April 20, 2006
Pinnacol Assurance, Colorado’s largest workers’ compensation insurer, will deliver a general dividend to its policyholders for the second year in a row. In mid-May, eligible Colorado businesses should receive dividend checks totaling $57 million. The company said including that latest …
April 20, 2006
Los Angeles-based Mercury General Corp. reported that on May 8, it will release results for its first quarter ended March 31, 2006. The CEO George Joseph and President, Gabriel Tirador, will host an investor conference call and webcast that day …
April 20, 2006
Rick Padula has been appointed president and chief operating officer of the Glover-Padula Insurance Agency in East Greenwich, R.I., which is one of Gencorp Insurance Group’s business units. Robert Padula will remain as chairman and chief executive officer of Glover-Padula …
April 20, 2006
Connecticut Governor M. Jodi Rell has accepted the Department of Motor Vehicles’ recommendations to stop the prolonged use of temporary commercial plates on large trucks that have not had safety inspections. “This is another step the Department of Motor Vehicles …
April 20, 2006
Mowing the lawn can be a weekly ritual of the spring and summer months for many Americans. However each year, nearly 80,000 Americans require hospital treatment from injuries caused by lawn mowers, according to a study conducted by researchers at …
April 20, 2006
McQueary Henry Bowles Troy L.L.P. (MHBT) announced the appointment of Linda Ginn as vice president and account executive in the property and casualty group in the firm’s Dallas office. “Linda brings to the MHBT team more than 27 years of …
April 20, 2006
New York, N.Y.-based Mercator Risk Services, the newly formed, independent wholesale insurance broker has appointed Nick Bozzi as senior vice president – regional client relationship manager for the Northeast. Bozzi has more than 20 years of client executive and business …
April 19, 2006
Joe Zack, vice president at The Phoenix Group, based in Ripon, Wis., recently received the 2005 Agency Peak Performance EXchange New Producer of the Year award. The award recognizes new business generated by The Phoenix Group in 2005 when compared …
April 19, 2006
White & Co. Insurance Inc., Santa Monica, Calif., has elected Andrew J. Valdivia president of White & Co. Insurance Inc., responsible for property and casualty sales, account development and account management. Valdivia was formerly executive vice president for the company. …
April 19, 2006
Two issues challenging insurance agency executives, creating an inside sales organization, and maximizing an agency’s value, will be presented by Gil Simonds April 26 in Doraville, Ga., during classes sponsored by the Independent Insurance Agents of Georgia. IIAG’s Executive Series …