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Berkley Online Workers’ Comp Portal Plans to Write in 30 States

Berkley Net Underwriters, LLC, a subsidiary of W. R. Berkley Corp., has launched an online portal at www.berkleynet.com specializing in underwriting workers’ compensation insurance. BerkleyNet’s target market is small to mid-sized businesses. Agents accessing the site can quote and bind …

Sloan Mason Offers Admitted Market for California Construction Accounts

Sloan Mason announced it has new admitted market for California construction contractors performing commercial operations with limited residential work. Coverage is available from a “A+” XV rated carrier for workers compensation/commercial general liability/automobile liability and physical damage/umbrella coverage for clients …

PPIB Offers Coverage of Tattoo and Body Piercing Industry

Professional Program Insurance Brokerage (PPIB) located in Novato, Calif., has packaged general and professional liability policies for the tattoo and body piercing industry. Coverage options are available for the entire shop, the individual artists/piercers and/or independent contractors. The program is …

Willis, The Sullivan Group Form Strategic Alliance

Willis Group Holdings and The Sullivan Group announced the creation of a strategic alliance to provide Willis health care clients with additional and enhanced clinical risk management products and services. The Sullivan Group was founded by President and CEO Dan …

Real Time Campaign Sees Real Results, Supporters Say

A new campaign to increase the implementation of real time and download technology-based workflows and independent agency-company interface applications is gaining ground, campaign supporters say. The Real Time/Download Campaign — backed by agents and brokers, agency system carriers, technology providers, …

Ill. Assurance Named One of Chicago’s Best Companies

Assurance Agency Ltd., located in Schaumburg, Ill., was recently named as one of Chicagoland’s 101 Best and Brightest Companies to Work For a second year in a row. The 101 Best and Brightest awards, administered by the National Association for …

A look at restaurants and bars from the ‘inside-out’

Today’s complex restaurant environment needs the right list of insurance ingredients When people get to talking about America’s food hot spots, the same handful of cities come up again and again, including New York, Los Angeles and New Orleans, the …

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Gregg Effner has joined Main Street America Group as assistant vice president of distribution management. Effner, who has 30 years of property/casualty industry experience, will be based at the company’s corporate headquarters in Jacksonville, Fla., and report to Doug Eden, …

Maximize your value by asking the right questions

Price, all too often, is the single factor in an agent’s choice of workers’ compensation insurance coverage for his or her clients. An effective way to differentiate your agency from your competitors is to shop carriers based on value. Actual …

A look at restaurants and bars from the ‘inside-out’

When people get to talking about America’s food hot spots, the same handful of cities come up again and again, including New York, Los Angeles and New Orleans, the epicenter of Cajun Cuisine. But in the Midwest, Chicago keeps the …