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Youth recreation programs Nuts & Bolts: Markel Insurance Co. is offering coverage for youth recreation programs and camps. Coverage includes general liability, umbrella, sexual abuse/molestation, directors and officers, child abduction, special events, professional liability, property, key employee replacement, auto, crime, …

IISI Offers Courier/Package Delivery Program

Innovative Insurance Solutions, Inc., an insurance advisor specializing in transportation risks, has launched a new program specifically for couriers/package delivery and others in the expedited local delivery industry. IISI is the exclusive program manager, with the authority to quote, bind …

Tenn. Man Says Wife Filed Suit in his Name to Collect from Fire

A Dyersburg, Tenn. man says his wife improperly included his name on a lawsuit filed against a textile mill that caught fire, falsely claiming that smoke from the blaze damaged their home, killed their pets and harmed the family’s health. …

N.C. Mountain Planners Learn to Look Out for Landslide Dangers

Landslides like the one that killed residents of a western North Carolina community three years ago are a more common threat to mountain dwellers than they might seem, so the region’s planners are trying to learn how to prepare for …

Lightning Strike Results in Banks of Foam on Tennessee Highway

Temperatures were headed into the 90s, but what appeared to be snow lined sections of a busy highway in East Tennessee last week. On closer inspection, the snow turned out to be foam – fire retardant foam, like the kind …

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The Property Casualty Insurers Association of America named Deputy Secretary of Commerce David A. Sampson to serve as the association’s president and chief executive officer. Sampson take over the reins of PCI on Sept. 4. PCI represents more than 1,000 …

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Coin Laundry and Dry Cleaners Nuts & Bolts: Gridiron Insurance Underwriters Inc. is offering a program especially designed for coin laundries and dry cleaners, and similar type risks. 24-hour coin laundries are eligible. Laundry routes at apartment buildings are not …

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The Property Casualty Insurers Association of America has named Deputy Secretary of Commerce David A. Sampson to serve as the association’s president and chief executive officer. Sampson takes over the reins of PCI on Sept. 4. PCI represents more than …

People

The Property Casualty Insurers Association of America has named Deputy Secretary of Commerce David A. Sampson to serve as the association’s president and chief executive officer. Sampson takes over the reins of PCI on Sept. 4. PCI represents more than …