AM Best has downgraded the Financial Strength Rating to A-(Excellent) from A (Excellent) and the Long-Term Issuer Credit Ratings to “a-” (Excellent) from “a” (Excellent) of IMT Insurance Company and its affiliate, Wadena Insurance Company. These companies are domiciled in …
The first two weeks of September are expected to be quiet for Atlantic hurricane activity, according to experts at Colorado State University. The CSU Tropical Meteorology Project, which has been forecasting the Atlantic hurricane season for more than 40 years, …
Florida authorities have charged a Miami-area nurse practitioner and two others with creating false medical reports and attempting to defraud an auto insurance carrier out of more than $47,000. Local news reports said that investigators with the state Department of …
ST. LOUIS PARK, Minn. (AP) — A man drove his car through a restaurant patio where a group of medical workers were celebrating in a Minneapolis suburb on Sunday, killing two people and injuring at least four, police and hospital …
RAGLEY, La. (AP) — Investigators are trying to determine the cause of an explosion that destroyed a southwest Louisiana home, killing a teenage boy from Alabama and injuring five other people. Louisiana State Fire Marshal Bryan J. Adams said the …
Kansas Insurance Commissioner Vicki Schmidt announced an Arkansas City woman has been sentenced to 18 months of probation for insurance fraud. Misty Jane Dial, age 33, pleaded guilty in the District Court of Cowley-Arkansas City on July 9 to one …
CRC Group, a wholesale specialty insurance distributor with headquarters in Birmingham, Alabama, has added new faces to its team in the Southeast. Sam Rector joined the Nashville office as a broker. He has spent almost 10 years in the industry, …
Ryan Specialty said it completed its acquisition of certain assets of Greenhill Underwriting Insurance Services from Alera Group, Inc, effective Sept. 1. The deal was previously announced last month. Alera acquired Greenhill in 2022. Houston-based Greenhill is a technology-enabled managing …
Top reinsurers are showing increasing – but disciplined – appetite for natural catastrophe risks as a result of rising demand, better pricing, more favorable terms and conditions, and sound investment income, according to a report published by S&P Global Ratings. …
Trust impacts customer satisfaction, loyalty and brand advocacy more than other factors when small businesses choose a commercial insurance provider. J.D. Power’s 2024 U.S. Small Commercial Insurance Study found that among small businesses with the most trust in their insurers, …
