December 20, 2001
American International Insurance Company of New Jersey (AIIC NJ), a subsidiary of American International Group, announced that it has reached an agreement with the State of New Jersey Department of Banking and Insurance that will enable it to maintain its …
December 14, 2001
The members of a task force from the Professional Insurance Agents Association of Pennsylvania, Maryland and Delaware recently met with representatives from all three state insurance departments, and urged that rules be adopted to protect policyholders from the increasingly widespread …
December 11, 2001
Frontier Pacific Insurance Company, which was conserved because it is insolvent, was finally given the Liquidation Order on Dec. 3. Frontier Pacific, which is domiciled in California, is headquartered in San Diego and is a wholly owned subsidiary of Frontier …
November 30, 2001
InsuranceNoodle announced it has begun selling insurance in Mississippi, Nevada, New Hampshire, North Dakota and Utah. With the addition of these five states, the e-broker is now licensed in 45 states and the District of Columbia and reaches 96 percent …
November 20, 2001
Illinois Insurance Director Nat Shapo announced last week that the Cook County Circuit Court issued an Order of Liquidation With a Finding of Insolvency against United Capitol Insurance, following the Department of Insurance’s determination that the company was insolvent by …
November 13, 2001
The mild dry weather which the East Coast has enjoyed for almost three and a half months has unfortunately caused a serious downside, as the lack of rainfall threatens to exacerbate drought conditions throughout the region. An investigation by Washington …
November 8, 2001
InsureZone, the nationwide “clicks and mortar” insurance agency that enables purchases of small commercial insurance through multiple channels, announced that AgentSecure — its Web-enabled market-access program for smaller and rural commercial agents — has picked up seven new exclusive co-marketing …
October 19, 2001
Donegal Mutual Insurance Co., based in Marietta Penn., has selected Mellon Financial Corp.’s “Electronic Billing Insurance System (ebis) to process certain of their agency billing functions.” “Mellon’s ebis platform will improve our level of accounting control, allow us to collect …
September 27, 2001
The Pennsylvania Insurance Fraud Prevention Authority (IFPA) honored the work of two veteran insurance investigators, Nationwide’s George K. Butler and Erie’s Richard K. Fritz, with its first ever “Fraud Fighter Awards.” Butler, a special investigator in Nationwide’s Philadelphia office, and …
September 24, 2001
Illinois Insurance Director Nat Shapo announced that he obtained an Order of Conservation against United Capitol Insurance Company on Sept. 12, following the Department of Insurance’s determination that the company was insolvent by more than $1 million. The order was …