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Business Moves
Safeco Seattle-based Safeco has expanded its sales organization from five to nine regions, and has named executives to lead two of the territories. “Independent insurance agents have consistently told us they want more personal contact,” said Spencer Donkin, senior vice …
People and Places
The Main Street America Group named Gregg Effner assistant vice president of distribution management. Effner, who has 30 years of property/casualty industry experience, will be based at the company’s corporate headquarters in Jacksonville, Fla. In this newly created position, Effner …
My New Markets
Phone Indications on EPLI Nuts & Bolts: International Excess Agency Inc. is offering phone indications on employment practices liability. The company suggests that interested parties provide the number of employees, class of business and loss history, and it will provide …
My New Markets
Phone Indications on EPLI Nuts & Bolts: International Excess Agency Inc. is offering phone indications on employment practices liability. The company suggests that interested parties provide the number of employees, class of business and loss history, and it will provide …
People
The Main Street America Group named Gregg Effner assistant vice president of distribution management. Effner, who has 30 years of property/casualty industry experience, will be based at the company’s corporate headquarters in Jacksonville, Fla. In this newly created position, Effner …
People and Places
The Property Casualty Insurers Association of America named Deputy Secretary of Commerce David A. Sampson to serve as the association’s president and chief executive officer. Sampson take over the reins of PCI on Sept. 4. PCI represents more than 1,000 …
Ratings Recap: LandAmerica, Jefferson Pilot Financial
Fitch Ratings has affirmed the ‘BBB’ Issuer Default Rating of LandAmerica Financial Group (LFG) and the ‘A-‘ Insurer Financial Strength Ratings of its insurance subsidiaries with a stable outlook. Fitch cited LandAmerica’s “strong competitive position with the third largest market …
Concrete Supplier to Pay $50 Million to Settle Big Dig Case
A concrete supplier for Boston’s Big Dig tunnel has agreed to pay a $50 million settlement to end civil and criminal investigations into more than 5,000 truckloads of substandard concrete it delivered to the massive highway project, state and federal …
Neb. Firm Recalls Beef, Buffalo Suspected to Have Dangerous E-Coli
A Hastings company is recalling about 5,900 pounds of ground beef and buffalo products distributed in Nebraska and Colorado because they could be contaminated with a dangerous strain of E. coli, the government said Wednesday. The U.S. Department of Agriculture …
