October 23, 2006
PGI Commercial (PGIC) of Morristown, N.J. has expanded the geographic reach of its habitational facility with Praetorian Financial Group. The program is now available in D.C., Ill., Ind., Md., Mich., N.J., N.Y., Ohio., Pa., Texas, and Wis., as well as …
October 20, 2006
Maryland Insurance Commissioner R. Steven Orr has ordered Allstate Insurance to return $17.5 million to 20,571 of its auto policyholders in Maryland whom he says were improperly charged. This restitution is in addition to a $100,000 administrative penalty Allstate agreed …
October 19, 2006
The Insurance Agents and Brokers of Pennsylvania, Delaware and Maryland announced its new board members for the upcoming 2006-07 term at its annual board meeting in Baltimore. In addition to appointing board members to oversee the service group, chair and …
October 18, 2006
ProLawyer Insurance, LLC in Newtown, Pa., announced it has a managing general agent appointment with an A.M. Best “A” rated carrier for lawyers professional liability in Delaware, Maryland and Pennsylvania. This is an admitted product designed for law firms with …
October 17, 2006
Travelers is now offering a 10 percent discount on auto insurance for California owners of Hybrid vehicles. According to the company, Californians registered 52,619 new hybrid vehicles in 2005. At a distant second, Florida registered 10,470 hybrids, followed by Texas, …
October 16, 2006
Newtown, PA – ProLawyer Insurance, LLC is pleased to announce their Managing General Agent appointment with an A.M. Best “A” (Excellent) rated carrier for Lawyers Professional Liability in Delaware, Maryland and Pennsylvania. This is an admitted product designed for law …
October 12, 2006
W.R. Grace & Co. lost its bid to the Supreme Court Tuesday to get out from under a $54 million bill to clean up asbestos in the Montana mining town of Libby. Justices rejected without comment Columbia, Md.-based Grace’s appeal …
October 9, 2006
Civil justice “If the criminal system is not going to follow through and make them accountable, the only thing we have left is the civil system.” James Gahan, whose 21-year-old son, Jimmy, died in The Station nightclub fire in Rhode …
October 9, 2006
Ernie Csiszar, the Romania-born former South Carolina regulator who two years ago was named president and chief executive officer of the then newly-formed Property Casualty Insurers Association of America, resigned from PCI effective Sept. 30. Csiszar indicated that he plans …
October 9, 2006
Coordinated research needed “Hurricanes, by far, cause more economic damage to a more widespread area than any other natural disaster. This bill takes sound, scientific recommendations and builds from them a foundation for better, more coordinated research. Given the enormous …