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Dan Carmichael Ohio Casualty Corporation has completed a new five-year agreement with its current president and chief executive officer, Dan R. Carmichael. The prior contract with Carmichael was to expire on Dec. 31, 2005. Seth Davis Carmichael joined Ohio Casualty …

MED-MAL MERGER:

ProAssurance Corporation and Physicians Insurance Company of Wisconsin, Inc. have agreed to merge PIC Wisconsin into ProAssurance through a proposed stock-for-stock transaction. The companies said that the merger will expand ProAssurance’s presence in the upper Midwest and provide access to …

Be Merry and Safe

Texas and Louisiana landed fairly near the top of a recently released list of the 15 deadliest states/U.S. territories when it comes to impaired driving. And, the two states are among the 13 that have the dubious distinction of making …

Holiday High Jinks

The holiday season is a great time to eat, drink and be merry. But the last thing anyone wants is a visit from the Grinch. And an unfortunate side-effect of too much holiday reveling are accidents that can injure individuals …

S.D. Court Follows Others in Striking Down Countersignature Law

A federal district court judge in South Dakota ruled that the state’s countersignature law is unconstitutional. The ruling means that 50 states have taken action to eliminate the countersignature requirement, although appeals are still pending in several jurisdictions. U.S. District …

News Briefs

MISSOURI Insurer to Pay $8 Million: State Farm Insurance has been ordered to pay more than $8 million to a tow truck driver and his sister-in-law who were acquitted of insurance fraud after being accused of faking the theft of …

From Pinstripes to Prison Stripes: Near North’s Segal on Life Behind Bars

Former Chicago Insurance Broker Serving Time for Fraud Appears on TV; Is Movie Next? Once you get over the fear…you find that people are just people,” Michael “Mickey” Segal, 63, told an ABC-TV news anchor regarding concerns about other prison …

Dan Carmichael

William Granato Brandon Hickey Ohio Casualty Corporation has completed a new five-year agreement with its current president and chief executive officer, Dan R. Carmichael. The prior contract with Carmichael was to expire on Dec. 31, 2005. Carmichael joined Ohio Casualty …

Patriot Act Re-authorization Nixed by U.S. Senate

The life insurance industry had a stake in a decision made on Capitol Hill on Friday when the U. S. Senate refused to re-authorize major portions of the USA Patriot Act. Critics of the act complained they infringed too much …

Editor’s Note:

Texas and Louisiana landed fairly near the top of a recently released list of the 15 deadliest states/U.S. territories when it comes to impaired driving. And, the two states are among the 13 that have the dubious distinction of making …