August 24, 2006
As part of its Ease of Doing Business (EODB) initiative, Columbus, Ohio-based Grange Insurance today unveiled GrangeWire Alerts to agents. This opt-in service is an extension of GrangeWire, an e-mail subscription service implemented earlier this year with more than 3,500 …
August 22, 2006
Farmington, Conn.-based Darwin Professional Underwriters, Inc. has debuted its new web site, http://www.tech-404.com/, dedicated to educating agents, brokers, and commercial insurance purchasers about the inherent technology and information liabilities facing traditional businesses, including cyber liability, Internet liability, and technology errors …
August 16, 2006
Guy Carpenter & Company, the risk and reinsurance specialist of Marsh & McLennan Companies, announced the publication of “Nanotechnology: The Plastics of the 21st Century?” The study provides “a comprehensive overview of the emerging science of nanotechnology, its potential benefits …
August 15, 2006
London-based Web Connectivity, which provides solutions for data transformation and exchange, has appointed James Willison as Managing Director with a mandate “to drive its business offerings in the London Insurance market.” The move signals further progress in transforming the London …
August 10, 2006
Travelers has launched CyberTech+, a product designed to help protect technology companies from a variety of exposures including errors and omissions, computer viruses, and copyright and trademark infringement. Under the CyberTech+ policy, businesses will be able to select from three …
August 1, 2006
InsuranceNoodle (www.insurancenoodle.com) said it has signed an agreement with The Main Street America Group to offer the regional carrier’s small business commercial products to independent insurance agencies currently using InsuranceNoodle’s proprietary, online technology platform in all states where Main Street …
July 28, 2006
Testifying before a Senate Homeland Security and Government Affairs Subcommittee, Karl Brondell of State Farm Insurance Companies warned that the U.S. is not adequately prepared for a cyber catastrophe. The insurance executive outlined what a recent Business Roundtable report identified …
July 26, 2006
The names, addresses and Social Security numbers of as many as 540,000 injured workers have been lost, and the state and a contracted company are trying to protect the workers from identity theft. In New York, company and state officials …
July 21, 2006
Encino, Calif.-based NAS Insurance Services has introduced more flexible classes for most classes of computer/technology liability insurance risks. The minimum premiums of many high risk classes have been reduced. For the lower risk classes, the minimum premium has been dropped …
July 20, 2006
The Professional Insurance Agents of New Hampshire Inc.’s NumberOne Comp Program, which offers a variety of monoline workers’ compensation market options to association members, has been upgraded to provide insurance agents with real-time service and new policy delivery services. The …