The following markets were selected from the MyNewMarkets database of 25,000 coverages and programs. To find additional markets, or to submit markets, go to www.MyNewMarkets.com. Mono-line Property for Coastal Exposures Market Detail: CATalyst Property Insurance from Venture Programs gives agents …
The Mutual Service Office Inc. (MSO) has made its Businessowners program available in New Hampshire and Vermont. This marks the first time Glen Rock, New Jersey-based MSO has offered a product in either state. Designed for main street type businesses, …
Nebraska has fallen out of the mainstream when it comes to smoking-related laws, but that could change. Thirty-seven states have passed laws requiring that all cigarettes sold in their states be fire-safe. Nebraska is not among them, but the state …
A former insurance agency operator in Bedford, New Hampshire, has pleaded guilty in federal court to wire fraud in connection with defrauding business clients. Prosecutors say from October 2001 to September 2003, 54-year-old Raymond Douville, also known as Raye Ellen …
A day after a multiple-vehicle pileup on Interstate 93, car owners were calling insurance companies and examining their wrecked cars. More than 100 people were injured in Sunday’s pileup, none of them seriously. The crash happened around 9 a.m. between …
A new report finds Louisiana is among 15 states to have made progress in enacting key highway safety laws. Arkansas, Oklahoma and Texas did not fare so well. The 55-page study was done by Advocates for Highway and Auto Safety, …
Editor’s Note: For a comprehensive report of mergers and acquisitions for 2008, see Special Report: Agency Mergers in 2008 in the Dec. 22, 2008, edition of Insurance Journal. Euclid Insurance, Illinois American Insurance Agency Euclid Insurance Services Inc., has acquired …
Laws mandating stores only sell cigarettes that are slow-burning and fire-safe went into effect in five states on New Year’s Day, including Texas and Oklahoma. Those two states, plus Delaware, Iowa and Pennsylvania, joined 17 others in mandating the fire-safe …
A national consumer group says state insurance departments vary in the quality of the information they provide consumers online, with differences in the usefulness of information such as the rates and practices of individual insurance companies. According to the Consumer …
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