Atlanta, Ga.-based BrightServ has appointed Michael Frank senior vice president, Insurance Services. His responsibilities include overseeing client requirements, managing client contractor programs and BrightServ processes to ensure customer satisfaction. Frank has more than 25 years insurance experience. He began as …
A coalition of insurance organizations, bankers, realtors and home builders are petitioning state lawmakers to support SB 98/HB 279, an effort by Sen. J. D. Alexander and Rep. Kim Berfield to protect Florida’s Hurricane Catastrophe fund with a constitutional amendment. …
Mississippi Insurance Com-missioner George Dale has expanded the Hurricane Katrina mediation program for homeowners. Dale said that the administrators of the program, the American Arbitration Associa-tion, will increase the number of mediation conferences held daily and the number of days …
Closer Look: Insurance professionals must keep up their credentials and education if they want to combat outsourcing and off-shoring of insurance industry jobs, Don Hurzeler, Chartered Property Casualty Underwriters Society immediate past president, told members of the Suncoast Chapter of …
The no-fault deadline decision In 2006, Florida legislators will make the biggest decision affecting automobile insurance that any legislature has had to make in 35 years, specifically, whether to re-enact or sunset the Florida Motor Vehicle No-Fault Law, and the …
Citizens Property In-surance Corp. plans to seek a rate increase for commercial residential associations, primarily condos, to keep up with increasing premiums in the private market. Citizens writes wind coverage for customers who otherwise wouldn’t be able to buy it …
What has happened with auto insurance rates in South Carolina should be the ‘gold standard’ for what can be accomplished with other types of insurance,” Elanor Kitzman, South Carolina Director of Insurance told the Independent Insurance Agents and Brokers of …
Southeast states didn’t fare well in the latest U.S. Chamber of Commerce ranking of states’ civil justice systems. North Carolina came in as number 10 in the top 10 favorites; while West Virginia was at the bottom of the list. …
Claim counts include March and April storms N1 U.S. tort costs reach a record $260 billion, study reports Cost exceeds other countries’ by large margin N1 Private companies at increased risk of liability lawsuits Survey shows private companies have the …
Call for stepped-up regulation of third-parties providing hurricane rating and credit scoring data Risk Management Solutions has defended its hurricane risk models in the face of consumer groups’ criticisms that the models are more political than they are scientific and …
