Minnesota News

Minn. Senate Gives Preliminary Nod to Rise in Age for Child-seat Use

A bill to raise the age at which children must be strapped in booster seats while riding in cars, trucks and vans received preliminary approval in the state Senate. The bill, sponsored by Sen. Jim Carlson, DFL-Eagan, would raise the …

Chicago Mesirow Appoints Former NBA Star as Senior Vice President

Chicago-based Mesirow Financial recently announced that Brian Evans, an ex-Hoosier and three-year NBA veteran, has joined its Insurance Services division as a senior vice president. He is responsible for leading new business development initiatives for the firm’s Carmel, Ind. office. …

Minn. Lawmakers Seek Tougher Auto Safety Rules

Strap in the kids, buckle up and turn off the cell phone. The rules of the road in Minnesota might get more strict in 2007. In the name of highway safety, lawmakers are debating bills to increase the use of …

Minn. Western National Insurance Announces 2006 Results

Western National Insurance Group today announced their full year financial results through December 31, 2006. These results reflect the pooled financial results of all companies in the group. For year-to-year comparison purposes, 2005 was adjusted to reflect the combined results …

St. Paul Travelers retreats on Ga. commissions

Georgia Insurance Commissioner John W. Oxendine announced that St. Paul Travelers Insurance Companies has changed what he alleges was the company’s prejudicial agent commissions on homeowners policies in Georgia’s coastal counties, allowing him to cancel a planned hearing into the …

Flood Insurance: FEMA resources offer better ways to serve clients

As we are well aware, flooding caused by hurricanes and tropical storms can wreak havoc along the Eastern Seaboard and Gulf Coast from June through November. What many fail to realize, however, is that flood risk is not limited to …

New Markets

D&O for Small Public Cos. Nuts & Bolts: The Chubb Group of Insurance Companies has introduced specialized directors and officers (D&O) liability insurance for publicly traded companies with market capitalizations of $100 million or less. These “micro-cap” coverage enhancements can …

New Markets

Trucking Nuts & Bolts: AIX Group, Inc., a specialty insurance holding company, has formed a program to provide automobile physical damage coverage to commercial trucking operations. This program will be targeting operations with above average loss experience and fleets between …

Flood Insurance: FEMA resources offer better ways to serve clients

As we are well aware, flooding caused by hurricanes and tropical storms can wreak havoc along the Eastern Seaboard and Gulf Coast from June through November. What many fail to realize, however, is that flood risk is not limited to …

New Markets

D&O for Small Public Cos. Nuts & Bolts: The Chubb Group of Insurance Companies has introduced specialized directors and officers (D&O) liability insurance for publicly traded companies with market capitalizations of $100 million or less. These “micro-cap” coverage enhancements can …