March 24, 2006
Carrollton, Ga.-based Britt Paulk Insurance Agency Inc. has teamed up with Beazley USA, an admitted “A-” rated company, to provide Ocean Marine Cargo coverage focused on writing risk for small and mid-sized U.S. importers. Britt Paulk began marketing Marine Cargo …
March 22, 2006
Rusty Young of Lovestad-Worthington in Bothell, Wash., has died. Friends say Rusty was playing golf with his son, Dean, at Borrego Springs last Friday when he suffered a heart attack. “I first met Rusty in Hawaii in 1972 and have …
March 21, 2006
About 200 friends and neighbors hugged and cried at a memorial service on Sunday for those who were washed away when a Kauai, Hawaii, dam burst last week. Mourners, mostly from Kilauea and other towns on Kauai’s north shore, gathered …
March 20, 2006
Social Services Directors and OfficersNuts & Bolts: Irwin Siegel Agency Inc. (ISA), a Rock Hill, N.Y., specialty program underwriter for the social services field has a new directors and officers liability insurance program that complements current social service packages and …
March 20, 2006
Are insurers prepared for the next big disaster? According to a new report released by GE Insurance Solutions, massive growth along the nation’s coastlines has dramatically increased the potential for insured losses, even without a cyclical increase in the frequency …
March 20, 2006
Honolulu motorcycle riders are most likely to have their bikes stolen, although the city is the 53rd largest metropolitan area, according to a recent study by Progressive Group of Insurance Companies. A motorcyclist in Honolulu is four times more likely …
March 20, 2006
Senior executives and producers are scheduled to meet and exchange “cutting edge” ideas at the Insurance Brokers and Agents of the West (IBA West) Blue Ribbon Conference on the Big Island, Hawaii, on April 30-May 4. The conference, in its …
March 20, 2006
A homeowners catastrophe product for residential dwellings in South Carolina’s coastal counties has been introduced by International Catastrophe Insurance Managers, LLC and Praetorian Financial Group, Inc. (Praetorian). The new ICAT product, written on a surplus lines basis, provides catastrophe coverage …
March 20, 2006
Yacht and boat coverage in Calif., Ariz.Nuts & Bolts: Abram Interstate Insurance Services Inc., Rocklin, Calif., is offering a standalone watercraft program for boats and yachts of all sizes, up to 15 years old. Coverage includes physical damage on hull, …
March 20, 2006
In response to unmet capacity needs created by the devastating natural disasters of 2005, International Catastrophe Insurance Managers, LLC (ICAT), and National Fire and Marine Insurance Company (Berkshire Hathaway Group) have launched a new catastrophic coverage product for commercial special …