Kansas City, Mo.-based insurance organization, Lockton Companies LLC, has opened a Minneapolis, Minn., employee benefits consulting practice headed by Vice President/Team Lead Melody Linn . With more than 13 years of experience in benefits consulting, Linn’s areas of expertise include …
Evans Ewan & Brady Insurance Agency Inc. in Georgetown, Texas, has been named a Model Personal Lines Book of Business agency for 2009 by Central Insurance Company. A member of Combined Agents of America LLC (CAA), this is the third …
Unfinished Work “This continuing decline in highway deaths is encouraging, but our work is far from over.” —National Highway Traffic Safety Administrator David Strickland says the federal agency wants to see fatality rates drop further. The number of overall traffic …
In a move that accelerates its national growth, Marsh & McLennan Agency LLC (MMA), a subsidiary of insurance broker Marsh Inc., has acquired Thomas Rutherfoord, Inc., the country’s 14th largest privately-held independent agency according to Insurance Journal’s Top 100. Marsh …
Even though they are largely excluded from the federal financial regulatory overhaul proposed in the Senate, property/casualty insurers say there are some elements they fear could negatively affect them and their customers. Sen. Chris Dodd, D-Conn., unveiled his “Restoring American …
Top Democrat lawmakers in Kansas filed a complaint in the Kansas House against its Republican speaker, accusing him of misconduct for representing businesses, trade groups and insurance funds in a lawsuit against the state. The Democrats said Speaker Mike O’Neal’s …
National Contractors Insurance Company, Inc., a Risk Retention Group (“NCIC”), A.M. Best Rated B+ (Good), is expanding from 25 to 35 states, with their Commercial General Liability coverage now being made available in Alabama, Connecticut, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Ohio, Mississippi, …
Two House subcommittees have scheduled a joint hearing today on ways to address homeowners insurance costs in disaster-prone communities, an issue that has some environmentalists, taxpayer groups and insurers standing together. Testimony at today’s hearing will revisit the Homeowners Defense …
Salina, Kan., city officials said that the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s new floodplain map is just plain wrong and they will consider appealing the floodplain maps for the south part of town. Most of the concern regarding the remapping is …
Rockhill Underwriting Management, based in Kansas City, Mo., has hired Kenneth Schneider as senior vice president of its Environmental unit. Schneider will manage all aspects of the environmental underwriting operations and will work closely with the Rockhill Environmental underwriting team …
