEA will service state...

Finally Got a Piece of the Pie: Breaking Down the Public Entity Barrier

Jun 7 2004 // From a small- to mid-sized agency’s perspective, producing public-entity business can seem like a Herculean task. The risks are often large and complex, and the political circumstances in which public entities are...

Finally Got a Piece of the Pie: Breaking Down the Public Entity Barrier

Jun 2 2004 // From a small- to mid-sized agency’s perspective, producing public-entity business can seem like a Herculean task. The risks are often large and complex, and the political circumstances in which public entities are...