http://www.insurancejournal.com Property casualty insurance news from Insurance Journal en-us Copyright 2010 Wells Publishing Inc. All rights reserved. Tue, 09 Feb 2010 11:53:02 -0600 http://www.insurancejournal.com/img/insurance-journal-property-casualty-magazine-logo_88x31.gif http://www.insurancejournal.com 88 31 http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/national/2010/02/09/107241.htm http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/national/2010/02/09/107241.htm Toyota owners should place safety first and follow the car manufacturers’ instructions regarding the recalled vehicles, insurers say. After the recall of some 8 million Toyota vehicles, ... Tue, 09 Feb 2010 11:53:02 -0600 http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/east/2010/02/09/107240.htm http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/east/2010/02/09/107240.htm New York regulators are expected to release new rules tomorrow that requi re agents to disclose to clients some aspects of their compensation, although the rules are more palatable to agents ... Tue, 09 Feb 2010 11:48:15 -0600 http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/west/2010/02/09/107239.htm http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/west/2010/02/09/107239.htm Abram Interstate Insurance Services Inc. in Rocklin, Calif., is offering a market for difficult to place property risks with competitive pricing and flexibility. They will write: older homes ... Tue, 09 Feb 2010 11:10:53 -0600 http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/midwest/2010/02/09/107237.htm http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/midwest/2010/02/09/107237.htm It's illegal in Kansas for someone under 18 to drive or ride a motorcycle without wearing a helmet, and teenagers can be ticketed if they're caught doing so. Now, a new Senate bill proposes adults ... Tue, 09 Feb 2010 10:55:49 -0600 http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/midwest/2010/02/09/107234.htm http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/midwest/2010/02/09/107234.htm Kansas City-based insurance broker Lockton Companies has expanded its commercial insurance team in Chicago with the addition of Jason Riley as account manager. Riley will place and service ... Tue, 09 Feb 2010 10:47:47 -0600 http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/southcentral/2010/02/09/107233.htm http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/southcentral/2010/02/09/107233.htm Central Texas rancher Debbie Davis can hardly believe the turnaround in rainfall. While her pastures were parched and withered last summer after nearly two years without appreciable rain, the area ... Tue, 09 Feb 2010 10:45:53 -0600 http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/midwest/2010/02/09/107231.htm http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/midwest/2010/02/09/107231.htm Daniel Pigg, co-owner of the Howard Clare Insurance Agency in Terre Haute, Ind., has been honored with a Graduate of the Last Decade (GOLD) Award from Indiana State University. The ISU ... Tue, 09 Feb 2010 10:40:49 -0600 http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/southcentral/2010/02/09/107229.htm http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/southcentral/2010/02/09/107229.htm Trey Lowack has joined North Texas-based independent insurance and financial services brokerage firm Higginbotham & Associates as a property/casualty account executive. Lowack has 12 years of ... Tue, 09 Feb 2010 10:37:37 -0600 http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/west/2010/02/09/107228.htm http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/west/2010/02/09/107228.htm Torus, a global specialty insurer, has opened a West Coast office located in San Francisco. The office will initially focus on property and casualty lines, coinciding with the appointments of ... Tue, 09 Feb 2010 10:26:27 -0600 http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/national/2010/02/09/107227.htm http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/national/2010/02/09/107227.htm Toyota faced its first U.S. class-action lawsuits stemming from complaints of faulty brakes in its top-selling Prius hybrid car and from investors claiming they were misled about problems with ... Tue, 09 Feb 2010 10:22:07 -0600 http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/east/2010/02/09/107224.htm http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/east/2010/02/09/107224.htm Joseph G. Murphy has been named commissioner of the Massachusetts Division of Insurance. Murphy has served as first deputy commissioners since 2006, playing active roles in the implementation of ... Tue, 09 Feb 2010 08:05:16 -0600 http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/east/2010/02/09/107223.htm http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/east/2010/02/09/107223.htm Massachusetts has reached a settlement with the Bay State's largest auto insurer, Commerce Insurance Co., over its failure to report at-fault auto accident determinations made by the state's board ... Tue, 09 Feb 2010 07:36:30 -0600 http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/southeast/2010/02/09/107221.htm http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/southeast/2010/02/09/107221.htm An insurance company is paying $5 million to settle a case of a North Carolina driver that struck and killed two bicyclists in South Carolina. The State newspaper reported that a federal judge ... Tue, 09 Feb 2010 07:22:49 -0600 http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/east/2010/02/09/107220.htm http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/east/2010/02/09/107220.htm B&B Insurance Agency & Bail Bonds has opened in Salisbury, Maryland. Agency Principal LaVerne Marie Boone says the recently established agency offers policies from a several insurers ... Tue, 09 Feb 2010 07:21:33 -0600 http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/east/2010/02/09/107219.htm http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/east/2010/02/09/107219.htm Maine-based insurer Acadia Insurance is offering an expanded property and casualty coverage program for medical offices and facilities in New England and New York. The Acadia Rx Medical Office ... Tue, 09 Feb 2010 07:14:36 -0600