New Hampshire News

New Markets

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. Pizza Delivery Program Market Detail: IPC offers hired and non-owned auto coverage for food delivery …

Main Street America Group Acquiring Michigan’s Great Lakes Casualty

The Main Street America Group, a regional property/casualty insurer based in Jacksonville, Fla. that writes business up and down the East Coast, is expanding to the Midwest. The insurer said it has agreed to acquire Great Lakes Casualty Insurance Co., …

N.H. Gov. Lynch Wants Sevigny to Remain Insurance Commissioner

New Hampshire Gov. John Lynch has nominated Insurance Commissioner Roger Sevigny to serve another term. Former Gov. Craig Benson first nominated then-Assistant Commissioner Sevigny to replace Insurance Commissioner Paula Rogers in 2003. His peers in other states have elected Sevigny …

Mt. Washington Expands Home Insurance Choices in N.H.

Mt. Washington Assurance Corp. introduced its newest home insurance program in New Hampshire this week in a series of meetings with independent insurance agents who represent the company for home and auto insurance. The new Peak Protection Program includes coverage …

Cereal Link to Salmonella Strain Probed in North Dakota, Other States

At least 23 people in 14 states, including North Dakota, have been sickened by the same strain of salmonella found in two breakfast cereals recalled by Malt-O-Meal, the federal Food and Drug Administration said. Officials in Minnesota are investigating whether …

Industry Progressing With Real Time Technology and Downloads

Independent agents and carriers see gains — in some cases doubling — in real time transactions Just one year into the making, supporters of the Real Time/Download Campaign (www.getrealtime.org), a campaign to improve the efficiency of communications between independent agents …

New Markets

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. Human Services Nuts & Bolts: Travis Pederesen and Associates is offering general liability, professional, umbrella, …

Declarations

Agent of Change “Taking a bad agent out of the marketplace ensures consumers are protected from unscrupulous and fraudulent behavior.” —Connecticut Insurance Commissioner Thomas R. Sullivan, commenting on the case of an insurance agent who forged clients’ signatures and held …

People

Charlotte, N.C.-based wholesale insurance broker AmWINS Group, Inc. has named James Drinkwater president of its AmWINS Brokerage division. Drinkwater will be responsible for the day-to-day management of the division. Prior to being promoted to this role, Drinkwater served as the …

Progressive Begins Selling Mass. Auto Online; Casco Looks to Enter

Progressive Insurance begins selling personal auto insurance online in Massachusetts today. Meanwhile, Casco Indemnity, which writes auto insurance in the other New England states on behalf of several mutual fire insurers, is looking to re-enter the Bay State auto market …