October 24, 2005
ACE USA, the U.S.-based retail operating division of the ACE Group of Companies, today announced that Kelley Kinsella has been named senior vice president and regional business development manager for ACE USA’s Midwest region. Based in Chicago, Kinsella will manage …
October 20, 2005
Sky Financial Group, Inc. today reported third quarter net income of $51.0 million, or $.47 per diluted share, compared to $46.1 million, or $.43 per diluted share for the third quarter of 2004. Annualized return on assets and return on …
October 20, 2005
Martinsburg, W. Va. police have charged Barbara Lynn Gonzalez with making fake insurance cards and selling them to Hispanic residents, according to court records. Gonzalez has been charged with two felony counts of false affidavits in connection with the case, …
October 17, 2005
Automobile and homeowners insurance rates have been reduced as a result of key legislative changes made in the West Virginia Legislature, Jane L. Cline, Insurance Commissioner, told Professional Independent Insurance Agents of West Virginia members during the group’s 106th annual …
October 13, 2005
Terry Lee Villers of Wirt County, W.Va. has pleaded guilty in Kanawha County Circuit Court of two felony counts of workers’ compensation fraud. According to Insurance Commissioner Janet L. Cline, Villers knowingly secured benefits to which he was not entitled …
October 12, 2005
West Virginia Insurance Commissioner, Jane L. Cline, announced one employer, Brett A. Starr was indicted last month by a Kanawha County Grand Jury on the felony offense of Workers’ Compensation Fraud. At the same time the commissioner announced an employee, …
October 11, 2005
“Glitches” in policies agents select for insureds and possible coverage “fixes” to close these gaps or lapses in coverage were discussed by Fred Macy, president of Gray Wolf Insurance Seminars during the Oct. 7-10 106th Annual Professional Independent Insurance Agents …
October 7, 2005
An educational seminar on “Glitches, Hitches and Fixes,” by Fred Macy of Gray Wolf Insurance Seminars kicks off the Friday afternoon opening of the Professional Independent Insurance Agents and Brokers of America (Big “I”) convention at the Clarion Hotel and …
October 4, 2005
Horace Mann Educators Corp. has lowered auto insurance rates for West Virginia consumers an average of 4.4 percent effective Nov. 1, 2005. “We are pleased to reduce rates for educators in West Virginia,” said Doug Reynolds, executive vice president, property …
October 3, 2005
West Virginia has implemented investigation management software to will enable the Insurance Commission’s Fraud Unit to monitor the growing volume of investigations and multiple investigators in various locations to collaborate and share information. Gary Griffith, Fraud Unit director, a 23-year …