Veteran Chicago financial services executive Michael Fisher has been appointed director of new market development by Country Insurance & Financial Servicesand will manage its newly created Chicago district office. Fisher’s hiring as director of new market development accelerates the organization’s …
Skating Rinks, Roller and Ice Venues Nuts & Bolts: American Insurance Alliance is offering Roller and Ice Skating venues that are traditionally difficult to insure general liability coverage. American Insurance Alliance’s only business is skating venues with 18 continuous years …
Iowa Gov. Chet Culver and lawmakers are questioning why the Iowa Insurance Division fined an insurance company $750,000, but didn’t make public the reasons for the penalty. Culver is concerned the agreement with Conseco Life Insurance Co. of Carmel, Ind., …
As far as Dick Lennox is concerned, things that go “bump” on the road are good for business. Still, even the owner of Lennox Body Shop would like to see a little less of it on local roads. An analysis …
Ohio Attorney General Marc Dann has filed suit against paint manufacturers and chemical companies, including one in Illinois, that he alleges continued to make and sell lead paint knowing it presented health hazards. Dann sued 10 companies including Sherwin-Williams, DuPont …
The boards of directors for the Insurance Agents & Brokers of Delaware (IA&B of DE) and the Independent Insurance Agents of Delaware, Inc. (IIAD) have unanimously voted to approve the plan for merger of their associations, the second of three …
Maryland insurance agents are applauding the General Assembly for relieving them of liability in the delivery of notices about flood and homeowners insurance. The Senate and House of Delegates unanimously passed companion bills (Senate Bill 790/House Bill 1106) that remove …
West Des Moines, Iowa-based Hawkeye-Security Insurance, a member of Liberty Mutual Group, announced today that it will host its first, free Safer Schools Seminar on Wednesday, April 18th at St. Olaf College in Northfield, Minn. from 9 a.m. to 4p.m. …
National Specialty Underwriters, Inc. (NSU) has announced the hiring of Dianne O’Donnell as sales executive, and Meghan Hamilton as account manager for NSU Healthcare, a division of the company that specializes in the wholesale of medical professional liability to retail …
Iowa is expected to begin receiving an estimated $37 million in federal disaster money to help state and local governments and some utility companies recover from the late February ice storms. A presidential disaster declaration covers 48 Iowa counties, most …
