Connective Technologies Inc. and Grange Insurance announced the signing of a contract to provide an interface solution for download policy information to their agents via the Internet. “Connective’s TEAM-UP Download offers Grange the ability to enhance the functionality we currently …
The Independent Insurance Agents of Dallas announced it will hold the annual All Industry Day on Nov. 25. The event, “Confronting Terrorism, Not If, But When,” is sponsored by state and local insurance organizations and will focus on the progress …
The Texas Department of Insurance announced it adopted initial rules regarding the use of credit scoring by insurers in Texas. TDI said these rules, along with the statutory provisions in Senate Bill 14, are among the strongest in the country …
Continuing his landmark efforts to reform auto insurance in New Jersey, Governor James McGreevey announced this week that the “Dollar-a-Day” auto insurance policy, designed to help uninsured drivers with limited means get affordable insurance, is now available. “If you’re on …
The biggest wildfire in U.S. insurance history will neither undermine insurance ratings nor prompt a pricing surge in homeowners’ coverage in the state, according to the most recent research by Standard & Poor’s Rating Services. “We’re not looking at any …
Legislative initiatives within the European Union, as well as at the United Nations, the European Parliament and various countries reportedly are currently aimed at introducing a liability regime for dealing with ecological damage. In its new technical publication “The insurability …
Florida-based FPIC Insurance Group, Inc. announced the appointment of John Rich to its Board of Directors. Rich was appointed to serve on the company’s Board until the 2004 Annual Meeting of Shareholders to fill the vacancy created by the death …
Vaughn McKoy, Director, New Jersey’s Division of Criminal Justice, announced that a Hudson County man has been ordered to perform community service and pay a $5,000 civil penalty for falsely reporting that his car had been stolen in order to …
Insurance Services Office, Inc. (ISO) has entered into an outsourcing agreement with Kentucky Employers Mutual Insurance (KEMI) to collect the insurer’s workers’ compensation data. ISO will collect KEMI’s workers’ compensation premium and loss information in transactional format and compile unit …
North Carolina-based BB&T Insurance Services, in its largest acquisition ever, said it plans to buy McGriff, Seibels & Williams Inc. of Birmingham, Ala. The transaction, approved by the directors of BB&T Corporation and McGriff, Seibels & Williams, includes $304 million …
