November 7, 2005
The importance of state insurance associations in shaping public policy was acknowledged by Charles M. Chamness, president of the National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies in an address in Savannah, Ga., to the State Insurance Trade Associations, a large group …
November 7, 2005
A new health insurance contract will reduce premiums for thousands of state employees, a savings state officials attribute to better plan management and workers’ more efficient use of insurance. All told, 90,000 government workers and their dependents are covered by …
November 6, 2005
ALABAMA Vesta Reinsurance To Cover Wilma Vesta Insurance of Birmingham, issued a statement saying it has complete reinsurance coverage for Hur-ricane Wilma claims in Florida. “As previously disclosed, Vesta’s losses from Hurricanes Katrina and Rita did not reach the company’s …
November 3, 2005
Repeating failed efforts in other states such as Rhode Island, Maryland, Illinois and the District of Columbia, trial lawyer and former Missouri Insurance Commissioner Jay Angoff has reportedly issued another intentionally misleading report – this time in Washington State, according …
October 31, 2005
The Society of Insurance Licensing Administrators (SILA) has named Kansas Insurance Department employee LeRoy Brungardt the Warren E. Spurill Regulator of the Year-2005. “Naming Leroy as this year’s recipient is not only a reflection on the caliber of his leadership, …
October 28, 2005
Acuity said Friday that it will begin writing insurance in Kansas effective Jan. 1. The Sheboygan, Wis.-based insurer said consumers may receive policy premium quotes from independent agents who represent Acuity starting Dec. 1. With 800 employees and $1.6 billion …
October 24, 2005
Partnership Means Superior Service for Combined Customer Base Salt Lake City, Utah and Los Angeles – Castle Inspection Service (Castle) and Marshall & Swift / Boeckh (MS/B), an MDA company, are pleased to announce the formation of a strategic alliance. …
October 24, 2005
ACE USA, the U.S.-based retail operating division of the ACE Group of Companies, today announced that Kelley Kinsella has been named senior vice president and regional business development manager for ACE USA’s Midwest region. Based in Chicago, Kinsella will manage …
October 21, 2005
Burns & Wilcox has announced that due to an increasing volume of business it has expanded and moved its Atlanta office. “Due to our increasing volume, we literally grew out of our office in under three years,” Jim Epting, Atlanta …
October 20, 2005
The importance of state insurance associations in shaping public policy has been acknowledged by Charles M. Chamness, president of the National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies in an address in Savannah, Ga. to the State Insurance Trade Associations, a large …