It will still be weeks, into March and April, before the full extent of crop damage and insurance payments from Florida’s recent extended freeze will be known. While Florida’s citrus industry has been hard hit, the state’s nursery plants and …
Texas insurance agents — want to show your customers that the common perception that homeowners rates in Texas always go up but never come down is false? Look to your agency management system, say educators from the Independent Insurance Agents …
C.V. Starr & Co. (California) has appointed Michael Garrison president and CEO. The company is an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of C. V. Starr & Co. Inc., and provides comprehensive casualty insurance solutions to a range of specialty classes, including …
USG Insurance Services Inc, a national wholesale broker of commercial insurance, has promoted Lucas Bacon to branch manager of its Canonsburg, Pennsylvania office. Bacon joined USG’s team in 2003, and was most recently served as production manager in the Michigan …
A new insurance industry study has found that state laws banning the use of handheld devices to make calls or send text messages while driving have not resulted in fewer vehicle crashes. The study, released Friday by the Highway Loss …
Continental Airlines and five men went on trial on Tuesday for their alleged role in the crash of an Air France Concorde that killed 113 people in 2000 and brought an end to an era of luxury supersonic travel. The …
In the wake of massive ice storms that virtually shut down the state of Oklahoma in late January, Insurance Commissioner Kim Holland has declared a state of emergency that allows the commissioner to “license as an emergency adjuster” any resident …
United Property & Casualty Insurance Co. in Florida said it is seeking approval to write homeowners insurance in Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New York, North Carolina, South Carolina and New Jersey. The company, which opened for business in 1999, currently …
Louisiana Workers’ Compensation Corporation (LWCC) has promoted two of its experienced professionals to managerial positions. Brent Toups is the new agency relations manager, and Karen Mouton is the premium audit manager. Toups was hired by LWCC in 1998 as a …
The Obama administration’s latest spending plan calls for modest changes to the U.S. health care system but does little to incorporate sweeping moves called for Democrats’ larger plan to increase access and cuts costs. In releasing his fiscal 2011 budget …
