A.M. Best Co. has upgraded the issuer credit rating (ICR) to “a+” from “a” and affirmed the financial strength rating of ‘A’ (Excellent) of United Educators Insurance, a Vermont-based Reciprocal Risk Retention Group (UE), with stable outlooks. The ratings reflect …
Deputy Commissioner Mike Bertrand will be appointed insurance commissioner in Vermont, after Paulette Thabault resigned from that position earlier this week. Gov. Jim Douglas said Thabault will take a position with CVS Caremark MinuteClinic. Bertrand, who currently serves as deputy …
A.M. Best Co. has revised the outlook to positive from stable and affirmed the financial strength rating (FSR) of’ B+’ (Good) and issuer credit rating (ICR) of “bbb-” of Vermont-based Evergreen USA, Risk Retention Group, Inc. Best also affirmed the …
Agency Employs Objective Data on Producers’ Skills Paired with Individualized Sales Training In the current economy, the pressure is really on. It’s not enough to just sell the product – you want your sales people to be best equipped to …
W.R. Berkley, Verus Underwriting Connecticut-based insurer W. R. Berkley Corp has launched Richmond, Virginia-based Verus Underwriting Managers, a subsidiary that will provide property and casualty excess and surplus lines coverage and underwrite on behalf of W. R. Berkley Corp. Dale …
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New Jersey Insurance Commissioner Tom Considine praised new, bipartisan legislation that would grow the reinsurance market and create a captive insurance market in the Garden State. The captive insurance bill was put forward in the Assembly by Democrat Gary Schaer, …
Vermont lawmakers appear poised to pass a bill cracking down on misclassification of workers by employers looking to avoid paying workers’ compensation premiums and unemployment insurance tax. Backers of the measure — which has been agreed to in a legislative …
Vermont lawmakers want to put an S-T-O-P to drivers who text. Under a deal reached Tuesday between lawmakers, texting by drivers of any age will be banned, starting this summer. And the bill that says so goes a step further …
A.M. Best Co. has revised the outlook to negative from stable and affirmed the financial strength rating (FSR) of ‘A’ (Excellent) and issuer credit ratings of “a” of United Fire & Casualty Group (UFCG) and its five P/C members, which …
