With $7.3 billion in premium, Liberty Mutual Agency Markets now largest regional independent agency. Boston-based insurance giant Liberty Mutual Group is now the largest regional provider of property and casualty insurance distributed through independent agents in the country. The insurer …
Agency Specialty Product Network (ASPN) has announced it has formed an alliance with Midwest Employers Casualty Co. (MECC), based in Chesterfield, Mo., to offer large deductible workers’ compensation programs (single and multi-state, where such products are not prohibited or restricted …
Data on 313 Minnesota bridges can be found online, thanks to the work of an environmental group that compiled information from state and federal sources. The Minnesota Center for Environmental Advocacy organized the data and listed structural ratings for bridges …
A month after the deadly Minneapolis bridge collapse, Missouri lawmakers are poised to approve a massive bridge repair project that could serve as a national roadmap for renovating aging infrastructure. Missouri plans to quadruple the pace of its bridge repairs …
Texas led all states in the percentage of residents without health insurance, according to a U.S. Census Bureau report. Texas had an uninsured rate of 24 percent for the years 2004-2006, the report said. The report attributed the high rate …
In response to the severe thunderstorms that have resulted in flooding in the Chicago area, the Chubb Group of Insurance Cos. is offering its homeowners insurance customers two services to help reduce damage to their property. Upon request, Chubb can …
Public and private property damage from recent flooding across seven southern Minnesota counties has topped $67 million. Gov. Tim Pawlenty provided the figure in a letter to state lawmakers. Fillmore, Winona, Houston, Steele, Olmsted and Wabasha counties have been declared …
A former insurance agent accused of defrauding investors in at least three states out of about $4 million has pleaded not guilty to 38 counts in North Dakota. David Skjerven, 60, who now lives in Sedona, is accused of fraudulent …
Boston-based Liberty Mutual Group finalized its acquisition of Ohio Casualty Corp. on Friday, Aug. 24, 2007 and immediately announced a realignment of its $5.9 billion net premium regional agency company organization to make room for Ohio Casualty and its $1.4 …
More than 1,000 people were flooded out of their homes after heavy rain that swamped communities across the American Midwest sent Ohio’s rivers spilling over their banks, the governor said. The storm’s death toll also rose when three people were …
