Colorado Gov. Bill Ritter is meeting with an investment banker to study the possible sale of the state’s interest in Pinnacol Assurance, a state-chartered workers compensation insurer, his chief counsel said. Ritter hasn’t decided whether the state should sell its …
A federal lawsuit filed in the Texarkana Division of the Western District of Arkansas claims the Arkansas Department of Motor Vehicle database has been illegally used for marketing and it could affect anyone who has had an Arkansas driver’s license …
Pacific Wholesale Insurance Brokers LLC, an ISG Co., announced that Brian Janes has joined as vice president/property broker in the Burbank, Calif., office. His responsibilities include developing his book of property business and spearheading the growth of ISG’s Property Group. …
Worldwide Facilities Inc. has added John Matthews as assistant vice president and Debra Kaser as broker in its Irvine, Calif., office. Mathews spent 17 years with International E&S. Prior to International, he was a retail agent having spent five years …
St. Louis, Mo.-based excess workers’ compensation coverage provider Safety National has introduced a comprehensive large casualty program, which combines the company’s large deductible workers’ compensation product offering with commercial auto and general liability coverage. New products previously developed by Safety …
The European Union will stick to its current offer in U.N. talks to cut carbon emissions to one fifth below 1990 levels over the next decade, but will raise that if others follow suit, a draft EU letter showed. “The …
An Amtrak police officer is suing the railroad, claiming it’s liable for a woman who grabbed his gun and shot him in the foot. Sixty-five-year-old James Bullard says he was working at Philadelphia’s 30th Street Station last March when he …
London-based Miller Insurance Services Limited has appointed Alessandro Noce to their programs and facilities unit in an initiative to expand their binding authority business in Europe. . CEO Graham Clarke noted that Miller has a “strong market reputation” in the …
Austin, Texas-based Combined Agents of America LLC (CAA) announced six of its member agencies – Bigham-Kliewer-Chapman-Watts Insurance Agency, The Bridges Group Inc., Bryan Insurance Agency, Ed Berrong Insurance Agency, Pierson & Fendley Insurance Agency and Weatherby-Eisenrich Insurance Agency – have …
The London Market Group (LMG) aims to continue the progress made in 2009 to modernize the London market’s procedures in an effort to maintain London’s competitiveness in the global insurance market. LMG Chairman Barnabas Hurst-Bannister laid out the marketing organization’s …
