Montana News

Diederich Acquires Doctors’ Financial

Diederich Insurance Agency of Carbondale, Ill. today announced the holdings acquisition of Doctors’ Financial Group, Inc. of Denver, Colo. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Doctors’ Financial Group, Inc. offers medical professional liability services for their physician and surgery …

News Briefs

Arkansas Conference to Aid Business Leaders The Arkansas Workers Compensa-tion Commission will hold the 18th Annual Workers’ Compen- sation Educational Conference Oct. 12-14 in Little Rock. The AWCC said businesses and their insurance agents are invited to attend the three-day …

BONDING COMPANY ORDERED TO STOP

Oklahoma Ins-urance Commiss-ioner Kim Holland ordered Global Bonding to stop conducting unauthorized business involving insurance in Oklahoma. The order states the company violated state law by misleading consumers, construction companies and subcontractors regarding surety bonding for construction projects. The action …

Howey Joins G.E. Young & Company

Jim Howey recently joined Denver-based G.E. Young & Company as chief operating officer. Howey, who holds more than 16 years of insurance and risk management experience, was brought on board to drive process and strategy implementation for the company, according …

Wash. State Battles Blaze as More than 100 Homes Destroyed; Other Western States Face Fires

While temperatures fell Friday and the humidity rose, that was about the only good news for folks and firefighters in southeastern Washington State, as a nearly 50,000-acre wildfire continued to blaze. More than 100 homes have been destroyed according to …

AutoOne Insurance Co. Expands

AutoOne Insurance, a division of OneBeacon Insurance Group, announced that, pending regulatory approvals, AutoOne plans to expand its LAD (Limited Assignment Distribution) services to Arizona, Colorado, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, South Carolina, Idaho, Utah, Washington, West Virginia and Wyoming. …

Kansas Doubles Amount of Insured Crop Acres

Kansas farmers have more than doubled the insured acres in the state since 1989, tripling their dollar amount of coverage during the same time, according to a recently released study. The Associated Press reported that so much Kansas farmland is …

Okla. Orders Bonding Company to Cease and Desist

Oklahoma Insurance Commissioner Kim Holland announced she is ordering Global Bonding to stop conducting unauthorized business involving insurance in Oklahoma. The order states the company has violated state law by misleading consumers, construction companies and subcontractors regarding surety bonding for …

Alabama – Sandra J. Redmon

Outstanding State CSRs of the Year for 2005 Arkansas – Johnnie Ann Washburn California – Janet L. Sprague Colorado – Beverly Maxwell Florida – Cathy M. Cassetta Georgia – Nancy C. Gates Idaho – Cricket Mitchell Illinois – Andrea Krugler …

Insurer Resists Payment in Mont. Aviation Crash

The sole survivor of a 2004 plane crash that killed three men is demanding the aircraft’s insurer cover more than $46,000 in unpaid medical bills, but the insurance company is resisting. AIG Aviation Inc., the insurer, said paying for the …