Consensus: Consumer Education Needed to Reduce Disaster Losses January 6, 2011 With more than 50 percent of the country’s population living in coastal counties, there is an urgent and extensive need...
One Risk Group Names Sweeney VP January 6, 2011 Pleasanton, Calif.-based One Risk Group LLC, a Bay Area property and casualty insurance brokerage, has hired Tim Sweeney as a...
Woodruff-Sawyer Names Stygar Account Manager January 6, 2011 San Francisco-based Woodruff-Sawyer & Co.,an independent insurance broker, has named Ann Stygar an account manager, Employee Benefits in the company’s...
Berte To Run AIA Western Region January 6, 2011 The American Insurance Association (AIA) has announced that Marjorie Berte has joined the association as its new vice president for...
California Wholesaler Appointing Wholesalers, Surplus Lines Brokers, MGA’s to Write E&O Insurance January 5, 2011 Effective January 5 2011 – Laurel Fowler Insurance Broker, Inc – California based wholesaler is appointing Wholesalers, Surplus lines Brokers...
Swiss Re Concludes $170 Million Successor X Cat Bond Placement January 5, 2011 Swiss Re has obtained another $170 million in protection through the Successor X Ltd. catastrophe bond program, covering Australia earthquake,...
Calif. Commissioner Jones to Enforce Medical Loss Ratio Rule January 5, 2011 By Patricia-Anne Tom Almost immediately after being sworn into office on Tuesday, California Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones signed an emergency order to enforce...
Florida Workers’ Compensation Market Remains Competitive: Report January 5, 2011 Florida’s workers’ compensation market remains competitive with more than 250 private insurers writing coverage and only a fraction of business...
CompPartners Names Hutchings Account Manager January 5, 2011 Sue C. Hutchings has joined CompPartners, a workers’ compensation, disability, and group health managed care organization, as account manager. She...
Year-End Storms Cloud P/C Insurers’ Profit Picture January 5, 2011 By Ben Berkowitz U.S. property insurers like Travelers Cos. Inc. and Chubb Corp. were expecting a relatively mild fourth quarter for catastrophe losses,...