Utah News

Neb. Senator’s Driver’s Certificate Legislation Raises Questions

To combat problems created by uninsured drivers, Nebraska State Sen. Ray Aguilar of Grand Island plans to introduce legislation next year that would create a driver’s certificate. The certificate would allow a person without a Social Security number to obtain …

Colorado Casualty Adds Real-Time Functions for Agents

Colorado Casualty, a member of Liberty Mutual Group based in Denver, has added real-time policy inquiry, endorsement quoting, and electronic endorsement submissions to the roster of functions available through Personal IQ, the company’s web-based technology for personal lines. The real-time …

Calif. AAA’s Pentis Joins Commerce Group to Run Operations Outside Mass.

The Commerce Group, Inc. in Massachusetts announced that Lawrence R. Pentis of California will join the company’s senior executive team. He will be responsible for insurance operations outside of Massachusetts as the executive vice president and chief operating officer of …

AFPD Launches Lawyers Professional Liability Program

Administrators for the Professions of Delaware Inc. introduced a new market for law firms with one to 15 attorneys that have disciplinary or frequency/severity issues. Firms performing high risk areas of practice (e.g., intellectual property, securities) will not be considered. …

Employers Opens Salt Lake City Office

Employers has established a new office in Salt Lake City to serve the workers’ compensation insurance needs of Utah’s small businesses. The company specializes in providing workers’ compensation insurance and services to small businesses in low- to medium-hazard groups. Insurance …

Prime Authorized to Write Surplus Lines in Virginia

Chicago, Illinois and Salt Lake City, Utah – Prime Holdings Insurance Services, Inc. (“Prime Holdings”) announced that its subsidiary, Prime Insurance Company (“Prime”), received approval to write surplus lines business in the Commonwealth of Virginia as of September 26, 2006. …

Travelers Introduces TravelersExpress for Master Pac in Utah, Nevada, Illinois

Travelers Select Accounts has introduced TravelersExpress for Master Pac, a multivariate rating mechanism to agents in Utah, Nevada and Illinois. TravelersExpress is designed to accelerate the decision-making process allowing agents to write more business in less time. It is available …

PGI Expands Habitational Program into 11 Additional States

PGI Commercial (PGIC) of Morristown, N.J. has expanded the geographic reach of its habitational facility with Praetorian Financial Group. The program is now available in D.C., Ill., Ind., Md., Mich., N.J., N.Y., Ohio., Pa., Texas, and Wis., as well as …

News Currents

Utah workers’ comp fund plans no changes The Utah Workers Compensation Fund, an insurance pool that pays Utah residents who are injured on the job, has dropped plans to restrict benefits. Earlier, UWCF officials considered asking for a change in …

Editor’s Note: Thin ice

Identity theft costs American businesses and consumers a reported $50 billion, and victimizes an estimated 10 million people in the United States each year, according to the Federal Bureau of Investigation. While those numbers are expected to grow, the information-laden …