Insurance and risk management firm, The Gibraltar Group, headquartered in Lubbock, Texas, has introduced a new insurance program to address the risks faced by the dairy industry. Businesses served by the new program include dairy farmers, cooperative organizations, transportation companies …
Scottsdale, Ariz.-based Nautilus Insurance Group, comprised of Nautilus Insurance Co. and Great Divide Insurance Co., member companies of W. R. Berkley Corp., has promoted Susan Drebitko to assistant vice president- claims, and Renee Clyde to assistant vice president-premium accounting. Drebitko …
C.M. Moore Insurance of Bowling Green and Al Torstrick Insurance of Lexington will be the first franchises in Kentucky for Keystone Insurers Group (KIG), the nation’s sixth largest privately-held property/casualty agency. The two firms become part of KIG’s network of …
Crump Insurance Services Inc. of Irvine, Calif., has named Marie Graves associate broker. She will assist with the marketing and placement of property and general liability risks. Previously she was a senior account executive for Partners Specialty Group. She has …
Chicago-based independent retail insurance agency Alper Services LLC announced the addition of three new insurance professionals to its staff. Jeff Cook is Alper’s new vice president of Employee Benefits; Randy C. Hester is the new managing director of Financial Services; …
Judy Schurke, director of Washington’s Department of Labor & Industries (L&I), said the state’s workers’ compensation system is not at risk of going insolvent and that characterizing it as such is wrong. Schurke said she is concerned that characterizations of …
A.M. Best Co. has upgraded the financial strength rating to A (Excellent) from A- (Excellent) and issuer credit rating to “a” from “a-” for Farm Bureau County Mutual Insurance Company of Texas (County Mutual). These ratings have been removed from …
Zurich Financial Services Group has announced the transfer of the “vast majority of its general insurance portfolios in Italy, Portugal and Spain to local branches of its EU-based risk carrier Zurich Insurance plc, Ireland, (ZIP) effective January 1, 2010.” Zurich …
Woodland Hills, Calif.-based Zenith National Insurance Corp. announced that on March 15, 2010, Janet Frank will be joining it as president and chief operating officer of the company’s principal operating subsidiary, Zenith Insurance Co. She will also be an executive …
The European Union’s trade commissioner-designate said on Tuesday he was unsure whether the Doha round of global trade talks would be concluded this year or in 2011. “I’m personally confident that we are going to conclude the Doha round — …
