It turns out there was another player in last year’s merger deal between Nationwide Mutual Insurance Co. and Harleysville Mutual Insurance Co. According to a news report, Liberty Mutual also made an offer last September to buy Harleysville but was …
Louisiana State Police troopers are continuing a crackdown on drivers on the state highways who refuse to move from the left lane and allow other traffic to pass. In a recent left-lane enforcement detail on Interstate 10 between Sulphur and …
A Grand Forks, N.D., insurance agent who stole thousands of dollars from clients and forged checks in her fiance’s name has been ordered to spend eight months in jail and pay back more than $27,000. Thirty-eight-year-old Lisa Johnston was sentenced …
TDECU Insurance Agency LLC announced the acquisition of Associated Insurance Agency Inc. (AIA) based in Houston, Texas. The purchase was finalized Jan. 3, 2012. Associated Insurance Agency is an independent insurance agency that has served the Houston business community for …
The Rockhill Insurance Group, based in Kansas City, Mo., has added Gregory T. Doyle as a senior vice president – director of programs. Doyle has 27 years of wide-ranging industry experience with insurers, reinsurers and brokers, and will be responsible …
Finalizing its merger three years ago with the Brower Insurance Agency LLC, Consolidated Insurance of Springfield, Ohio, now operates under the Brower name. The two agencies merged in December 2008. The name change correlates to a broader branding initiative to …
Jerry Johns, president of Southwestern Insurance Information Service, announced his intention to retire March 1, 2012, after 37 years with the organization. Johns began his career as vice president of SIIS in Oklahoma City and was elevated to president upon …
Property/casualty insurers may be poised to raise their prices but buyers may not be in a position to pay more, advises a veteran of insurance cycles. “It’s not an issue of willingness. It’s an issue of capability,” says Jerry Sullivan, …
Momentous Insurance Brokerage has formed an equine specialty practice to provide insurance coverage for horse-related businesses and private horse owners. The equine practice launched at the start of the year and will offer personal equine liability, equine mortality coverage, commercial …
Corporate America’s worst nightmare lives in a tiny one-bedroom apartment, loves browsing in flea markets and has a lop-eared brown and white pet rabbit named Crackers. Meet Molly Katchpole. The 22-year-old Washington, D.C. resident has recently tangled with a couple …
