Kentucky News

Beacon Hill Associates Offers Workers’ Comp Product

PartnerOne Environmental, the underwriting division of Virginia-based wholesaler Beacon Hill Associates, says it can now offer workers’ comp coverage in conjunction with general liability or contractors pollution liability Coverage is provided by a group of A+ Rated insurance carriers with …

Wright and Catron Join Wholesale Broker Towerstone in Dallas

Texas-based wholesale insurance broker Towerstone announced two additions to its staff in Dallas. Brent Wright joined Towerstone as a senior broker/underwriter. Wright has been involved in the insurance arena since 1999. He earned a Bachelor’s Degree in Insurance, Risk Management …

My New Markets

The following markets were selected from the MyNewMarkets database of 25,000 coverages and programs. To find additional markets, or to submit markets, go to www.MyNewMarkets.com. Staffing Firms Market Detail: World Wide Specialty Programs was founded 40 years ago to provide …

2 Kentucky Agents Sentenced for Workers’ Compensation Fraud

Two eastern Kentucky insurance agents and an agency employee have been ordered to pay fines, serve probationary sentences and perform public service work on their guilty pleas in a fraud case. The sentences were given to CS&W Insurance Services owner …

Hiscox Opens Miami Office

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 …

New Markets

The following markets were selected from the MyNewMarkets database of 25,000 coverages and programs. To find additional markets, or to submit markets, go to www.MyNewMarkets.com. Livestock Mortality Insurance Market Detail: Chopra Insurance Brokerage Inc. offers an “all risks of mortality” …

Mennonites Seek Auto Insurance Law Exemption

The small community of Mennonites that multiplied along a web of dirt roads in rural southeast Georgia has steadily grown the same way it does just about everything: Quietly. The community’s 100 or so members have raised their own church, …

Mennonites Seek Auto Insurance Law Exemption

The law requires them to buy motor vehicle insurance but their religion keeps them from using it. The small community of Mennonites that multiplied along a web of dirt roads in rural southeast Georgia has steadily grown the same way …

2007 State Obesity Rates

2007 State Obesity Rates State % Alabama 30.3 Alaska 27.5 Arizona 25.4 Arkansas 28.7 California 22.6 Colorado 18.7 Connecticut 21.2 Delaware 27.4 Washington DC 21.8 Florida 23.6 Georgia 28.2 Hawaii 21.4 Idaho 24.5 Illinois 24.9 Indiana 26.8 Iowa 26.9 Kansas …

Tank in Blast That Killed 3 Not Inspected for More Than 10 Years

Three men killed when an empty gasoline storage tank exploded in north Arkansas likely died from the impact of the blast, a coroner said. Federal safety officials have begun an investigation into the blast at the TEPPCO Partners LP facility …