Maine News

Property Program for Public Entities

Nuts & Bolts: Victor O. Schinnerer and Co. offers an admitted property policy for all types of public entities. It features a specialized property enhancement for public entities, which provides higher limits for various coverages and causes of loss, including …

People & Places

Douglas McDonough Citizens and Hanover Insurance Companies have named Douglas H. McDonoughregional president of their emerging Mid-Atlantic region. In this role, he will manage all aspects of sales and distribution for the companies’ commercial and personal lines operations in Maryland, …

CPCU Society Looking into IMSA Standards Model for P/C Industry

Should P/C Industry Response to Ethical Lapses Include a Self-Regulatory Body? The property casualty industry’s leading educational society is weighing what role to play in helping the industry restore its image after months of charges about bid rigging and contingent …

Property Program for Public Entities

Nuts & Bolts: Victor O. Schinnerer and Co. is offering an admitted property policy for all types of public entities. The policy features a specialized property enhancement for public entities, which provides higher limits for various coverages and causes of …

Nations Hazard Leaves Nationwide Trail

Even though his files have been stored in the department’s archives since the case was transferred to federal investigators more than a year ago, Ted Bader, chief investigator in the state of Washington’s insurance bureau, still keeps tabs on Michael …

Trail, Carriage and Pony Rides

Nuts & Bolts: Agri-Risk Services Inc. in Overland Park, Kan., is offering a market for trail, carriage and pony rides. Dollars: Policy allows coverage limits up to $1 million. Carrier: Gemini Insurance Company of Greenwich, Conn., rated “A.” States Available: …

‘Cheeseburger’ Bills Fill State Lawmakers’ Plates

Nebraska state Sen. Jeanne Combs used to weigh more than 300 lbs., and she hopes that fact will carry some weight in her campaign to prohibit people from suing the fast-food industry for making them fat. Combs, who represents District …

HMO Enrollment Reported Down in New England

HMO enrollment continues to decline in most New England states — even Massachusetts, traditionally an HMO tronghold, according to a report by HealthLeaders-InterStudy, a provider of managed care industry intelligence. According to the latest issue of the New England Health …

Chubb Offering Travel Accident Policy in 12 More Areas

Following an initial three-state product launch two months ago, the Chubb Group of Insurance Companies is now also offering Signature Passport in Arizona, Colorado, Delaware, the District of Columbia, Maine, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Rhode Island, Tennessee and West Virginia. …

InsuranceNoodle to Offer OneBeacon’s Small Commercial Products

Chicago-based InsuranceNoodle has signed an agreement with Boston-based OneBeacon Insurance Group to offer the carrier’s OnePac P&C solution to the more than 2,400 independent commercial agencies currently using InsuranceNoodle’s proprietary, Web-based technology platform. Through InsuranceNoodle, NoodleNetwork partner agencies can write …