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Wedding Insurance Nuts & Bolts: Travelers recently announced the launch of the Wedding Protector Plan, an insurance policy covering weddings. The Wedding Protector Plan provides coverage, with no deductible, for a variety of unfortunate occurrences associated with a wedding event. …

Figures

135 The number of homeowners in Alabama’s Fairhope-Daphne area whose policies were set to be non-renewed by State Farm Insurance but are expected to have their coverage retained. State Farm had notified the Alabama Department of Insurance that it would …

Business Moves

Hub, Apax, Morgan Stanley Hub International Limited, which got its start in 1998 when 11 Canadian brokers merged and has since grown through acquisitions into one of the largest insurance brokers in North America, is being acquired by funds advised …

Business Moves

Carpenter Moore, USI Southwest Houston-based USI Southwest and Car-penter Moore, a subsidiary of The Nasdaq Stock Market Inc., are partnering to provide executive liability services to public companies in Texas, Louisiana and New Mexico. They will provide an array of …

Non-Franchised Auto Dealer’s Physical Damage Program Launched

Memphis, Tennessee – London American Risk Specialists, Inc. and Integon Specialty, a division of GMAC Insurance, are pleased to introduce the immediate launch of a Non-Franchised Auto Dealer’s Physical Damage (DOL) Program for dealerships located in Tennessee, Arkansas, & Mississippi. …

Tenn. Schools Learn Improved Safety and Emergency Operations

Tennessee school officials attended a free seminar at Murfreesboro’s Middle Tennessee State University to learn about best practice school safety planning and sexual abuse prevention from members of Indiana Insurance’s Safety Advantage Network. Indiana Insurance is hosting Safer Schools Seminars …

Unitrin Acquiring Personal Lines Insurer Merastar for $45 Million

Unitrin, Inc. reports that its subsidiary, Trinity Universal Insurance Co., is buying Merastar Insurance Co. certain of its affiliates in a cash transaction valued at approximately $45 million. Merastar Insurance is based in Chattanooga, Tennessee and specializes in the sale …

Tenn. Volunteer Firefighters Charged with Arson

Tennessee authorities filed arson charges this week against four volunteer firefighters in connection with two house fires in Bell Buckle. Bedford County Sheriff Randall Boyce said all suspects have confessed to parts of the charges against them. “They admitted to …

State Farm Announces $1.2 Billion Mutual Auto Policyholder Dividend

Safer Schools Seminar Coming to Tenn. on March 7

Indiana Insurance, a member of Liberty Mutual Group, will host its second of four free, day-long Safer Schools Seminars on March 7 at Middle Tennessee State University in Murfreesboro, Tennessee. School violence and sexual abuse are pressing concerns for school …