IMA Inc., an independently owned retail insurance broker, announced that Susan Johnson has joined the Wichita, Kan., office as commercial lines claims manager. Her responsibilities at IMA include managing the commercial lines claims department and acting as a liaison between …
Leavitt Insurance Agency of San Diego, a Leavitt Group affiliate, has hired Matthew Martinez as a licensed insurance agent. Before joining the agency, Martinez completed an extensive training at the Leavitt Group’s headquarters in Cedar City, Utah. Previously, Martinez was …
The State Auto Insurance Group, headquartered in Columbus, Ohio, has reached a significant milestone in its sales of personal lines insurance: one million policies and one billion dollars in premium. “Success in our expansion states, along with new products and …
Utah’s Labor Commission has appointed Ron Dressler director of the agency’s Industrial Accidents Division. The division monitors and administers Utah’s workers’ compensation program and makes sure businesses comply with requirements to provide workers’ compensation insurance. It also helps injured workers …
Compare the estimated $30 billion in after tax profits that the U.S. property and casualty marketplace will likely book for 2009 to the year end results of the hospitality industry, whose lodging (occupancy near 56 percent), restaurants and entertainment segments …
Five outstanding business degree majors at the University of Texas Pan American in Edinburg, Texas, have been awarded academic scholarships from the Insurance Council of Texas (ICT). The students, many of them first generation college graduates, were awarded $1,000 scholarships …
Georgia is joining a Florida-led group of states in a lawsuit challenging President Barack Obama’s overhaul of the U.S. healthcare system, Florida’s attorney general said Tuesday. Bill McCollum, who is seeking the Republican nomination to run for Florida governor, said …
Jennifer Hetzel, a broker at AmWins Group Inc., has been named the 2008 – 2009 Region VIII Rookie of the Year. Hetzel is a member of the San Diego Insurance Women, a local affiliate of the National Association of Insurance …
The Leavitt Group, headquartered in Cedar City, Utah, has announced that Mike Taylor is the new co-owner of the company’s Montana locations in Billings, Bozeman, and Livingston. Previously known as Swanson-Leavitt Insurance, these locations will now do business as Taylor-Leavitt …
Victoria H. Lovinggood, underwriting trainee at Zurich, has been named the 2008 – 2009 Region VIII Young Professional of the Year. Lovinggood is a member of the Insurance Women of San Gabriel Valley, a local affiliate of the National Association …
