Maine News

Cutting the fat in state regulation

Are we doing things we really should be doing from a regulatory standpoint to cut the cost of regulation? asked Property Casualty Insurers Association of America President and CEO Ernie Csiszar during the International Insurance Society’s 42 Annual Seminar in …

It Figures

$18 to $106 The premium range that lower income single adults will pay a month for health care under a plan approved by the Massachusetts board drafting regulations for the state’s new health care law. Under the plan, people earning …

People and Places

Miami insurance agent Alex Soto has been inaugurated as the new president of the Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America (the Big “I”), with Robert E. Fulwider and C. Brett Nilsson assuming the offices of president-elect and vice president, …

A year past Katrina: What has been learned?

Peak hurricane season has arrived. Despite this season’s slow start, people who live along the coast are constantly aware that the next big storm could take shape at any time. This year, however, all of us are also looking back …

A year past Katrina: What has been learned?

Peak hurricane season has arrived. Despite this season’s slow start, people who live along the coast are constantly aware that the next big storm could take shape at any time. This year, however, all of us are also looking back …

What would Popeye do?

Send Olive Oyl out to the grocery for a can of kale? The nationwide recall of bags of fresh spinach due to the contamination of some brands by the E.coli virus might not have affected Popeye at all–since he ate …

People and Places

Miami insurance agent Alex Soto was inaugurated the new president of the Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America (the Big “I”), with Robert E. Fulwider and C. Brett Nilsson assuming the offices of president-elect and vice president, respectively. The …

A year past Katrina: What has been learned?

Peak hurricane season has arrived. Despite this season’s slow start, people who live along the coast are constantly aware that the next big storm could take shape at any time. This year, however, all of us are also looking back …

TD Banknorth Agency Promotes 5

Maine-based TD Banknorth Insurance Agency, Inc. announced several personnel moves, including the promotion of Ellen L. Dupuis to senior vice president in the Personal Insurance Division in South Portland, Maine. As a product line/profit center manager, she will continue to …

Regional Carriers Rank Best on Ease of Doing Business Performance

Regional insurance carriers again topped the list of best performers when it comes to ease of doing business, according to a new survey by Deep Customer Connections Inc. based in Acton, Mass. West Bend Mutual, headquartered in Wisconsin, and Grange …