Lexington Insurance Co., a member company of American International Group, Inc. (AIG), has teamed up with the law offices of Steven M. Ziegler, P.A., a law firm with managed care industry expertise, to offer a suite of risk and claim …
Guy Carpenter & Company, Inc., a risk and reinsurance specialist and a part of the Marsh & McLennan Companies, has named Nick Gralton as head of its U.S. wholesale casualty operation. Gralton will be based in London. Gralton has 28 …
In addition to its new office in Delaware, niche general insurance agency Britt/Paulk has added another office in Atlanta. Lisa Finch will join the Britt/Paulk team as underwriting manager for builder’s risk and will report to Mike Pilla, chief underwriting …
New England auto insurer, Plymouth Rock Assurance Corp., has partnered with WBUR, Boston’s National Public Radio affiliate, to offer a discounted auto insurance rate to WBUR’s Massachusetts members. Listeners who contribute $60 or more to WBUR will receive a WBUR …
New Jersey Skylands Insurance Companies has unveiled a promotion that highlights what it says is a first-of-a-kind discount for New Jersey drivers who regularly commute to work via mass transit — a rate discount of up to 10 percent. “It’s …
Plymouth Rock Assurance Corp. has named David R. Cormier as senior marketing representative based in Connecticut. He will manage existing agency relationships and develop additional agent appointment opportunities in Fairfield County, Litchfield County, and portions of New Haven County. Cormier …
A national insurance trade group has filed an amicus brief urging the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn the cases of Safeco Insurance v. Burr and Geico General Insurance v. Edo, which said insurers acted in willful disregard of the law …
A consumer research group called for warning labels on toys with magnets after more than 4 million Mattel play sets were recalled over injuries to several children who swallowed magnets that fell off. The Consumer Product Safety Commission, which announced …
Regulators want to make sure that insurers are serving the urban market appropriately, according to Illinois Insurance Director Michael T. McRaith, who spoke at a recent workshop sponsored by the Urban Insurance Partners Institute (UIPI), a nonprofit insurance industry organization. …
Timothy Chaix, president of Irvine, Calif.-based R.E. Chaix & Associates, announced that its commercial auto division has added Safeco as a new admitted market for California agents. Eligible classes of business include but are not limited to: contractors (artisan & …
