July 31, 2009
Michigan-based American Community Mutual Insurance Company, a provider of group and individual health insurance, has introduced its own proprietary medical provider network in Ohio. The company said the American Community Provider Network will save policyholders an average of 5 percent …
July 28, 2009
Ohio Department of Insurance Director Mary Jo Hudson announced that the average rates for the state’s top 10 private passenger auto insurers increased 0.8 percent in 2008. The average rates for the state’s top 10 homeowners increased by 6.9 percent …
July 28, 2009
The Ohio Department of Insurance has issued cease and desist orders to two companies that were found to have been selling insurance in the state without licenses to do so. Ohio Department of Insurance Director Mary Jo Hudson has also …
July 23, 2009
Ohio Department of Insurance Director Mary Jo Hudson has announced that the Department Web site address will now be http://www.insurance.ohio.gov. The old address, (www.ohioinsurance.gov) will remain active for a several months but will eventually be shut down in place of …
July 22, 2009
The National Crop Insurance Services trade group says a record $8.6 billion in crop insurance indemnity payments has been made to U.S. farmers for crop losses in 2008, and a lot of that money went to farmers in the Midwest. …
July 21, 2009
Property insurance companies in West Virginia are finding themselves caught between a rock and a hard place over an ordinance in the city of Huntington that forces them to pay funds on some total fire losses to the city rather …
July 21, 2009
The Hartford Financial Services Group Inc. is now offering AARP-branded auto insurance through select, authorized independent agents. Previously, the insurance was only available directly from The Hartford by phone, Internet or mail. The decision to expand through the agent channel …
July 20, 2009
Colemont Insurance Brokers has named John Cleary as vice president and casualty broker. Cleary will be physically located in New Jersey, but he will be working as part of the Hartford, Connecticut office. He brings over 25 years of experience …
July 20, 2009
Illinois Governor Pat Quinn named Michael McRaith director of the newly created Department of Insurance (DOI), which separated from the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation (IDFPR) on June 1, 2009. Quinn also asked Brent Adams to serve as …
July 20, 2009
Farmers Farmers Insurance Group of Companies will build two new buildings and add an estimated 1,600 new jobs at its location in Caledonia, Mich. The company said the development is attributable in part to an attractive incentives package offered by …