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Youth Recreation Programs Nuts & Bolts: Markel Insurance Co. is offering coverage for youth recreation programs and camps. Coverage available includes general liability, umbrella, sexual abuse/molestation, D&O, child abduction, special events, professional liability, property, key employee replacement, auto, crime, and …

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The National Association of Professional Surplus Lines Offices named new officers and directors for the 2007-2008 term. Officers include: President Mary Ellen Rozzell of Continental/Marmorstein & Malone, Paramus, N.J.; Vice President John F. Wood III of Specialty Risk Associates Inc., …

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The National Association of Professional Surplus Lines Offices has named its officers and directors for the 2007-2008 term. The new NAPSLO president is Mary Ellen Rozzell, who is with Continental/Marmorstein & Malone in Paramus, N.J. Other officers include Vice President, …

Vote on Sale of James River Insurance Set for Nov. 6

James River Group, Inc. reports it has scheduled a Nov. 6 stockholders meeting to vote on the proposed sale of the company. Bermuda-based investment manager D. E. Shaw wants to acquire the North Carolina- based excess and surplus and workers’ …

Heritage General Adds Admitted Homeowner Market

Los Angeles-based Heritage General Agency’s personal lines facility has added a new admitted market for homeowner coverage. Program features include full cost replacement for both the home and personal property with no deduction for depreciation. Other covered structures include unattached …

House Subcommittee to Hear Views on Insurance Credit Scoring Oct. 2

U.S. Rep. Melvin L. Watt, D-N.C., chairman of the House Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, announced a hearing for Oct. 1 to consider the implications of the growing use of credit-based insurance scores for consumers. Specifically, Watt said the hearing …

Governor Says Feds Declare Disaster Area in N.C. Counties

Farmers across North Carolina are now eligible for low-interest emergency loans from the federal government to help them recover from sizable crop losses sustained in the state’s ongoing drought, Gov. Mike Easley said Friday. The U.S. Department of Agriculture has …

Second N.C. Arrest Made in Alleged Disability Insurance Fraud Case

North Carolina Insurance Commissioner Jim Long announced the arrest of an Archdale man charged with one count of obtaining property by false pretense. Department investigators arrested Billy George Flynt, 47, on Sept. 13 at the Guilford County magistrate’s office. Officials …

Cleanup Begins in Texas, Louisiana After Hurricane Humberto

Utility crews restored electricity Sept. 14 to half of the homes and businesses left without power after Hurricane Humberto, while experts estimated total damages from the storm would cost less than $500 million. Humberto, the first hurricane to hit the …

N.C. Bridge Sways, Gets Sufficiency Score of 2 Out of 100

The daily commute to a high school on Hatteras Island offered Dare County teacher Lisa Duke a gorgeous drive on a scenic highway with the ocean on one side and Pamlico Sound on the other. But the few hundred feet …