September 24, 2007
Private Schools (K-12) Nuts & Bolts: Markel Insurance Co. is an admitted, “A” -rated carrier that insures private K-12, Montessori, charter, trade/vocational, business, and correspondence schools. Available coverage includes general liability, umbrella, sexual abuse/molestation, corporal punishment, educators’ liability, sports liability, …
September 20, 2007
Wayne F. White, president and chairman of Home Mutual Fire Insurance Co., Conway, Ark., and president of the Arkansas Association of Mutual Insurance Cos., was presented the Insurance Education Institute’s 2007 Lifetime Achievement Award during the 112th NAMIC Annual Convention. …
September 14, 2007
Arkansas Insurance Commissioner Julie Benafield Bowman announced that Arkansas stands to receive more than $224,000 as a result of a regulatory settlement agreement between United Healthcare Insurance and 36 states and the District of Columbia over alleged violations of state …
September 13, 2007
America First Insurance, a member of Liberty Mutual Group, announced it is expanding its commercial lines offerings in Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma and Texas to include commercial general contractors, restaurants and mono-line workers’ compensation. All appointed agents in those states have …
September 12, 2007
States should require motorcycle riders to wear proper helmets, government investigators urged as part of several recommendations that seek to stem a steady rise in motorcycle deaths. Members of the National Transportation Safety Board unanimously approved the motorcycle safety recommendations, …
September 7, 2007
Ark. Insurance Commissioner Julie Benafield Bowman will head to various Arkansas communities the third week of September to field questions from insurance consumers, the Arkansas Insurance Department reported. Commissioner Bowman and members of her staff will hold informal, open meetings …
September 6, 2007
The 33 residents of the Holley Mountain Airpark in rural Van Buren County, Ark., enjoy a break on their home-insurance rates that most residents of cities around the state would envy: A Class 1 rating. That rating, the highest possible …
September 5, 2007
BancorpSouth Insurance Services Inc., a subsidiary of Mississippi-based BancorpSouth Bank, announced it reached an agreement to acquire Insurance Network of Jonesboro, Ark., effective Sept. 1, 2007. Insurance Network will become part of BancorpSouth’s Little Rock, Ark., insurance division, Ramsey, Krug, …
September 3, 2007
With $7.3 billion in premium, Liberty Mutual Agency Markets now largest regional independent agency. Boston-based insurance giant Liberty Mutual Group is now the largest regional provider of property and casualty insurance distributed through independent agents in the country. The insurer …
September 3, 2007
Ohio Casualty officially joins the Liberty Mutual agency family With $7.3 billion in premium, Liberty Mutual Agency Markets becomes the largest regional independent agency force Boston-based insurance giant Liberty Mutual Group is now the largest regional provider of property and …