A.M. Best Co. has affirmed the financial strength rating of A (Excellent) for Farmers Insurance Group. Concurrently, A.M. Best has affirmed the bbb+ ratings of the Farmers Group Capital I & II preferred securities (QUIPS) issued in 1995 in the …
California Insurance Commissioner John Garamendi outlined the second phase of his workers’ compensation reform plan Oct. 21. The reform legislation that he helped shape during the first phase of this effort is expected to deliver $4 billion to $6 billion …
New Jersey Attorney General Peter Harvey announced that an Essex County man has reportedly pleaded guilty to selling fictitious Motor Vehicle Commission documents to an undercover State Investigator assigned to the Division of Criminal Justice – Office of Insurance Fraud …
Responding to a wish list of customer wants, AMS Services Inc. released Version 2.5 of PS4 Plus, chock full of new features to make agent’s lives a little bit easier. PS4 Plus is a commercial point of sales process for …
General Fire & Casualty Company (www.genfireins.com) announced the launching of its new livestock insurance product, The CattleGuard. The policy is available, subject to underwriting, in the following states: Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Nevada, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Dakota, …
Judging from recent reports from the Professional Insurance Agents of New Jersey Inc., the state’s auto reform bill, passed earlier this year, is beginning to have some welcome and quite positive effects in transforming one of the nation’s most dysfunctional …
The Independent Insurance Agents of New Jersey has issued three separate bulletins addressing the problems of out of state trust accounts, multiple ID card forms and consumer notices on automobile insurance. The IIANJ strongly supports proposed regulations (PRN 318) issued …
In a comment issued to The New Jersey Department of Banking and Insurance, the Professional Insurance Agents of New Jersey Inc. said it wholeheartedly supports the DOBI’s endeavor to reduce insurance identification card fraud by proposing changes to pertinent rules …
Nuts & Bolts: Helix Insurance has a market available for healthcare environmental liability. Dollars: $1 million per claim/$5 million Agg. Deductibles of $0 physician groups/$5,000 institutions. Minimum premium of $2,000. Carrier: USF Insurance Co., “A” Rated. Non-admitted market. States Available: …
If it’s been awhile since you tried InfoCentral or if you’ve never tried it, you’ll want to take advantage of the Independent Insurance Agents of Texas offer to use InfoCentral free for a limited time. “Beginning Oct. 1 InfoCentral will …
