Atlanta-based Crawford & Co.’s board of directors has declared quarterly dividends of $0.06 per share on the Class A Common Stock and $0.06 per share on the Class B Common Stock, payable on May 26, 2006 to shareholders of record …
The Florida Legislature has just passed legislation reenacting the PIP/no-fault law with no significant changes, except for a new 2009 “sunset” date that the insurance industry worries could lead to major changes in a future session. But the measure faces …
Cleveland-based Oswald Companies announced it is acquiring another longstanding Midwest market leader Poyle Associates, located in the Detroit suburbs. The Cleveland-based risk expert and insurance brokerage will now serve Michigan markets as Oswald Poyle Associates. “We appreciate Poyle Associates history …
Mercator Risk Services, an independent wholesale insurance broker based in new York, has added three members to its growing casualty practice. Win Carroll, Marshall Overacre, and Anne Picheta have joined Mercator’s Atlanta office after most recently working together at Colemont …
Fargo, N.D.-based Nodak Mutual Insurance Co.’s directors have ignored appeals to allow contested elections for the company’s board, according to a lawsuit that seeks to overhaul how its directors are chosen. Nodak’s chief executive officer said the claim was baseless. …
James River Group, Inc. in Chapel Hill, N.C., announced financial results for the quarter ended March 31, including net income of $6.8 million compared to $4.6 million for the first quarter of 2005; an overall combined ratio of 85.8%; and …
New Hampshire Gov. John Lynch has joined a chorus of state leaders opposing a bill in the U.S. Senate that would let small businesses buy health insurance policies exempt from state coverage requirements. Senate Bill 1955 would allow businesses belonging …
Boston, Mass.-based CDS Business Mapping LLC., an online property risk mapping, announced that AR, KY, NM, OK, TN, and UT have been added to the RiskMeter Online’s (www.RiskMeter.com) Distance to Fire Station Report, bringing the total number of states to …
QueryPlus is a reporting tool that reads every database you operate on your LAN/WAN simultaneously and in real time. Regardless of location or size of your database! QueryPlus connects the information from any of these databases: Access, dBASE, Informix, MySQL, …
The Insurance Industry Charitable Foundation based in Walnut Creek, Calif., will present a networking and educational program on Thursday, May 11 at the Richard Nixon Library in Yorba Linda, Calif. Reception begins at 4 p.m., followed by presentations from 5:15 …
