Atlanta-based Pacific Wholesale Insurance Brokers, LLC has formed a new branch office in Connecticut. The Connecticut office will operate as a wholesale insurance broker specializing in the placement of casualty business in the excess and surplus lines marketplace. Bill Murphy …
The Hanover Insurance Group, Inc. (NYSE:THG) will webcast the company’s annual meeting of shareholders on Tuesday, May 16. The webcast will begin at approximately at 9:00 a.m. Eastern Time through the Hanover web site at http://www.hanover.com/. Those who would like …
Seattle-based Safeco Insurance Companies has decided sell products via the Internet to supplement its existing and preferred sale channel of independent agents. The company began exploring this new distribution strategy in March, and based on feedback it received from agents, …
An upstate New York employer’s alleged attempt to pay lower premium than required for his workers’ compensation policy with The New York State Insurance Fund began to unravel after he filed a claim for an injured employee, but allegedly left …
A bill to give small businesses a cheaper option when providing health insurance stalled in the U.S. Senate last week. Under the proposal endorsed by President Bush, businesses could buy insurance through regional or national trade associations. The insurance would …
San Francisco-based Cambridge General Agency is continuing expansion at its new Fresno location through an in-house promotion, Melissa Burgers, and the addition of a seasoned veteran, Victoria Cerda. Burgers, having relocated to Fresno last fall, was promoted to underwriter of …
California Insurance Commissioner John Garamendi announced the no contest plea for insurance broker Alicia Lavendier, 44, for one count of grand theft and one count of insurance premium theft. Lavendier pled no contest on April 21, 2006. The conviction was …
Heritage General Agency, Los Angeles, has hired Sonja Bartmas as senior underwriter/broker. She will report to Julie Savage and will be responsible for the production of surplus lines business both open brokerage and managing general agent. Her new duties will …
West Virginia lawyers for spouses of people who died from work-related injuries and illnesses, including four victims of January’s Sago mine disaster, have asked the state Supreme Court in Charleston, W.Va. to ensure they receive lifetime benefits that were limited …
A Fairmont, W.Va. nonprofit group paid $47,334 in premiums to a state-run insurance agency over two years and was reimbursed more than 11 times that amount for three claims, state documents show. The bulk of the reimbursements was $498,678 paid …
