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Homeowners – TexasNuts & Bolts: Arrowhead General Insurance Agency Inc., based in San Diego, Calif., is rolling out a new homeowners program in Texas. Coverage highlights in-clude: Specified additional amount of insurance–Coverage A–allows up to 25 percent additional coverage in …

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Bermuda-based United America Indemnity Ltd. has appointed Robert Cohen president and CEO of its subsidiary, Penn Independent Corporation. Cohen has been acting president and CEO since November 2005. From 1992, he was a senior vice president for United National Group. …

Homeowners – Texas

New Markets Nuts & Bolts: Arrowhead General Insurance Agency Inc., based in San Diego, Calif., is rolling out a new homeowners program in Texas. Coverage highlights in-clude: Specified additional amount of insurance-Coverage A-allows up to 25 percent additional coverage in …

Brutlag Named All Risks Ltd.’s Atlanta Branch Manager

Johnathan Brutlag has been named branch manager, to oversee the Atlanta office of All Risks Ltd., a Baltimore, Md.-based national independent insurance wholesaler with offices nationwide. Brutlag will be in charge of continuing growth in the southeast, while focusing on …

Gov. Sanford Says S.C. Must Heed Katrina Wake-Up Call

After the thousands of deaths and billions of dollars in damage from last year’s record hurricane season, emergency planners must “imagine the unimaginable” in preparing for a storms, South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford warned this week. “We have been lulled …

National Alliance Names 2006-2007 Board Officers

A new slate of officers has recently been elected to serve on the 2006-2007 CIC, CISR, and Academy Boards of The National Alliance for Insurance Education & Research for a one-year term. The National Alliance relies on these three boards …

Meetings of the mind

Insurance professionals probably spend more time in more meetings than just about any other employees. While some thrive on meetings, not everybody does. According to a new study, meetings may be harder on those who are task-oriented than those who …

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Community Banks Nuts & Bolts: OneBeacon Insurance, working with select independent insurance agents, has developed a solution for the increasingly complex risks of community banks through a combination of coverages designed specifically for these financial institutions and broader property and …

New Markets

Social Services Directors and OfficersNuts & Bolts: Irwin Siegel Agency Inc. (ISA), a Rock Hill, N.Y., specialty program underwriter for the social services field has a new directors and officers liability insurance program that complements current social service packages and …

Lawyers Argue Blackwater Deaths Lawsuit Belongs in Federal Court

Attorneys for a security contractor argued in a federal court have said that the state courts of North Carolina aren’t the proper place for a wrongful death lawsuit filed by the survivors of four former employees killed and mutilated in …