Auto Club Insurance Association, a Dearborn, Michigan-based insurer, reported it has agreed to acquire MEEMIC Insurance Co. and its insurance agency affiliate, MEEMIC Insurance Services Corp. ACIA is the second largest provider of auto insurance in Michigan based on net …
Louisiana homeowners paid the third-highest home insurance rates in 2006, while Mississippi was hit with the sixth-highest average bill for coverage, according to a report by a national group of state insurance regulators. Although the report is the first since …
Texas Commissioner of Workers’ Compensation Rod Bordelon announced that disciplinary actions taken by the Texas Department of Insurance, Division of Workers’ Compensation (TDI-DWC) in December 2008 and January 2009 resulted in administrative penalties totaling $169,800. Commissioner’s orders are subject to …
An audit of Minnesota’s worker’s compensation system has found that insurers are mishandling a growing number of claims, including by paying injured workers less than they deserve. The report from the Legislative Auditor said those mistakes are resulting in about …
Officials of cities along the Red River are preparing for the worst while they await an updated spring flood forecast Friday. Wilkin County, Minn., engineer Tom Richels says the county has lined up pumps and sandbags. He expects conditions similar …
Journalists find cynicism comes easily. Nearly every day, we’re bombarded with a string of e-mails, press releases and clippings about different companies and individuals who have donated their time, money or both for something in their communities. “So what?” a …
Juan Andrade and Jonathan Bennett have been named as interim co-leads of the Property and Casualty Operations of The Hartford. Their appointment to those interim positions follows the departure of Neil Wolin, president and chief operating officer of the The …
The GAO compared the number of NFIP policies in a given area as of September 2006, with the total number of county flood declarations from January 1980 to June 2008, cumulative flood claims payments from January 1978 to April 2008, …
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Richard G. “Dick” Clarke, senior vice president of J. Smith Lanier & Co. in West Point, Ga., has been elected 2009 president of RiskProNet International, a network of 25 independent insurance brokers in North America. Clarke is a veteran of …
