May 3, 2005
Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency (PEMA) Director Adrian King, Jr. recently announced that the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has approved PEMA’s request to add Susquehanna County for federal Individual Assistance (IA). Assistance was approved for Bradford, Bucks, Columbia, Luzerne, Monroe, …
April 27, 2005
Wyoming voters erred when they defeated the proposed constitutional amendment in November to allow the state to cap medical malpractice damage awards, Rep. Barbara Cubin said. “I think that was a huge mistake,” Cubin told about 35 people at a …
April 18, 2005
The head of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) announced that President Bush has ordered the release of federal disaster funds to help meet the recovery needs of flood-stricken families and businesses in eastern Pennsylvania. …
April 18, 2005
Nuts & Bolts: Avon, Conn.-based Target Insurance Services has available new markets for home inspectors professional liability, including optional general liability; professional liability for large law firms (50+ in size); and professional liability for accountants. Through the professional liability program …
April 11, 2005
The grim task of damage assessment continued last week as officials in nine Pennsylvania counties took note of houses, businesses, roads and bridges stricken by flooding from rains last weekend. Thousands of structures up and down the Delaware and Susquehanna …
April 5, 2005
Avon, Conn.-based Target Insurance Services is making available new markets for home inspectors professional liability, including optional general liability; professional liability for large law firms (50+ in size); and professional liability for accountants. All three programs are backed by a …
April 4, 2005
A bill recently signed into law by Wyoming Governor Dave Freudenthal will create a medical review panel in the state, according to the Associated Press. The goal of the panel is to eliminate frivolous medical malpractice lawsuits. Physicians say that …
April 4, 2005
Michael Moran Michael F. Moran has joined California-based wholesale broker Network E&S Insurance Brokers, LLC, as a partner and its chief operating officer. His immediate responsibility will be to establish and to staff an office in Los Angeles. Moran brings …
March 31, 2005
The Wyoming Healthcare Commission is looking at setting up a “Wyo-Care” health care savings account system to help insure workers. The goal is to reduce the number of workers not covered by employer-provided plans. According to a recent study for …
March 23, 2005
Bank of the West announced the debut of the new name of its insurance subsidiary, BW Insurance Agency Inc., which replaces the Community First Insurance name. Community First Insurance was part of the former Community First National Bank, which was …