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Pa.’s Harvey Insurance Adds Veteran Scherbak to Sales Team

Harvey Insurance Group, an independent insurance broker headquartered in West Chester, Pa., announced that George Scherbak has been named executive sales advisor. He will be responsible for new business development and client relations for commercial and personal accounts. Scherbak comes …

Wanted: Appraisal of Elvis Items to Relieve ‘Suspicious Minds’

A Delaware judge this week granted a California businessman’s request to order an insurance inspection of a collection of Elvis Presley memorabilia sitting in a Nevada airport hangar pending resolution of an ownership dispute. Richard Long is battling Nevada residents …

Pa. Republicans Question Payroll Tax for Expanded Health Coverage

Republican lawmakers in Pennsylvania expressed reservations this week about imposing a new business payroll tax to help expand state-subsidized health insurance in the first public hearing on Gov. Ed Rendell’s plan to make health care cheaper and more efficient. The …

Existing Car Insurance Taxes Would Help Fund Va. Transit Plan

Virginia Gov. Timothy M. Kaine has proposed $3 billion in borrowing for statewide transportation projects, one-fifth more than legislators sought, using existing taxes on car insurance premiums to pay off debt. Kaine, a Democrat, also left intact regional transportation provisions …

Max Re Approved to Acquire, Operate U.S. E&S Company

Bermuda-based Max Re Capital Ltd. announced that it has received regulatory approval from the Delaware Department of Insurance to acquire a U.S.-based excess and surplus lines company. Max Re (which is also in the process of changing its name to …

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Long Haul Trucking Program Nuts and Bolts: M.J. Hall and Co. Inc. has a long haul trucking program for long haul truckers garaged in California. The program covers liability, physical damage, cargo and trucker’s general liability. The program also covers: …

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R.I., Mass. safest while Wyo., Ark. deadliest states for truck crashes Wyoming and Arkansas are the deadliest states for truck crashes, according to a safety group that has called for tougher federal regulation to reduce fatalities hovering above 100 a …

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Long Haul Trucking Program Nuts and Bolts: M.J. Hall and Co. Inc. has a long haul trucking program for long haul truckers garaged in California. The program covers liability, physical damage, cargo and trucker’s general liability. The program also covers: …

R.I., Mass. safest while Wyo., Ark. deadliest states for truck crashes

Wyoming and Arkansas are the deadliest states for truck crashes, according to a safety group that has called for tougher federal regulation to reduce fatalities hovering above 100 a week nationwide for years. The safest states for truck crashes are …

Md. Senate Committee Nixes Bill Forcing Insurers to Write on Coast

Maryland has decided not to require home insurers to cover all areas of the state, even coastal areas. The state Senate was considering a bill to require the insurance after state’s second-largest home insurer β€” Allstate Corp.’s Allstate Insurance Co. …