Fireman’s Fund Insurance Company has begun the national roll-out of a very high-limit excess policy tailored to the unique needs of affluent and high-net-worth clients with special liability coverages for nonprofit directors and officers as well as for those involved …
Kansas farmers have more than doubled the insured acres in the state since 1989, tripling their dollar amount of coverage during the same time, according to a recently released study. The Associated Press reported that so much Kansas farmland is …
Acordia Inc. announced it has named Charles (Charlie) Tooley as vice president – Aviation Practice. Based in Acordia’s Cincinnati, Ohio, office, Tooley will be focusing on the production of aviation-related (airline, charter, aircraft management/FBOs, and manufacturers’ products) business, with the …
Burns & Wilcox has appointed Chad Brown as a broker for the company’s Kansas City branch. As a Burns & Wilcox broker, Brown is responsible for the placement of large, complex property and casualty and environmental risks for the company’s …
New Program Teaches a Consultative Approach to Insurance Sales Beginning this week, 15 insurance agents are returning to Normal, Ill., to do an unusual thing in the world of insurance training: talk with each other about what’s worked and what …
First Niagara, Hatch Leonard Naples First Niagara Risk Management Inc., the wholly-owned insurance subsidiary of First Niagara Bank and its parent First Niagara Financial Group in New York Inc. is acquiring Hatch Leonard Naples Inc. the largest insurance agency in …
Outstanding State CSRs of the Year for 2005 Arkansas – Johnnie Ann Washburn California – Janet L. Sprague Colorado – Beverly Maxwell Florida – Cathy M. Cassetta Georgia – Nancy C. Gates Idaho – Cricket Mitchell Illinois – Andrea Krugler …
U.S. property/casualty insurers are expected to pay homeowners and businesses an estimated $920 million for second-quarter insured property losses from four catastrophes in 25 states — the lowest tally among second quarters in the past 10 years, according to preliminary …
Omaha, Neb.-based Berkshire Hathaway and Kansas City, Mo.-based General Electric announced that GE Insurance Solutions’ sale of Medical Protective Corporation to Columbia Insurance, a unit of Berkshire Hathaway, became effective last week. The sale price was $825 million. With more …
Sweeping Comp Reforms Should Curtail Costs, Claims After years of clamoring for relief from expanding workers’ compensation claims, payouts and premiums, Missouri employers are heralding legislative changes that may signal a growing trend by business to curtail runaway insurance costs …
