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Retail Shopping Centers Nuts & Bolts: Argonaut Group Inc.’s Select Markets segment is expanding its line of products and services to include the retail shopping center marketplace. Highlights include specialized benefits such as coordinated policies for comprehensive landlord-tenant liability coverage, …

New Markets

Retail Carts Nuts & Bolts: General liability, including contractual liability, personal injury and advertising injury liability for retail cart vendors operating concessions and exhibits is available from K&K Insurance Group Inc. This program is specifically tailored for concessionaires, exhibitors and …

House bill would establish national disaster commission with agent member

Legislation that would establish a bipartisan national commission tasked with recommending policies to help the federal government prepare for and manage disaster response has been introduced in the House of Representatives. H.R. 5891, the Catastrophic Disaster Risk and Insurance Commission …

Growth in retail shopping centers a boon for insurance brokers

When the going gets tough, the tough go … shopping! Judging by the 18 percent increase in the development of retail shopping centers in the United States in 2005 over 2004, that tongue-in-cheek adage has more than a little bit …

New Markets

Bed and Breakfast Nuts & Bolts: Smith, Bell and Thompson and Swiss Re’s Commercial Insurance announce a new program for Bed & Breakfast accounts. The Bed & Breakfast program is designed for the innkeeper industry. Target accounts include bed and …

New Markets

Retail Shopping Centers Nuts & Bolts: Argonaut Group Inc.’s Select Markets segment is expanding its line of products and services to include the retail shopping center marketplace. Highlights include specialized benefits such as coordinated policies for comprehensive landlord-tenant liability coverage, …

People and Places

The Insurance Information Institute has promoted Dr. Robert P. Hartwig to president; named Dr. L. James Valverde Jr. as vice president of Economics and Risk Management; and announced the retirement of Gordon Stewart, president. Hartwig, currently senior vice president and …

New Markets

Retail Carts Nuts & Bolts: General liability, including contractual liability, personal injury and advertising injury liability for retail cart vendors operating concessions and exhibits is available from K&K Insurance Group Inc. This program is specifically tailored for concessionaires, exhibitors and …

House bill would establish national disaster commission with agent member

Legislation that would establish a bipartisan national commission tasked with recommending policies to help the federal government prepare for and manage disaster response has been introduced in the House of Representatives. H.R. 5891, the Catastrophic Disaster Risk and Insurance Commission …

Muri to Represent Utica National in S.C.

Marc Muri has joined Utica National Insurance Group of New Hartford, N.Y. as its representative in Blythewood, S.C., according to Jim Ayres, resident vice president and manager of Utica’s Regional Office in Richmond, Va. Ayres said Utica has been meeting …