Boston-based insurer Safety Insurance Group Inc. said it has reached an agreement with the Massachusetts Attorney General’s office to change the way in which it calculated motorcycle insurance premiums for certain types of coverage dating back to January 1, 2002. …
The South Bay Chapter of the National Association of Insurance Women International (NAIW) has installed Gina Villacis, as a new member. Villacis, formerly with Zack Cooper & Associates Insurance Agency, is a commercial lines account manager with The Mahoney Group …
The Missouri Department of Insurance reports that in 2009 it returned $14.4 million to consumers who filed complaints. The money was recovered from insurance companies and represents a $2 million increase over the amount recovered in 2008. It was returned …
Wilson, Paves & Associates, which has offices in Bakersfiled and Atascadero, Calif., has joined PacWest Alliance Insurance Services Inc. PacWest Alliance Insurance Services Inc. is a California-based insurance cluster that provides a managed environment for its members to maximize growth …
Oklahoma Insurance Commissioner Kim Holland has fined a Tennessee company and two of its affiliates $25,000 each for violating a cease and desist order she issued in November of last year. According to the order, the company has been illegally …
Georgia Insurance Commissioner John Oxendine said that insured losses in North Georgia from the recent snow and ice storm are estimated to be about $25 million. The estimate includes damage to cars as well as homes and businesses and that …
CNA and Victor O. Schinnerer & Co., Inc. are ending their carrier and managing general underwriter relationship in the non-profit directors and officers (D&O) program. The split, which the firms said is amicable, will begin for policies effective June 1, …
Troops and planeloads of food and medicine trickled in to Haiti Thursday to aid a traumatized nation still rattled by aftershocks from the catastrophic earthquake that flattened homes and government buildings and buried countless people. The Haitian Red Cross said …
Haiti’s private insurance market is very small but its government did provide a level of insurance coverage to its citizens by participating in a regional risk sharing pool. “Haiti is the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere and poor countries …
Louisiana Attorney General Buddy Caldwell filed suit in Orleans Parish against multiple Knauf entities, other international and domestic manufacturers, distributors, importers of alleged toxic Chinese drywall. Several builders were also named in the lawsuit. Caldwell’s lawsuit alleges the State of …
