RewardsPlus, a leading provider of benefits management technology, has named Joel Skyzer as Sales Director for the Mid-Atlantic region. He will be responsible for sales and marketing of the company’s benefit technology to employers and employee benefit brokers in New …
North Carolina-based BB&T Insurance Services has completed its acquisition of McGriff, Seibels & Williams Inc. of Birmingham, Ala., creating the sixth largest insurance broker in the nation. The transaction was valued at $300 million in stock (based on an average …
The Property Casualty Insurers Association of America praised the actions of the Massachusetts Legislature’s Joint Committee on Commerce and Labor for its approval of a bill, HB 1622, that would protect Massachusetts businesses from legal attacks resulting from the application …
Having first looked at efforts to pass more tort reform in Mississippi (Jan. 12, “Miss. Tort Reform In Play As Lawyers Flock to Magnolia State”) and now reporting on efforts in West Virginia in this issue, one can come to …
Like many other parts of the country, West Virginia is looking to answers to improve tort reform in the state. Recently, Insurance Journal Southeast spoke with Randy Cox, American Insurance Association West Virginia Counsel. Cox looks at how the state …
When asked about a recent report from the American Tort Reform Association that singled out West Virginia as the only statewide “judicial hellhole” in a related report, Bringing Justice to Judicial Hellholes 2003,” West Virginia Insurance Commissioner Jane Cline said …
The National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies (NAMIC) recently released a report detailing state legislative efforts to reform the U.S. civil justice system. According to NAMIC, “Tort Reform: An Overview of State Legislative Efforts to Improve the Legal System,” is …
A report detailing state legislative efforts to reform the U.S. civil justice system was recently released by the National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies (NAMIC). The report, part of a NAMIC series regarding state laws and legislative trends, furnishes a …
The Jacobson Group assisted another insurance organization in its quest for talent by placing David Remmells, as Chief Financial Officer at West Virginia National Auto Insurance Company of Morgantown, W.Va. “We have no doubt that David, with his tremendous financial …
The old saying goes that this time of the year is an opportunity to start making resolutions for the new year. Well, we at Insurance Journal have some plans of our own for 2004, and we’re starting with this premiere …
