A wildfire in western Montana destroyed a house and two outbuildings, a U.S. Forest Service official said Saturday. The fire, which has scorched about 4 square miles, is one of five large blazes in Montana, according to the National Fire …
Homeowners in Arizona Nuts & Bolts: Abram Interstate Insurance Services Inc. in Rocklin, Calif. is offering homeowners coverage in Arizona. The program includes high risk properties, seasonal homes, brush areas, protection classes 1-10, older homes and homes with losses. High …
Minneapolis, Minn.-based ING named Susan Anderson president and CEO of ING Trust USA. Anderson will lead the growth and development of personal trust and directed institutional trusts nationally. She has 15 years of multi-disciplined experience in financial and legal services, …
St. Paul Travelers Cos. is phasing out the “St. Paul” from its name. “St. Paul” is already gone from the company’s marketing for consumer auto and home insurance, and it will be eliminated from advertising to business customers in the …
UnitedHealth Group Inc., America’s second-largest health insurer, said its quarterly profits grew 26.5 percent, as the company benefited from the acquisition of PacifiCare Health Systems and growth across its other businesses. The company also raised its guidance for the rest …
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota has announced a new policy to issue refunds to nonsmoking individual policyholders who, although eligible, have not been paying tobacco-free premium rates. “Blue Cross has done more to promote smoking cessation and prevent …
Businesses insured through Des Moines-Iowa-based Hawkeye-Security Insurance, a member of the Liberty Mutual Group, will be among the first in the upper Midwest to use Open for Business, a free, web-based tool that allows them to plan for, and recover …
Arrowhead General Insurance Agency Inc. is offering a new crane-construction contractors program. Endorsements include riggers liability in addition to other coverage enhancements as part of the policy limits. Policy limits are up to $1 million/$2 million/$2 million for general liability. …
Minnesota-based Western National Insurance Group has been named to the 2006 Ward’s 50 group of top performing property/casualty companies in the United States. The designation recognizes Western National for achieving outstanding financial results in the areas of safety, consistency and …
