The Independent Insurance Agents of Austin and the Texas Surplus Lines Association announced that members of both organizations joined together to make donations to the Capitol Area Food Bank. IIAA and TSLA co-sponsored the community service project during the annual …
Gilsbar Inc., headquartered in Covington, La., announced its selection as health plan administrator for The Offshore Group, in Houma, La. Gilsbar will provide medical claims and HIPAA/COBRA administration and MedCom Inc., Gilsbar’s medical management subsidiary, will provide utilization review services …
Dallas-based wholesale insurance brokerage and underwriting management company, Maclean, Oddy & Associates, has relocated its headquarters to Renaissance Tower, 1201 Elm Street, Suite 4900, Dallas. Roy B. Oddy, chairman and CEO of Maclean, Oddy, announced the move. He noted that …
Massachusetts’ officials have approved the merger of West Newbury Mutual Fire Insurance Co., a Massachusetts domiciled company, into Dorchester Mutual Insurance Co., also a Massachusetts company. The purpose of the merger is to streamline operations for their common parent, Norfolk …
The Massachusetts Division of Insurance and the Automobile Insurers Bureau are in a legal fight with the Massachusetts Motorcycle Association, which has filed suit in the state’s highest court, claiming the Commissioner of Insurance’s rate decision for 2004 was unfair …
The New York State Insurance Department has published its annual compilation of the state’s 50 largest automobile insurance companies or groups of companies based on the record of complaints in 2002 The NYSID explained that, “Each company or group is …
Aid workers from more than 40 countries, including a team of 80 from the U.S., are trying to cope with the devastation wrought by the earthquake that hit the eastern Iranian city of Bam last Friday morning. Reports now indicate …
Healthcare Underwriters Group of Kentucky (HUGKY), a medical professional liability insurance company owned by Kentucky doctors, has received authorization from the Kentucky Department of Insurance to begin operations. The license to operate, also called a Certificate of Authority, was granted …
MFXchange Holdings, Inc. (MFX) announced the launch of its end-to-end application service provider (ASP) commercial lines solution. The comprehensive processing system is Web-based and features benefits of ASP-based products. MFX’s Ray Roy, chairman, noted, “MFX’s founding mission is to build …
Itasca, Ill.-based brokerage giant Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. announced the acquisition of London-based Connor Hale Kerslake Ltd. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. It is Gallagher’s 13th acquisition in 2003. Formed in 1995, Connor Hale Kerslake is a …
