Doug Eden has joined Main Street America Group as senior vice president, field operations. Eden will be a member of the company’s senior management team based at its corporate headquarters in Jacksonville, Fla., and will report to chairman, president and …
The idea of a federal catastrophe program has been getting mixed reaction in Washington. The Bush Administration and key Republicans including Sen. Richard Shelby, R-Ala., have outright opposed the idea, which has among its supporters the Republican governor of Florida, …
Brown & Brown, United Employers Insurance Brown & Brown Insurance Services of Texas Inc., a subsidiary of Fla.-based Brown & Brown Inc., acquired the assets of Houston-based United Employers Insurance Agency Inc. United Employers Insurance Agency is a retail insurance …
The state of Rhode Island has recommended that a public health expert assist a judge who is preparing to order a massive cleanup of homes contaminated by lead paint, while three manufacturers who lost a landmark lawsuit last year said …
The Farmers Insurance Group of Companies has appointed Dave Dela Torre to vice president—sales in the company’s home office in Los Angeles. Also, Doug Menges has been named senior vice president — auto claims field operations, and Jeffry V. Reinig …
Following the Washington Senate’s passing of an Insurance Fair Conduct Act, the Property Casualty Insurers Association of America (PCI) has issued a statement voicing its concern that the bill will lead trial attorneys to seek more litigation that could lead …
Oklahoma City, Okla.-based BMSI Holdings, the holding company for BancInsure Inc., announced a number of promotions and appointments following their annual shareholders meeting in Dallas, Texas. Rodney N. Sargent was appointed president of BMSI Holdings and chief executive officer of …
The private insurance marketplace, not the federal government, is the best vehicle to address coastal insurance issues and natural disasters in the U.S., according to insurers. Even so, the federal government can play a role in efforts to reduce affordability …
What becomes of student-athletes when their collegiate sports careers come to a close? With less than one percent making it to the professional level, the vast majority move on to work in the “real world” – most of them largely …
A Florida report on the use of occupation and education in underwriting and rating auto insurance asserts that while the practices “unintentionally harm minorities and low-income individuals,” they are nonetheless legal. “Let me be perfectly clear — this practice is …
