North Carolina News

M&A Activity Continues at a Snail’s Pace Compared to 2008

Insurance brokerage mergers and acquisitions in the second quarter of 2009 was nearly half of what is was during the second quarter of 2008. Just 39 transactions were announced from April through June compared to last year when 71 transactions …

Top 20 Banks in Insurance Brokerage Fee Income

Top 20 Banks in Insurance Brokerage Fee Income (2008/Nationally) Rank 2008 Insurance Brokerage Fee Income Bank Name City, State Web site 1 $860.34 million Branch Banking and Trust Co. Winston Salem, N.C. www.bbt.com 2 $860.00 million Citibank, National Association Las …

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. Vacant Property Market Detail: American Management Corp. offers property protection to owners of residential and …

Top 100 Privately-Held Property/Casualty Agencies

Top 100 Privately-Held Property/Casualty Agencies Ranked by Total 2008 P/C Premium Written 2008 Rank Agency Name, Main Office 2008 P/C Premium Written 2007 P/C Premium % Premium Change 2008 Other than P/C Premium 2008 P/C Revenue 2008 Rank by Revenue …

Top 20 Bank Holding Companies in Insurance Brokerage Fee Income

Top 20 Bank Holding Companies in Insurance Brokerage Fee Income (2008/Nationally) Rank 2008 Insurance Brokerage Fee Income Bank Holding Company Name City, State 1 $1.60 billion Wells Fargo & Co. San Francisco, Calif. 2 $1.21 billion Citigroup Inc. New York, …

Declarations

Tennessee Venture “This is a big opportunity. It’s important for the state to get this and to do this so that we remain competitive. Those funds I’m sure will be weighted fairly evenly throughout the state just for balance and …

North Carolina Caps Auto Rates

North Carolina is ordering auto insurers to roll back their rates to 2006 levels and send up to $50 million in refunds to about 1 million policyholders. Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin said the settlement does away with a rate increase …

States Give a ‘Thumbs Up’ to Fingerprinting Insurance Producers

Regulators Say Fingerprinting Keeps Criminals Out of the Business Don’t be alarmed, but there are convicted criminals roaming around the country acting as insurance producers. They could be robbers, forgers, possibly even rapists. They got their producer licenses in states …

It Figures

$11.5 Million The amount the CFO Alex Sink says her office helped Floridians recover in the first six months of this year in claim payments and premium refunds, including one case that resulted in a $1.2 million payment on a …

Grain Dealers Mutual to Become Affiliate of Main Street America

Grain Dealers Mutual Insurance Co., an Indiana-domiciled regional property/casualty insurance company, will become an affiliate of Main Street America. The agreement, which has been approved by the boards of directors of both companies, is subject to regulatory approval from the …