Many buildings are crowded and not up to code 8 Carpooling parents in Conn. get a break DMV says no special driver’s license needed 10 N.J. court: public workers may sue negligent owners Ruling abolishes the “firefighter” rule 10 Conn. …
Viacom-YouTube lawsuit, breakthrough insurance product for docemantarians shine spotlight on media liability Media liability has taken center stage as the result of two recent developments, one a lawsuit by a media conglomerate challenging a new media company’s use of copyrighted …
Markel, Black/White Associates Markel Insurance Co. has agreed to acquire the social services program business of Black/White & Associates Insurance Brokers. The transaction is scheduled to close on April 1, 2007. Black/White’s Alameda, Calif., location will become a Markel underwriting …
The Post Office isn’t the only way to deliver insurance marketing materials. Inserts, e-mails, Web site downloads, and hand delivery are some of the other options that are available. The first three methods are regularly employed; the last is often …
Last November, then-New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer notified four insurance companies that they could no longer pay contingent commissions to agents and brokers who sell automobile, homeowners and certain other insurance products. The four companies — ACE, AIG, St. …
Media liability has taken center stage as the result of two recent developments, one a lawsuit by a media conglomerate challenging a new media company’s use of copyrighted video clips and the other, an insurance product that provides protection for …
Schaumburg, Ill.-based Zurich announced today that Cathy Benton has been named Automobile Line of Business director for its Technical Center unit in North America. According to Gary Kaplan, chief underwriting officer for Zurich in North America, as Automobile director, Benton …
In an address to the UK’s Financial Services Authority (FSA) at its Annual Insurance Sector Conference (AISC), Willis Chairman and CEO Joe Plumeri strongly embraced the financial regulator’s announcement that it would implement a more “principles-based” approach to general insurance …
QualCorp, Inc announced today that they will be showing their new agency reporting tool, QueryPlus AFW/360, in Orlando Florida at the AMS National User Conference on March 21-25, 2007. QueryPlus makes the on-going chore of mining data out of the …
How Mississippi handles its wind pool could very well determine the future of the state’s property insurance market, according to the state’s insurance commissioner. “[O]ne of the major problems that I have faced is how to handle the Mississippi Insurance …
