Combined Agents of America LLC (CAA) elected its 2009 management committee and added its 41st member agency. The new 2009 management committee includes: • Chairman of the Board – Bill Bridges, executive vice president of Duncan, Fraser & Bridges, Pampa, …
Austin, Texas-based Combined Agents of America LLC (CAA) announced it has elected a new management committee for 2009. In addition, the group has added its 41st member agency – Mr. Insurance Agency Inc. of San Angelo, Texas. CAA’s new chairman …
Legislation aimed at making access to the surplus lines market more efficient and help standardize state insurance regulation has been introduced again in the U.S. House of Representatives. Reps. Dennis Moore, D-Kan., and Scott Garrett, R-N.J., members of the House …
The families of three people killed in a 2005 apartment fire in Lawrence, Kan., as well as several people who escaped with injuries will share a $12 million settlement. Boardwalk Apartments and its management company, Terrace Management Services of Kansas …
Signature Select LLC, a retail insurance broker subsidiary of The IMA Financial Group Inc., hired Deena Garinger as account manager/account executive for its Denver employee benefits practice, and Howard Kohler as a Denver business development executive focused on property and …
Cedar Rapids, Iowa-based United Fire & Casualty Company announced that four directors have been elected for full terms on the company’s 13-member board, Brad M. Sayre was appointed an assistant vice president, and John A. Rife is retiring as president …
Hiscox, an international specialist insurer, opened an office in Miami in an effort to further expand its U.S. operations. The Miami office, which is located in the heart of the Brickell area, will serve as an on the ground presence …
W. R. Berkley Corp. appointed Richard M. Baio to the newly created office of vice president – treasurer. He will manage the investment accounting and tax departments, global currency, banking relationships and all related treasury functions. Baio, 40, has over …
QBE Regional Insurance recently added Charles Valinotti and Mike Bondura to its leadership team headquartered in Sun Prairie, Wis. Valinotti, senior vice president of Personal Lines, oversees personal property and casualty insurance offerings for QBE Regional’s four subsidiaries. His diverse …
The Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers (the Big “I”) has awarded Alex Soto with the Woodworth Memorial Award, the highest honor the association bestows on one of its members. Soto is president and CEO of InSource, Inc. in Miami and …
