September 23, 2011
Foremost Insurance Group has upgraded their enhanced auto program which became available in Arizona in June. The Foremost program features new discounts, increased coverage options and improved online processing features. The Foremost Auto program also now features the following upgrades: …
September 23, 2011
A major overhaul of the workers’ compensation system in Washington is already helping keep costs down for businesses, state officials said Tuesday while disclosing a major rate increase isn’t needed to keep finances stable. The Department of Labor & Industries …
September 23, 2011
Milwaukee, Wis.-based Roundy’s Supermarkets Inc. is recalling about 360 pounds of breaded chicken breast that may have been undercooked. The U.S. Department of Agriculture says the products were sold after Sept. 13 at deli counters in Illinois, Minnesota and Wisconsin. …
September 23, 2011
Five Star Specialty Programs, a division of Crump Insurance Services, Inc., and part of Crump Group, Inc., has launched a new breakdown service to buses and waste hauler vehicles insured through 5Star, the exclusive facility for this new service. RoadsideMASTERS …
September 23, 2011
A federal jury in Texas has convicted a car dealer from Rowlett for ‘title washing,’ a fraudulent process through which a vehicle’s title is corruptly altered to conceal information that should normally be contained on the title, such as a …
September 23, 2011
With aid to disaster victims running out, the U.S. Senate Democratic leader Friday vowed to hold a quick vote to defeat a House-passed spending bill, clearing the way for negotiations to avoid a government shutdown. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid …
September 23, 2011
It can talk, see, drive and no longer needs a human being to control it by remote. The car of the future — completely computer-controlled — is on the streets of Berlin. All summer, researchers from the city’s Free University …
September 23, 2011
Florida officials and the state’s-backed property insurer were working to find common ground in the aftermath of the political firestorm over the insurer’s proposed large hike sinkhole coverage rates, with the insurer indicating it will implement the approved rates that …
September 23, 2011
Insurance broker USI Insurance Services has acquired de la Parte & Associates, a Tampa, Florida, employee benefits and insurance consulting firm. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Kim M. de la Parte, CEO and founder of de la Parte …
September 23, 2011
XL Insurance, the global insurance underwriting operations of XL Group plc, has appointed two vice presidents – senior program executives to its North America program team, adding Virginia Chase in Boston and Michael B. Mandziara in Chicago. Chase joins XL …