The Chubb Corp. has made four executives appointments: John J. Degnan has been named vice chairman and chief operating officer. Degnan, a former attorney general of New Jersey who joined Chubb nearly 18 years ago, was previously vice chairman and …
Allied World, Darwin Professional Bermuda-based Allied World Assurance Co., Ltd. has agreed to acquire Connecticut-based Darwin Professional Underwriters, Inc. Darwin offers specialty and primary professional lines coverages, which include health care professional liability and niche errors and omissions. Darwin also …
Wilshire Insurance and Innovative Value Agency, based in Fayetteville, announced that their North Carolina segmented private passenger automobile program will now be available on the Jenesis Agency Management system quote control rating feature. IVA — conducting business in North Carolina …
A coastal South Carolina congressman is seeking to allow an undeveloped section of Kiawah Island beachfront to qualify for federal money for roads, flood insurance and renourishment, making it more attractive for development. U.S. Rep. Henry Brown introduced a bill …
Farmers Insurance Group notified its North Carolina agents that the insurer will pull out of the homeowners’ market across the state before year’s end. Independent agent Greg Reeder of Reeder Insurance Services in Mint Hill, N.C., said he recently signed …
North Carolina Insurance Commissioner Jim Long today announced the arrest of an Apex woman on one count of embezzlement and one count of obtaining property by false pretenses. Mary Grantham Hicks, aka Mary Linda Hicks, 58, is the owner of …
North Carolina Gov. Mike Easley announced that law enforcement officers across the state will conduct a one-day “Booze It & Lose It” enforcement blitz today — 08.08.08, as a reminder for motorists not to drink and drive. The North Carolina …
For the second time in the history of the award, two winners have been chosen to receive the “National Outstanding Customer Service Representative of the Year Award” from The National Alliance for Insurance Education & Research. The 2008 award went …
A wildfire that has burned more than 62 square miles of eastern North Carolina forests and fields is nearly extinguished and firefighters are wrapping up operations, a spokesman said Aug. 5. Fire managers have sent scores of people back to …
Charlotte, N.C.-based Montgomery Insurance, a Liberty Mutual Agency Markets regional company, introduced its farm line of business on Commercial IQ — a web-based application for quoting and application submission. Agents in Tennessee are now realizing faster turn-around time with SmartNav …
