Los Angeles-based The Farmers Insurance Group of Companies is offering a new eco-friendly product for its Texas customers wishing to ‘go green”. Called “Eco-Rebuild”, the new endorsement will supplement the comapany’s homeowners insurance by allowing customers to replace destroyed property …
Columbus, Ohio-based State Automobile Mutual Insurance Company and State Auto Property & Casualty Insurance Company has named new managers in various divisions. Robert (Bob) A. Bachtell is claims manager for State Auto’s Ohio region. Bachtell joined Midwest Security Insurance Company …
Wisconsin drivers would have to buy liability insurance for their vehicles but illegal immigrants would not be issued special cards so they could drive legally on the state’s roads under the state budget poised to pass the Legislature. The new …
The Hartford Financial Services Group Inc. has appointed Jeff Lange as regional vice president of The Hartford’s Chicago Regional Office. The office provides underwriting, sales and loss control services for the company’s independent property/casualty insurance agents and their customers in …
Capitol Insurance Companies (Capitol) based in Middleton, Wis., has launched a commercial automobile insurance product. The company said the product is available for appointed insurance agents and brokers through a newly designed online processing system that will allow them to …
Allowing illegal immigrants to qualify for special driver’s cards would make the roads safer, reduce insurance rates and generate much-needed revenue for state government, supporters of the proposal said. Supporters pressed those points at a news conference, a noisy rally …
Wisconsin lawmakers are considering legislation that would increase costs for low- and middle-income insurance consumers, according to the National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies (NAMIC) and the Property Casualty Insurers Association of America (PCI). Approximately 20 to 25 percent of …
A.M. Best Co. has upgraded the financial strength rating (FSR) to ‘A’ (Excellent) from ‘A’ (Excellent) and issuer credit ratings (ICR) to “a” from “a-” of ProAssurance Group and its group rated members. Best also upgraded the ICR to “bbb” …
$4.4 Million The southwest Kansas town of Greensburg, destroyed two years ago by a massive tornado, is due to receive $4.4 million in grants from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Rural Development Division to help repair streets and build a …
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