Web 2.0 Tools Enhance the Face-to-Face Interactions in the Industry Insurance firms that have used the tools of Web 2.0 appear to be won over for good, and have little to say that is negative. McAuley, Woods & Associates, a …
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. Products Liability for Roller Coasters and Rides Market Detail: MarketScout offers agents access to products …
Jack M. Rader, executive vice president and COO of Farmers Alliance Companies in McPherson, Kan., was elected chairman of the American Association of Insurance Services (AAIS) at the association’s annual meeting held in Half Moon Bay, Calif. Rader succeeds James …
Concord, New Hampshire-based Phenix Mutual Fire Insurance Co., will become an affiliate of The Motorists Insurance Group, Phenix announced. The agreement must be approved by regulators in New Hampshire and Ohio, where Motorists is headquartered. Phenix, which operates in New …
A Maine woman has won a $1.9 million settlement six years after her husband was killed while operating a forklift at the Prime Tanning plant. Forty-eight-year-old Thomas Brown was killed when he was knocked off the forklift and pinned between …
Ohio Department of Insurance Director Mary Jo Hudson announced that Huey Granderson of Millersport, Ohio, has pled guilty on three counts stemming from his involvement in a Fairfield County insurance fraud ring. Granderson was the alleged ring leader of a …
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 …
Ohio’s private employers have until May 31 to sign-up for the Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation’s (BWC) new deductible program, that agency announced. The program is designed to give employers better control of their workers’ compensation insurance spending and serves …
It was bad enough when Matthew Norville rear-ended another driver, crushing the front end of his own car. A few weeks later, the Pensacola college student got a $714 bill to cover the cost of the county police and firefighters …
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 …
