In recognition of 2006 National Consumer Protection Week, Arkansas Attorney General Mike Beebe recently provided new statistics from the Federal Trade Commission on fraud-and-identity-theft trends in Arkansas and the nation. Arkansans reported a record number of 1,617 identity theft cases …
Agency Specialty Product Network has joined with LifeSource – a BISYS Company to provide independent property and casualty agents and brokers a “virtual” life insurance department to enhance sales, profitability and client retention. LifeSource is an operating division of BISYS …
The regular monthly meeting of the Louisiana Insurance Rating Commission will be held on Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2006, at 10:00 a.m. in the Hearing Room, Plaza Floor, State Insurance Department, the Poydras Building, 1702 North 3rd Street, Baton Rouge, Louisiana. …
The Central Texas Chapter of CPCU Society and the Austin Association of Insurance Professionals will host the 2006 All Insurance Industry Day March 1 at the Doubletree Hotel in Austin. The schedule of events includes: 8:30-9:30 a.m. – Legislative Update …
The Hartford Financial Services Group Inc. reported that Andrew Pinkes has been named president of Heritage Holdings Inc., a unit which oversees the company’s property and casualty run-off operations. Pinkes, who is currently the senior vice president and chief operating …
Jay S. Fishman, chairman and chief executive officer of The St. Paul Travelers Companies, Inc. is scheduled to speak at 2:55 p.m. , eastern standard time on Thursday, Feb. 16 at the Merrill Lynch Insurance Investors Conference. The presentation will …
Hanson PLC, an international building materials company, announced that one of its U.S. subsidiaries, responsible for approximately 20 percent of the group’s present asbestos costs, has reached a settlement with its insurers. The settlement is effective from January 1, 2006 …
Florida Insurance Commissioner Kevin McCarty, after completing a tour of Gulf Coast areas devastated by Katrina, said he is more convinced than ever the nation, not only Florida, needs a National Catastrophe Plan. McCarty, as chair of the National Association …
Wichita resident Jeffrey Lopez, a former insurance agent, convicted of two felonies in 2001, had his probation revoked and was ordered to serve a prison sentence. Kansas Securities Commissioner Chris Briggs says that Lopez continued to solicit money for fraudulent …
Pennsylvania Governor Edward G. Rendell touted the decision cutting workers’ compensation insurance rates, a decision he said will save the state’s employers approximately $100 million on their 2006 premiums. The reduction averages 8.58 percent statewide. Rates were cut an average …
