August 27, 2009
First Horizon Insurance Group, Inc., a subsidiary of First Tennessee Bank, the principal subsidiary of First Horizon National Corp., reports it has agreed to acquire the insurance business of Sandlin Insurance Agency located in Germantown, Tennessee. Truman Sandlin, owner of …
August 27, 2009
Colemont Insurance Brokers has promoted Jennifer Mier to assistant vice president in the company’s Dallas office. Prior to joining Colemont in 2005 as a casualty broker, Mier was an account executive at the Wm. Rigg Company and Hobbs Group. She …
August 27, 2009
Jill Marsh has joined wholesale insurance broker Bliss and Glennon as a senior broker. She has opened an Atlanta office for the firm. Previously she was a broker at AmWins Brokerage of Georgia. Marsh brings over 20 years of company …
August 26, 2009
Miami-based First Commercial Insurance Co. and its subsidiary have been declared insolvent and ordered liquidated about six weeks after being placed under state control. All policies written by FCIC and its subsidiary, First Commercial Transportation and Property Insurance Co., are …
August 21, 2009
Don’t be alarmed, but there are convicted criminals roaming around the country acting as insurance producers. They could be drunk drivers, robbers, forgers, possibly even rapists. They got their producer licenses in states that did not ask them for their …
August 20, 2009
A total of 5,071 fatal work injuries were recorded in the U.S. in 2008, down about 10 percent from a total of 5,657 fatal work injuries reported for 2007, according to preliminary government figures. Based on these preliminary counts, the …
August 20, 2009
Braemar Shipping Services has launched a new subsidiary called Braemar Marine, which will provide marine surveying and adjusting services to the global maritime, transportation risk and insurance markets. Braemar Marine began operations on Aug. 1 from its headquarters in Atlanta, …
August 17, 2009
Stockbridge, Georgia-based wholesale insurance broker, Gresham & Associates, has promoted Marianne Curington and Kittie Thomas to be associate brokers. Curington and Thomas have served 11 and 7 years respectively in Gresham’s Jacksonville, Florida office with branch manager Betty Porter.
August 14, 2009
Dallas-based Gainsco Inc. announced net income for the second quarter 2009 increased to $1.6 million, compared with a second quarter 2008 net income of $1 million. Net income for the six months ended June 30, 2009 was $3.7 million. This …
August 13, 2009
Members of the Professional Insurance Agents of Georgia (PIA of Georgia) elected E. Scott Hansard to serve as president. Hansard is the owner of Hansard Insurance Agency, located in Cumming, Georgia. Others elected as officers of PIA were: President-elect Raymon …