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Legislators aim to crack down on fraud

For years, Al Capone outwitted federal efforts to nail him for murder and other mobster-type crimes. The feds finally took him down with a breathtakingly simple courtroom gambit: tax evasion. California Capones Modern-day insurance Capones can expect a similar fate …

News Currents

Law enforcement to be first users of Texas’ financial responsibility system Event based process to be implemented first, ongoing verification to start later A statewide system to verify that drivers in Texas have insured their vehicles to the extent required …

My New Markets

Tow Truck Operators Nuts & Bolts: Swiss Re’s Commercial Insurance and BISYS launched a program for tow truck operators. Policies are underwritten by Westport Insurance Corp., a Swiss Re company, and are backed by Swiss Re. The program provides specialty …

People

McQueary Henry Bowles Troy named Senior Vice President Brad Van Stavern to lead the new property/casualty practice in its Austin office. Van Stavern brings experience in the health care industry, where he held positions with Pfizer and Boston Scientific. Most …

My New Markets

Allied Health Care Nuts & Bolts: Travis-Pedersen Associates, Inc. is now offering a policy that covers a broad range of medical malpractice and general liability exposures. Allied health care facilities are those businesses that provide medical services directly to a …

My New Markets

Tow Truck Operators Nuts & Bolts: Swiss Re’s Commercial Insurance and BISYS launched a program for tow truck operators. Policies are underwritten by Westport Insurance Corp., a Swiss Re company, and are backed by Swiss Re. The program provides specialty …

Protecting small businesses

Are your customers’ small businesses fully covered with all the insurance they need? Apparently the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) had doubts about the extent to which the nation’s small businesses are protected in terms of their insurance coverages. …

Legislators aim to crack down on fraud

For years, Al Capone outwitted federal efforts to nail him for murder and other mobster-type crimes. The feds finally took him down with a breathtakingly simple courtroom gambit: tax evasion. California Capones Modern-day insurance Capones can expect a similar fate …

Law enforcement to be first users of Texas’ financial responsibility system

Event based process to be implemented first, ongoing verification to start later A statewide system to verify that drivers in Texas have insured their vehicles to the extent required by law is in the process of being developed and is …

2007 Property/Casualty State Specialist Insurers

1 Brickstreet Mutual Insurance Co. WV 765,963 2 Texas Mutual Insurance Co. TX 743,095 3 Old American Cty Mutual Fire Insurance Co. TX 491,641 4 SAIF Corp. OR 449,794 5 Universal Property & Casualty Insurance FL 371,755 6 Physicians Reciprocal …