North Dakota News

Chubb Helps to Protect Homes from Santa Barbara Wildfire

As the wildfire in Santa Barbara, CA, expands in scope and intensity, the Chubb Group of Insurance Companies has stepped up measures to help protect its homeowners insurance customers’ properties. Earlier this week, Chubb deployed its Wildfire Defense Services to …

One America Transfering Jobs from North Dakota

An insurance company in Fargo, N.D., is transferring 23 positions to its home office in Indianapolis. One America, formerly Pioneer Mutual Life Insurance, informed the affected employees this week. Spokesman Paul Branks says the workers are being offered severance packages …

New Markets

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Best Affirms QBE Re (U.S.) ‘A’ Ratings

A.M. Best Co. has affirmed the financial strength rating of ‘A’ (Excellent) and issuer credit ratings of “a” of the New York-based QBE Re Group (U.S.) and its members. The rating actions apply to QBE Reinsurance Corporation, QBE Insurance Corporation …

North Dakota, Minnesota Officials to Promote Flood Protection

The governors and senators of North Dakota and Minnesota plan a meeting in Washington to promote permanent flood protection in the Red River basin. North Dakota Gov. John Hoeven and Sen. Byron Dorgan, D-N.D., said in a joint statement that …

North Dakota Insurance Agent Accused of Pocketing Premiums

A North Dakota insurance agent has been barred from engaging in the business of insurance under a cease and desist order issued by the state insurance department. According to the order issued by North Dakota Insurance Commissioner Adam Hamm, Rex …

Progressive Offering Liability Insurance for Coal Hauling Truckers

National insurer Progressive Commercial has expanded its truck insurance offerings to include liability coverage for truckers involved in coal hauling. Liability coverages for coal hauling truckers and businesses have been typically only available through smaller and regional insurers, according to …

Watchdog Group Ranks Best, Worst States in Disciplining Doctors

Most states, including California and Florida, are failing to adequately discipline doctors who are practicing substandard medicine, according to the latest annual ranking of state medical boards by the watchdog group Public Citizen. For the first time since Public Citizen …

The Weather Goblins

Who let the weather goblins out? Tornadoes, wildfires and floods, oh my! With all the weather related disasters out in full force this (and seemingly every) spring, there should be some kind of scary, Halloween-type holiday to acknowledge the violent …

Declarations

Life-Changing Tornado “I had more insurance than I thought I did.” —Bill Lant, owner of Lant’s Country Feed Store in Seneca, Mo., says an EF-4 tornado that swept through Newton County, Mo., on May 10, 2008, changed his life. The …