J. Curtis Breitweiser, owner of Ogden, Utah-based Breitweiser Insurance Services Inc., has received the 2009 Agent of the Year award from the Utah Association of Independent Insurance Agents. He has been a past president of the UAIIA and currently serves …
The Insurance Council of Texas reports that the number of people injured and killed in automobile accidents in Texas has continued to decline since 2003. Both fatalities and injuries are down more than 20 percent since the Texas Department of …
Worldwide Facilities Inc. has named Erik Kamiya vice president and financial services broker, and Steve Vallone financial services broker to work in the company’s San Francisco office. Additionally, the company added two new associate brokers in the San Francisco office …
The Indiana Department of Insurance says it recovered more than $20 million for insurance consumers in 2009, a record for the state. In North Dakota, the insurance department reported $7,578,230.11 was recovered or saved for North Dakota citizens in 2009. …
A senior U.S. official Tuesday criticized China and other leading developing countries for trying to weaken the Copenhagen Accord to fight global warming and raised the prospect that a fuller international pact may be not be struck by year’s end. …
Allstate Insurance Company said it will open an $11.6 million customer information center in San Antonio, Texas, and is planning to hire 600 employees as part of that move. Allstate vice president of direct sales and service Mark Pitchford said …
The appalling loss of life from the earthquake that struck Haiti on January 12 has now been estimated by the government to exceed 230,000. The figure is an approximation, as the exact number may never be known. But it is …
Vortex Insurance Agency LLC (Vortex), based in Overland Park, Kan., has added “Drought Shield” to its list of available weather insurance products. Drought affects a countless number of agriculture related businesses, including hay producers and ranchers, whose livelihood depends on …
Australia’s competition watchdog raised concerns on Wednesday over National Australia Bank’s (NAB) $11.6 billion bid for fund manager AXA Asia Pacific, tipping the scales toward rival bidder AMP. NAB, already the country’s largest manager of retail funds, is bidding against …
A.M. Best Co. reports it downgraded the financial strength rating to B (Fair) from B+ (Good) and issuer credit ratings to “bb” from “bbb-” of Oklahoma Farm Bureau Group and its members, Oklahoma Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance Company and AgSecurity …
