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New Insurance & Risk Advisor Joins Texas Associates Team

Texas Associates Insurors has added Dave Perez as its newest insurance and risk advisor. As a student of Texas A&M University, on Sept. 11, 2001, Perez committed to serving in the United States Air Force and was commissioned in 2003. …

Competing Locally on the World Wide Web

SAN DIEGO – (October 5, 2010) – Unless you are a recent college graduate (or younger!) you undoubtedly remember life before the internet made its debut roughly 15 years ago. Statistics reflect the astonishing rate of its adoption in the …

China Says Climate Talks Must Tackle Rich Nations CO2 Cuts

Greenhouse gas cuts vowed by rich nations remain far from enough to escape dangerous global warming, a top Chinese climate official said on Tuesday, urging talks over a new climate change pact to confront the shortfall. China is the world’s …

Nevada To Expand Earthquake Lab

A new $12.2 million federal grant will allow the University of Nevada, Reno, to more than double the size of its earthquake research center, making it the largest quake simulation facility in the country, school officials said. Construction of a …

Best Affirms FM Global Group’s ‘A+’ Ratings; Outlook Stable

A.M. Best Co. has affirmed the financial strength ratings of ‘A+’ (Superior) and issuer credit ratings of “aa” of FM Global Group and its lead company, Factory Mutual Insurance Company, and its other members, which include FM Insurance Company Limited …

National Automobile Club Adds Hawkins as Business Development Manager

The National Automobile Club in Foster City, Calif., has added Terry Hawkins as business development manager. He will be responsible for driving the commercial sales efforts of the organization with primary focus on providing “Customized Road Service Programs” to insurance …

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Salt Lake City-based The Buckner Co. named Mark A. Oligschlaeger executive vice president/chief operations officer. He joins the insurance firm after having spent the past 12 years working for Leucadia National Corp., where he most recently served as the vice …

Texas Agency’s iPhone App Lets Customers Reach Agent on Their Terms

Who says insurance agents aren’t cool? A Texas-based independent insurance agency has proven they know what’s up with a new iPhone application that gives their customers access to important account information when they need it. Recognizing that losses don’t always …

Eligibility for Preferred Risk Flood Insurance Pricing to Be Extended

Since 2008, many homes and businesses in the United States have been re-zoned on Federal Emergency Management Administration flood hazard maps from low to moderate flood risk areas into higher risk areas, and vice versa. Because of their reassignment into …

St. Louis’ Charles L. Crane Agency Celebrates 125 Years

The Charles L. Crane Agency Co., St. Louis, Mo.’s oldest independent insurance agency and the oldest independent insurance agency west of the Mississippi, commemorates its 125th anniversary on Oct. 7 with the unveiling of a large-scale, three-paneled pyrography and acrylic …