The Arizona Supreme Court has turned away a legal challenge to the state’s budget-balancing move to take $4.6 million paid into a special workers’ compensation insurance fund. The Supreme Court declined to accept jurisdiction of a special-action lawsuit filed by …
Salt Lake City-based The Leavitt Group named John Moreno president of Leavitt Benefits Services. Moreno will forward the benefits operations of the Leavitt Group and affiliated agencies. Moreno has more than 30 years of experience in the employee benefits industry, …
Independent insurance agents in the West may soon see more competition. Allstate Insurance Co. announced it is expanding its presence in the West, by opening 10 offices in Nevada, 10 offices in New Mexico, 20 offices in Arizona and 15 …
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San Francisco-based CSE Insurance Group announced that A.M. Best Co. has reaffirmed the company’s financial strength rating of A-. “The rating and outlook reflect [CSE Insurance’s] excellent capitalization, favorable operating performance and market niche as a writer of personal lines …
Independent agents in the West may soon see more competition. Allstate Insurance Co. announced it is expanding its presence in the West, by opening 10 offices in Nevada, 10 offices in New Mexico, 20 offices in Arizona and 15 offices …
A.M. Best Co. has upgraded the financial strength rating to ‘B+’ (Good) from ‘B’ (Fair) and issuer credit ratings (ICR) to “bbb-” from “bb” of Arizona-based Republic Western Insurance Group and its members, which include Republic Western Insurance Company and …
As Insurance Journal prepares for another Top 100 Independent Property/Casualty Agency List, to be published in our Aug. 3, 2009, magazine, the editors wanted to highlight a few of the current Top 100 agencies. Throughout the coming weeks, InsuranceJournal.com will …
Florida-based American Strategic Insurance Corp. (ASI) has entered the South Carolina marketplace and is offering homeowners’ insurance coverage for coastal property owners through independent agents. “As the Department continues to pursue comprehensive coastal property insurance reform initiatives, the addition of …
SCF Arizona’s Board of Directors has unanimously approved a $10 million dividend for 2008 to qualified policyholders. The Arizona workers’ compensation insurer said SCF the dividend payout marks 38 straight years it has been able to return money to policyholders. …
