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Insurance Agents E&O Nuts & Bolts: London American Profes-sional Liability LLC, a program administrator and MGA, introduced a new professional liability program for insurance agencies. The program is designed for agencies with gross written premiums between $5 million and $250 …

New Markets

Security Risks Nuts & Bolts: AI Risk, Lexington Insurance’s Middle Market Unit, has selected Brownyard Programs Ltd. to bring AIG’s GuardSecure product to small- and intermediate-sized private security companies throughout the United States. The program’s focus will include a range …

New Markets

Third Party Harassment and Discrimination Nuts & Bolts: Monoline third party harassment and discrimination coverage is being offered by Quadrant Insurance Managers. This product covers businesses for discrimination, harassment and wrongful eviction committed by an employee against a customer and/or …

Get your motor runnin’ – not stolen

California received the dubious honor of most motorcycle thefts in the nation in 2005, according to the National Insurance Crime Bureau. The Golden State recorded 9,110 thefts in 2005, compared with 9,213 in 2004. The state was followed by Florida, …

Business Moves

Progressive Drive, Homesite Drive Insurance from Progressive, a writer of auto insurance through independent agents and brokers in the United States, signed a joint marketing agreement with Homesite Insurance Group, a national provider of home insurance products. The agreement will …

WKF&C Agency Opens New Regional Office in Southern California

WKF&C Agency Inc. has added a regional office in Southern California. Bill Kropp has been hired as vice president and will spearhead the operation from the new offices in Woodland Hills, Calif. Kropp is a property specialist who will be …

Hawaii Insurance Division Releases Insure U

The State of Hawaii’s Insurance Division and the National Association of Insurance Commissioners have developed a series of educational materials to help consumers better understand insurance coverages they may need. The materials take into account consumers’ current stage of life …

Fla. Police Seek Stores, Bars Selling Liquor to Teens

There’s one in every town — a convenience store where IDs aren’t necessary, or a low-lit bar whose servers never bother to ask. In Jacksonville, Florida officials say, that bar was Rockets, where Stephanie Walls and her friends were drinking …

Producer School to be Held in Sacramento in September

The Ultimate Producer School, provided by Agency Management Resource Group (AMRG) is offering its next school starting in September in Sacramento, Calif. The school combines technical coverage information, emphasizing commercial insurance, with sales training and business development planning. It also …

Georgia’s Britt/Paulk Says It’s Looking to Acquire Brokers

Britt / Paulk Insurance Agency, Inc., a privately held program administrator in Carrollton, Georgia, , has announced plans for growth through acquisition. Britt / Paulk has engaged LMC Capital LLC, an insurance investment banking firm, to seek appropriate acquisition targets …