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Hospitality Mutual Insurance Co. in Westborough, Mass., named John W. Tympanick president and chief executive officer. He has also been appointed to the company’s board of directors. Hospitality Mutual, a mutual insurance company serving the hospitality industry, replaced the Liquor …

New Markets

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Tennessee-based Unum Bridges Language Gaps in Employee Benefits

Chattanooga, Tenn.-based Unum, in an effort to serve its Spanish-speaking customers, created customized employee education and enrollment materials, added bilingual call centers and is providing on-claim support. Unum says its contact centers have seen a dramatic increase in calls to …

Bomb Threat Ends Homecoming Dance in Suburban Chicago School

Police in the Chicago suburb of Park Ridge say a bomb threat forced the evacuation of Maine South High School’s homecoming dance. After receiving word of the threat, police and fire officials were sent to the school Saturday evening. Police …

Report Says North Dakota Workers’ Comp Claims Not Wrongly Denied

The interim chief executive of North Dakota’s workers’ compensation agency say he’s pleased with a new consultant’s report that found no evidence Workforce Safety and Insurance wrongly denied injured workers claims. Interim CEO Bruce Furness says the report is worth …

Industry Honors Sen. Collins of Maine

The National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies (NAMIC) named Sen. Susan M. Collins, R-Maine, as its Federal Legislator of the Year. In presenting Collins with the award, Chuck Chamness, NAMIC’s president/CEO, pointed to Collins’ efforts to extend the government’s terrorism …

Why Agents Need to Know If Their Clients Blog

Getting ‘SLAPP’ed: Individuals Blog at Their Own Risk; Exposure of Business Clients Depends on Policy Endorsements Blog-related personal injury suits have produced judgments ranging between $7,500 and $11.3 million. A Dade County, Florida real estate developer in January 2008 filed …

Blogs Can Get Insurance Clients ‘SLAPP’ed

A Dade County, Florida real estate developer in January 2008 filed a $25 million lawsuit against a real estate blogger alleging, among other charges, defamation of character based on the blogger’s opinion published solely on his blog (MiamiCondo Investments). Hollo …

Blogs Can Get Insurance Clients ‘SLAPP’ed

A Dade County, Florida real estate developer in January 2008 filed a $25 million lawsuit against a real estate blogger alleging, among other charges, defamation of character based on the blogger’s opinion published solely on his blog (MiamiCondo Investments). Hollo …

Hurricane and Political Seasons Stir Up National Cat Plan Proposals

As Losses Mount for Insurers, More Proposals for a National Solution Emerge Neither Gustav nor Ike walloped the property/casualty insurance industry the way Katrina did but there is still concern in insurance and reinsurance circles over the cumulative effect of …