May 26, 2009
Fire officials say a blaze has destroyed the Jefferson Market in Jefferson, Maryland. The fire was reported early Thursday. When the Jefferson Volunteer Company arrived on the scene, flames were through the roof, which eventually partially collapsed. As many as …
May 22, 2009
The Navigators Group Inc. has opened a Pittsburgh office of Navigators Management Co. Inc., its principal underwriting agency subsidiary. The office will serve western Pennsylvania, western Maryland, Ohio and West Virginia and will initially be staffed with underwriters handling Directors …
May 22, 2009
Robert Sadler, chief financial officer of Bristol West Holdings Inc., a subsidiary of Farmers Group Inc., has been promoted to president of Bristol West. Sadler joined Bristol West Holdings Inc. in 2001 as senior vice president – Marketing. In December …
May 18, 2009
$2 Million Settlement paid by Wal-Mart in connection with the trampling death last year of a temporary worker at its Valley Stream, New York store. The man was crushed by stampeding shoppers on ‘Black Friday.’ As part of the deal, …
May 18, 2009
The Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers (the Big “I”) has awarded Alex Soto with the Woodworth Memorial Award, the highest honor the association bestows on one of its members. Soto is president and CEO of InSource, Inc. in Miami and …
May 18, 2009
The small community of Mennonites that multiplied along a web of dirt roads in rural southeast Georgia has steadily grown the same way it does just about everything: Quietly. The community’s 100 or so members have raised their own church, …
May 18, 2009
The law requires them to buy motor vehicle insurance but their religion keeps them from using it. The small community of Mennonites that multiplied along a web of dirt roads in rural southeast Georgia has steadily grown the same way …
May 18, 2009
2007 State Obesity Rates State % Alabama 30.3 Alaska 27.5 Arizona 25.4 Arkansas 28.7 California 22.6 Colorado 18.7 Connecticut 21.2 Delaware 27.4 Washington DC 21.8 Florida 23.6 Georgia 28.2 Hawaii 21.4 Idaho 24.5 Illinois 24.9 Indiana 26.8 Iowa 26.9 Kansas …
May 18, 2009
The Hartford As reported from sources by Reuters, Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc. is trying to sell its property/casualty insurance business, as it reels from massive losses. The Hartford has retained Goldman Sachs, which has been calling potential bidders for …
May 18, 2009
The Woodlands Financial Group Texas-based The Woodlands Financial Group Inc. (TWFG), a retail and managing general agency specializing in property/casualty and life/health insurance, and financial planning, established new branch locations in Florida and Maryland. Maricela Scheller opened a new branch …