Once again, Insurance Journal is polling its readers asking for their thoughts on today’s agency errors and omissions market. Don’t miss your chance to find out what’s been going on with insurance agents’ errors and E&O insurance. This annual survey …
Travelers has launched a program to help low-mileage drivers reduce annual vehicle expenses with its mileage-based auto insurance product, IntelliDrive. Travelers IntelliDrive customers may receive an immediate discount of up to five percent at enrollment, and up to an additional …
Florida regulators have given the go-ahead for an insurer that wants to provide foreign nationals with access to the U.S. health insurance market. Insurance Commissioner Kevin McCarty announced that Best Doctors Limited has been approved to be the first offshore …
R-T Specialty, the wholesale brokerage unit of Ryan Specialty Group, appointed industry veteran Mark Smith as president and managing director for the firm’s New York operation. Smith is a well-known industry executive in the wholesale segment. He brings to R-T …
If Oklahoma communities improve fire protection services it could result in major savings on homeowners’ policies for local families, according to presenters at a recent legislative study. “There are some very basic things that communities can do to improve their …
State Auto Financial Corp. estimates its third quarter 2011 results will include between $60 million and $63 million in pre-tax catastrophe losses, which includes approximately $25 million of prior period development from second quarter 2011 catastrophes. Catastrophic events during the …
Final disciplinary actions taken by the Texas Department of Insurance, Division of Workers’ Compensation (TDI-DWC) for September include $118,000 in fines, the department announced. Final disciplinary orders for September 2011, in alphabetical order, are: Accident Fund Insurance Co. of America …
In a year when severe drought scorched the Southwest, a hurricane drowned crops in the East, and river flooding swamped farms in the Midwest, one of the worst places to be a farmer may be just west of the Mississippi …
Reduced yields in some crops will hurt North Dakota’s economy, officials say. The U.S. Agriculture Department has reported that floods, hail, wind and early frost will mean farmers will harvest about half as much from some crops as they did …
The state and local communities would gain about 1,000 jobs and millions in tax dollars with reconstruction of a major highway interchange in central Ohio, according to a report released as officials formally kicked off the project. State transportation officials …
