Iowa News

Klimek Joins WSS as Production Underwriter

Kyle Stevens, vice president and branch manager of the Dallas branch office of Western Security Surplus Insurance Brokers, announced that Ron Klimek has joined the company as production underwriter. Klimek comes on board with a strong insurance background. He began …

Iowa Agent Pleads Guilty, Gets 10 Years

Former Washington, Iowa, insurance agent Roy Evanovich pled guilty to first-degree theft, money laundering, securities fraud, and tampering with records last Friday in Washington District Court, according to the Iowa Insurance Division. His actions cost investors more than $1 million. …

Leave-No-State-Regulation-Behind

Lobbyists for the American Insurance Association recently made their case for federal over state regulation of insurance before the House Committee on Financial Services by presenting a list that included the following: • In Nevada, insurance companies must use pink …

Contractors

Nuts & Bolts: Sandy, Utah-based Prime Ins. Syndicate Inc. is offering excess and surplus lines products to contractors and developers, including contractors’ liability coverage for property/casualty in both residential and commercial business and general liability coverage for premises, work performed …

E&O for Broker-Dealers

Nuts & Bolts: CalSurance launched a specialized errors and omissions program for broker-dealers with 75 or fewer registered representatives. CalSurance and Quanta Specialty Lines Insurance Co. have teamed up to offer this program. The E&O program provides protection against claims …

E&O for Broker-Dealers

Nuts & Bolts: CalSurance launched a specialized errors and omissions program for broker-dealers with 75 or fewer registered representatives. CalSurance and Quanta Specialty Lines Ins. Co. have teamed up to offer this program. The E&O program provides protection against claims …

Contractors

Nuts & Bolts: Sandy, Utah-based Prime Ins. Syndicate Inc. is offering excess and surplus lines products to contractors and developers, including contractors liability coverage for property/casualty in both residential and commercial business and general liability coverage for premises, work performed …

National E&O Coverage for Broker-Dealers

Nuts & Bolts: CalSurance launched a specialized errors and omissions program for broker-dealers with 75 or fewer registered representatives. CalSurance and Quanta Specialty Lines Ins. Co. have teamed up to offer this program. The E&O program provides protection against claims …

Long-Term Health Care Costs Loom Large for Governors

Soaring health care costs, coupled with the looming retirement of a record 77 million Americans starting in 2011, are casting a shadow of concern over states that worry their public health care systems can’t shoulder the burden of the aging …

Selective Announces Executive Appointments

Selective Insurance Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: SIGI), headquartered in Branchville, N.J., announced the following executive appointments: Gerard S. (Jerry) Heim, (Mt. Airy, Md.), to assistant vice president and regional claim manager of Selective’s Chesapeake region. Heim joined Selective in July 2004 …