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Mich. Med Mal Insurer FinCor Acquires Washington Casualty

Lansing, Mich.-based FinCor Holdings, Inc., an integrated risk management corporation serving health care providers and facilities, today announced its acquisition of Issaquah, Wash.-based medical malpractice insurer, Washington Casualty Company (WCC). FinCor paid $9.8 million in cash for WCC, Washington’s fourth-largest …

McCreath Joins Cunningham Lindsey U.S.

Cunningham Lindsey U.S. (CLUS), based in Dallas, announced the addition of Jon McCreath to its U.S. claims Property Support staff. McCreath brings 17 years of industry related experience including positions as a multi-line adjuster, supervisor, unit manager, senior operations analyst …

Western Group President Re-elected Director for Minn. Insurance Federation

Western National Insurance Group (WNIG), based in Edina, Minn., today announced that its President and CEO Stuart C. Henderson, JD, CPCU, has been re-elected for a three-year term as a director for the Insurance Federation of Minnesota. He will also …

Iowa Principal Group to Expand Operations, Add 200 Jobs

Principal Financial Group Inc. is expanding its Des Moines operations and anticipates hiring at least 200 more workers by the end of 2007. The Des Moines-based insurance and financial services company said Friday it continues to see growth in its …

Iowa Farm Bureau Ordered to Stop Free Memberships for Insurance Buyers

Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance Co. can no longer give free Farm Bureau memberships to customers who agree to buy insurance, state insurance regulators said. Susan Voss, commissioner of the the Iowa insurance division, said a new state mandate went into …

Iowa GuideOne, National Safety Council List America’s Safest Churches

The next time you go to church, you may notice security guards, controlled access, or a secure drop box for collections. These are just some of the innovative safety and security measures being implemented by churches across the country to …

Iowa Hawkeye-Security Appoints Blue Valley and Garry & Associates

Hawkeye-Security Insurance, a member of Liberty Mutual Group, has added Blue Valley Insurance Agency located in Overland Park, Kan., and Garry & Associates Insurance Agency located in North Kansas City, Mo. to its growing family of appointed independent agents. Blue …

People and Places

Miami insurance agent Alex Soto has been inaugurated as the new president of the Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America (the Big “I”), with Robert E. Fulwider and C. Brett Nilsson assuming the offices of president-elect and vice president, …

It Figures

$16 million The Archdiocese of Milwaukee said it has agreed to pay more than $16 million to settle sexual abuse claims involving 10 victims in California and two priests, one transferred there by the archdiocese. Half the settlement will come …

People

Miami insurance agent Alex Soto has been inaugurated as the new president of the Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America (the Big “I”), with Robert E. Fulwider and C. Brett Nilsson assuming the offices of president-elect and vice president, …