Hawaii News

Arrowhead General Offers Crane-Construction Contractors Program

Arrowhead General Insurance Agency Inc. is offering a new crane-construction contractors program. Endorsements include riggers liability in addition to other coverage enhancements as part of the policy limits. Policy limits are up to $1 million/$2 million/$2 million for general liability. …

Vesta Fire and Subsidiaries Headed for Liquidation in Texas

Vesta Fire Insurance Company (Vesta Fire) and its Texas subsidiary insurance companies have begun issuing notices to agents to cease writing new and renewal insurance business, including homeowners policies for Texas Select Lloyds customers, the Texas Department of Insurance announced. …

Argonaut Group Launches Retail Shopping Center Program

Argonaut Group, Inc., based in San Antonio, Texas, has expanded its Select Markets segment line of products and services to include the retail shopping center marketplace. Highlights include specialized benefits such as coordinated policies for comprehensive landlord-tenant liability coverage, signage …

Liberty International Offers Travel Professionals’ E&O Program

Liberty International Underwriters (LIU), a division of Liberty Mutual Group, and Travel Professionals Insurance Network (TPIN), a service of MPP Co. Inc., have partnered to offer a new travel professionals errors and omissions insurance product, which is available in 32 …

Nas Offers New Miscellaneous Medical Malpractice Program

Encino, Calif.-based NAS Insurance Services has a new miscellaneous medical malpractice insurance program provided by Houston Casualty Company (HC) of Houston, Texas, rated A+ by A.M. Best. Existing NAS medical malpractice insureds will be renewed with HC. However, Texas insureds …

Court Order Allows Hawaii Commissioner to Take Over Hawaiian Insurance & Guaranty

Hawaii’s First Circuit Court has granted Hawaii Insurance Commissioner J.P. Schmidt an Order of Rehabilitation on The Hawaiian Insurance & Guaranty Company Ltd. The order authorizes Commissioner Schmidt to take possession and control of HIG’s assets and to assume the …

Texas Places Vesta Fire Insurance Corp. and Affiliates Into Rehabilitation

The Texas Department of Insurance (TDI) filed for and obtained an Agreed Order of Rehabilitation and Permanent Injunction from the 126th Judicial Court in Travis County on June 28, 2006, placing Vesta Fire Insurance Corporation into rehabilitation with its Texas-domiciled …

ICAT Specialty Offering Residential Hurricane Product in Hawaii

ICAT Specialty Insurance Co. is offering residential named hurricane insurance for dwellings, apartments, town homes and condominiums in Hawaii. Written on an admitted basis, the product provides named hurricane coverage for policyholders with values up to $2.5 million. Dwellings and …

New Markets

Workers’ Comp Middle Market Nuts & Bolts: PointSure Insurance Services is offering workers’ compensation for middle market and loss-sensitive plans, with broad risk appetite. Premiums are in excess of $130,000 with guaranteed cost and loss-sensitive plans. Experience modification factors are …

New Markets

Workers’ Comp: Middle Market Nuts & Bolts: Workers’ compensation for middle market and loss-sensitive plans, with broad risk appetite, is being offered by PointSure Insurance Services. Premiums are in excess of $130,000 with guaranteed cost and loss-sensitive plans. Experience modification …