Editor’s Note: For a comprehensive report of mergers and acquisitions for 2008, see Special Report: Agency Mergers in 2008 in the Dec. 22, 2008, edition of Insurance Journal. Euclid Insurance, Illinois American Insurance Agency Euclid Insurance Services Inc., has acquired …
National managing general agent Burns & Wilcox has promoted Anthony Cugini to manager of the company’s Houston office. He is responsible for increasing sales across all product lines, including professional liability, commercial, umbrella, vacant buildings, contractors and personal lines. Cugini …
Laws mandating stores only sell cigarettes that are slow-burning and fire-safe went into effect in five states on New Year’s Day, including Texas and Oklahoma. Those two states, plus Delaware, Iowa and Pennsylvania, joined 17 others in mandating the fire-safe …
Editor’s Note: For a comprehensive report of mergers and acquisitions for 2008, see Special Report: Agency Mergers in 2008 in the Dec. 22, 2008, edition of Insurance Journal. Brown & Brown, Insurance 1, Alexander & Bolton Brown & Brown Inc. …
60% A new electronic system to verify automobile insurance in Oklahoma is operational, but accurate only 60 percent of the time, according to an Associated Press report. A law passed in 2006 took effect Jan. 1, 2009, allowing law enforcement …
A national consumer group says state insurance departments vary in the quality of the information they provide consumers online, with differences in the usefulness of information such as the rates and practices of individual insurance companies. According to the Consumer …
But Challenges Could Lie Ahead in 2009 Even With Government Stimulus Package Commercial construction insurance brokers from the northeast to the west coast, from Texas all the way to North Carolina, say the market and their business right now are …
Reform of the state’s workers’ compensation system is among the policy issues on the agenda for Republicans in the Oklahoma State Senate during the 2009 legislative session. In concurrent news conferences in the State Capitol and Tulsa, Senate President Pro …
It may be a little harder to keep cigarettes lit in Oklahoma next year. Jan. 1 is the effective date for legislation passed last session requiring that cigarettes sold in Oklahoma comply with fire safety standards. The paper on these …
In the latest of a series of problems involving Interstate 40 through Oklahoma City, a hole opened in a bridge over the North Canadian River Dec. 29, forcing the closure of two eastbound lanes while crews repaired the damage. This …
