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Greg Thompson, president and chief executive officer of Thomco, is the new president of the Target Markets Program Administrators Association, a national organization serving program managers. Thomco, headquartered in metro-Atlanta, was established in 1977 and has been an MGA focused …

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Newly elected Democratic governors in Massachusetts, New York and Maryland are expected to name their own insurance commissioners, although it’s to early to know who the successors might be, according to insurance industry insiders. The industry will see many new …

Election results give Northeast more clout on insurance issues

After the midterm elections, Northeast Democrats are moving into positions of power that could help their states economically as well as affect progress on insurance legislation. Democrats are now well-positioned to bring home more bacon on everything from transportation to …

One in five truck drivers reports falling asleep at the wheel

When a tractor-trailer overturned on a Maryland road, it spilled lumber onto the roadway below and killed a motorist. The same week in a nearby Virginia community, a jury awarded $17 million to the family of a 17 year-old killed …

News Currents

Election results give Northeast more clout on insurance issues After the midterm elections, Northeast Democrats are moving into positions of power that could help their states economically as well as affect progress on insurance legislation. Democrats are now well-positioned to …

People

Greg Thompson, president and chief executive officer of Thomco, is the new president of the Target Markets Program Administrators Association, a national organization serving program managers. Thomco, headquartered in metro-Atlanta, was established in 1977 and has been an MGA focused …

With new governors could come new commissioners in Mass., Md., N.Y.

Newly elected Democratic governors in Massachusetts, New York and Maryland are expected to name their own insurance commissioners, although it’s to early to know who the successors might be, according to insurance industry insiders. The industry will see many new …

Declarations

Declarations Darrell West, a political science professor at Brown University in Rhode Island, commenting on Democrats with seniority being positioned after the midterm election to become chairs of influential committees in Congress. Martin O’Malley, newly elected Democratic governor of Maryland. …

ELECTION REPORT

45 CONGRESSIONAL CLOUT U.S. Rep. Paul Kanjorski of Pennsylvania is among a number of Northeast Democrats poised to chair key insurance committees in Washington. Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley 44 Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick 44 New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer

10 N.Y. agents protest incidents as red flags

Should mere incidents affect pricing? 10 Laptop stolen from broker HRH deals with lost data on Villanova N1 Employee crime: big threat to small firms More than one in three firms experience theft N1 Commercial premiums continue to fall All …