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Vacation Income Property (VIP) Nuts & Bolts: Middle Oak is offering insurance designed exclusively for vacation income property. What is covered: homes, condos, short term or year round rentals, owner use, two nights, seasonal etc. In the name of a …

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Vacation Income Property (VIP) Nuts & Bolts: Middle Oak is offering insurance designed exclusively for vacation income property. What is covered: homes, condos, short term or year round rentals, owner use, two nights, seasonal etc. In the name of a …

McCroskey Named Manager at S.C.-Based Rosenfeld Einstein

Upstate-based Rosenfeld Einstein, a South Carolina insurance organization, has named Melissa McCroskey as Benefits Account Manager at the regional brokerage and consulting firm. Prior to assuming her position at Rosenfeld Einstein, McCroskey spent seven years in human resources and employee …

Daniel to Run Southeast Region for Cunningham Lindsey

Larry “Dan” Daniel has been appointed vice president and southeast regional manager for Cunningham Lindsey U.S. In his new role, Daniel will have operational control for the states of Alabama, Georgia, Florida, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina and Tennessee. Daniel …

Vioxx Federal Judge Sees 2008 Focus on Stroke Cases

Next year’s federal Vioxx trials may focus on people who had strokes after taking the once popular painkiller, the judge assigned to handle pretrial matters in all 8,575 federal lawsuits said last Friday. “We may carve out five or six …

S.C. Approves 35% Wind Pool Hike

Scott H. Richardson, director of the South Carolina Department of Insurance has approved changes, effective July 19, 2007, to the rating plan and plan of operation for the South Carolina Wind and Hail Underwriting Association (Wind Pool). Though loss data …

S.C.’s Rosenfeld Einstein Names Director

Upstate South Carolina-based insurance organization, Rosenfeld Einstein, named Rod Martin as Director of Large Group Underwriting at the regional brokerage and consulting firm. A member of the National Association of Health Underwriters, and a native of Knoxville, Tenn., Martin joined …

One-Third on Coast Will Resist Evacuation, Says Harvard Survey

According to a new survey of people in high-risk hurricane areas, one-third (31 percent) of residents said if government officials said they had to evacuate due to a major hurricane this season, they would not leave. This is an increase …

Montgomery Insurance Quadruples Virginia Team to Pursue Growth

Montgomery Insurance, a member of Liberty Mutual Group, announced the recent addition of Virginia personal and commercial field underwriting specialists, territory managers, and underwriting staff in Central and Southern Virginia to support its appointed agents and targeted growth in that …

Declarations

‘Unfunded’ mandate “Here in New Hampshire, we pride ourselves on being frugal, and here in New Hampshire, we pride ourselves on respecting the privacy of our neighbors. We are not about to be coerced into an unfunded mandate, especially one …