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Gregg Effner has joined Main Street America Group as assistant vice president of distribution management. Effner, who has 30 years of property/casualty industry experience, will be based at corporate headquarters in Jacksonville, Fla., and report to Doug Eden, senior vice …

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Gregg Effner has joined Main Street America Group as assistant vice president of distribution management. Effner, who has 30 years of property/casualty industry experience, will be based at the company’s corporate headquarters in Jacksonville, Fla., and report to Doug Eden, …

A look at restaurants and bars from the ‘inside-out’

Today’s complex restaurant environment needs the right list of insurance ingredients When people get to talking about America’s food hot spots, the same handful of cities come up again and again, including New York, Los Angeles and New Orleans, the …

Report: Calif., Minn., N.J., N.C. Have Worst Traffic; N.D., S.C. Have Best Roads

Nearly 52 percent of U.S. urban Interstates are now congested and traffic fatality rates rose slightly, but road surface conditions and bridge conditions improved, according to the Reason Foundation’s latest annual highway performance report. “Gridlock isn’t going away,” said David …

Allstate Agrees to Mass Settlement of Mississippi Katrina Claims

Allstate Insurance Co. has agreed to a mass settlement of claims by a group of Mississippi policyholders who sued the insurer over damage to their homes from Hurricane Katrina, a company spokesman and a lawyer for the homeowners said. Terms …

Burns and Wilcox Announces Pollution Liability Coverage in Florida

In Florida, the Tampa and Daytona Beach offices of Burns and Wilcox announced the availability of ACE Westchester Specialty Group’s pollution liability insurance product, as offered through Westchester Surplus Lines Insurance Co., and Illinois Union Insurance Co. The product can …

New president takes over…

Company energized with aggressive growth plans through acquisition Chicago, IL – American Patriot Insurance Agency, Inc., a Chicago based company, is pleased to announce the promotion of Mr. Mike Schoch to the position of president. In his new position, Mr. …

Schneider Tapped to be Executive VP at Insurance Information Institute

Cary Schneider, senior vice president of the Insurance Information Institute, has been elected executive vice president by the organization’s board of directors. I.I.I. President Dr. Robert Hartwig said Schneider will assume new responsibilities for directing the internal operations of the …

R. Waters Joins Liberty Mutual as Senior Account Executive for Midwest

Boston-based Liberty Mutual recently announced that Raymond Waters has joined the company as a senior account executive for its Major Accounts Division. Waters will be based in Chicago, with responsibilities for meeting the insurance needs of large companies throughout the …

New “kid” in town, Gaddis Co. Opens Michigan Wholesale Office.

Donald Gaddis Co., Inc. Wholesale Excess and Surplus Lines Brokers Serving Retail Agents Since 1982 Donald Gaddis Co. is thrilled to announce that Jay Dillon has joined us to open our new Michigan office. The only thing “kid-like” about Jay …