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Retail Carts Nuts & Bolts: General liability, including contractual liability, personal injury and advertising injury liability for retail cart vendors operating concessions and exhibits is available from K&K Insurance Group Inc. This program is specifically tailored for concessionaires, exhibitors and …

Sunflower Insurance Program Subject of Dispute in N.D.

Some North Dakota sunflower farmers are growing frustrated at the federal government about an insurance program that both sides agree needs changing. The Agriculture Department’s Risk Management Agency says it is proposing a change in the interest of simplifying the …

Hawkins Named National Outstanding CSR of the Year

Sharnel K. Hawkins, of Bratrud Middleton Insurance Inc., in Tacoma, Wash., has just been awarded the 2006 National Outstanding CSR of the Year Award. The Society of Certified Insurance Service Representatives (CISR) and the Society of Certified Insurance Counselors (CIC) …

Arrowhead General Offers Wrapups and Conversions for General Contractors

Arrowhead General Insurance Agency Inc.’s Managed Insurance Programs Division is offering a new market for wrapups and conversions for general contractors and developers. The contractors wrapup program includes: *New minimum premiums starting at $250,000; *Conversions; *The ability to handle the …

Optional Federal Charter ‘Legislation of the Worst Kind,’ Says PIA Exec

The National Insurance Act of 2006 would undermine key insurance consumer protections, constrict the availability of insurance, create market instability and prompt a flood of litigation, according to Leonard C. Brevik, executive vice president and CEO of the National Association …

Big ‘I’ exec tells agents federal charter is a ‘recipe for disaster’

If a mandatory or even an optional Federal Charter is implemented in Washington, D.C., it will be a “recipe for disaster,” says Charles E. Symington Jr., Independent Insurance Agents and Brokers of America’s senior vice president of Government Affairs and …

New Markets

Social Service Program Nuts & Bolts: London American Risk Specialists, Inc. is offering a Social Service Program written by an “A” rated carrier that includes general liability, professional liability, (including sexual abuse/molestation) property, non-owned auto, domestic social services with foreign …

Soaring California Temperatures Prompt Record Power Use

Triple digit temperatures smashed records across California over the weekend, straining thermometers and air conditioners and prompting dozens of scattered electricity outages that left residents sizzling. A major Northern California power plant tripped off line as temperatures climbed, reducing electricity …

People and Places

Suburban Chicago-based Property Casualty Insurers Association of America appointed Genio Staranczak as its chief economist. Dr. Staranczak will be responsible for economic analysis on the full range of public policy issues facing the industry. He will incorporate analyses of the …

New Markets

Professional Liability ProgramTITLE: Nuts & Bolts: London American Profess- ional Liability program designed for a diverse set of professions, including many types of consultants, insurance services, media and real estate classes. Coverage is offered on both a primary and excess …