South Carolina News

Ohio Casualty officially joins the Liberty Mutual agency family

With $7.3 billion in premium, Liberty Mutual Agency Markets becomes the largest regional independent agency force Boston-based insurance giant Liberty Mutual Group is now the largest regional provider of property and casualty insurance distributed through independent agents in the country. …

Fatal workplace injuries drop slightly in 2006

The Department of Labor’s BLS National Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries for 2006 reported that 5,703 people died from on-the-job injuries in 2006 compared with 5,734 in 2005. The rate of fatal work injuries in 2006 was 3.9 per 100,000 …

My New Markets

Environmental Casualty Coverage Nuts & Bolts: USAssure Insurance Services provides enhancements such as general liability, automobile, workers’ compensation, owners and contractors protective liability, as well as umbrella/excess coverage. Our target market includes, but is not limited to: environmental contractors, consultants …

News Currents

Ohio Casualty officially joins the Liberty Mutual agency family With $7.3 billion in premium, Liberty Mutual Agency Markets becomes the largest regional independent agency force Boston-based insurance giant Liberty Mutual Group is now the largest regional provider of property and …

My New Markets

Insurance Agents E&O Program Nuts & Bolts: Brown & Brown of California Inc. – Programs Division has a new errors and omissions market designed for agents that have been in the industry three or more years, with revenue under $3 …

News Currents

Ohio Casualty officially joins the Liberty Mutual agency family With $7.3 billion in premium, Liberty Mutual Agency Markets now largest regional independent agency Boston-based insurance giant Liberty Mutual Group is now the largest regional provider of property and casualty insurance …

Southern discomfort

A leading national independent agency leader urged Southern governors to use their “bully pulpits” to bring together the leaders in the insurance industry to ease the region’s coastal insurance crisis. “Right now, the prospects for broad legislation in Washington are …

People

Richard E. Meuret has been appointed vice president and manager, Field Operations Analysis, for Liberty Mutual Agency Markets regional company operations. Meuret will be based in the insurer’s Boston home office and will work with the eight regional agency companies …

Ohio Casualty officially joins the Liberty Mutual agency family

With $7.3 billion in premium, Liberty Mutual Agency Markets becomes the largest regional independent agency force Boston-based insurance giant Liberty Mutual Group is now the largest regional provider of property and casualty insurance distributed through independent agents in the country. …

Business Moves

Citi, BISYS Citi completed its previously announced acquisition of The BISYS Group Inc. for approximately $1.44 billion in an all-cash transaction. In the transaction BISYS shareholders will receive merger consideration of $11.85 per share, and a special dividend of $0.15 …