Harford Mutual News

AM Best Upgrades Credit Ratings of ClearPath Following Merger With Harford

AM Best has upgraded the Financial Strength Rating (FSR) to A (Excellent) from A- (Excellent) and the Long-Term Issuer Credit Rating (Long-Term ICR) to “a” (Excellent) from “a-” (Excellent) of ClearPath Insurance Co., which does business as ClearPath Specialty and …

Harford Mutual Completes Merger With Workers’ Compensation Writer ClearPath

Maryland-based commercial property/casualty insurer Harford Mutual Insurance Group announced that it has received final approval from the Maryland Insurance Administration of its merger with ClearPath Mutual Insurance Co., a monoline workers’ compensation carrier headquartered in Louisville, Kentucky. The merger, which …

People Moves: Lockton Adds Allianz’s Caruso; Verdi Joins Alliant From Gallagher; Marsh McLennan Agency Names Moher; Bischoff Joins Harford’s IT

Lockton Appoints Caruso Financial Institutions Practice Leader in the Northeast Lockton, based in Kansas City, Missouri, has appointed Joe Caruso as its financial institutions practice leader in the Northeast. Caruso is based in New York, New York. Caruso brings 30 …

People Moves: Harford Mutual Promotes Officers; Kyer Joins MEMIC; GMI Appoints Hall, Kelly

Harford Mutual Promotes Gearhart, Thames Wayne Gearhart has been promoted from vice president of claims to senior vice president and chief operating officer of Hartford Mutual Insurance Group, headquartered in Hartford, Connecticut. Gearhart brings nearly 30 years of insurance industry …

Insurers, Agents Spared in New Jersey Shooting Claims

A federal judge in New Jersey has ruled that a New Jersey property owner is not entitled to insurance coverage for a shooting because it never disclosed it owned the banquet hall where the shooting took place on its two …

NAMIC Taps Harford Mutual’s Linkous as Chairman

The new chairman of the National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies is Steve Linkous, president and CEO of Bel Air, Maryland-based Harford Mutual Insurance Companies. In his address at the group’s annual convention in Vancouver, Linkous urged members to seize …

Ratings Recap: Iron Horse, Dallas National, Armed Forces, Sooner, Harford Mutual, Philadelphia Contributionship

A.M. Best Co. has affirmed the financial strength rating of ‘A’ (Excellent) and issuer credit rating of “a+” of Vermont-based Iron Horse Insurance Company, both with stable outlooks. Best said the ratings “reflect Iron Horse’s adequate risk-adjusted capitalization, explicit parental …