Yearly Archives: <span>2006</span>

AIG American General Launches New Employee Benefits Group

AIG American General has opened a new operational group, AIG Employee Benefit Solutions, to address the needs of the employee benefits market. The new organization is the result of the recent integration of the Group Benefits, Group Worksite and Individual …

Integro Hires Tewhill and Lego-Wathen for San Francisco Office

Integro has made two major new appointments for its San Francisco office. Susan Tewhill has joined as managing principal for ealthcare, and Debra A. Lego-Wathen will serve as principal for client development. Tewhill is a healthcare industry specialist with more …

St. Paul Travelers Deploys Cat Response Team in Midwest

St. Paul Travelers has deployed its Catastrophe Response Team to assist policyholders affected by the severe tornadoes and hailstorms across the Midwest, including Indiana, Illinois, Kentucky, Missouri and Tennessee. In addition to catastrophe claim specialists, St. Paul Travelers has dispatched …

Sure, We Can Bind Your Policy, With CHECK BIND!

Online Check System Used by Los Angeles County now Available to Insurance Professionals and Hundreds Have Already Signed Up Although the ability to accept checks by phone, fax, or the Internet has been around for a while, never has a …

California Commissioner Undergoes Surgery, Recuperating Well

California Insurance Commissioner John Garamendi successfully underwent surgery to repair a leaking mitral valve in his heart. He is currently recuperating from the surgery. Surgeons who performed a mitral valve repair on Garamendi said his prognosis for recovery is “full …

The Hartford Lowers Auto Rates in Nevada

Following similar announcements in Indiana and Utah, The Hartford Financial Services Group Inc. will also offer lower auto insurance prices to many Nevada drivers under its Dimensions personal auto insurance program, which is available through the company’s network of independent …

Texas Gov.: State and Local Officials Best in Responding to Disaster

With the start of the hurricane season just two months away, Gov. Rick Perry said recent recommendations that the federal government assume primary control of disaster response is the wrong approach to take, the governor’s office reported. “If the federal …

ATV Helmet Measure Moves to Okla. House Floor

A measure to reduce deaths and severe injuries among teenagers in ATV accidents sailed through the House Health and Human Services Committee, the Oklahoma House of Representatives reported. Senate Bill 1830, by State Sen. Bernest Cain (D-Oklahoma City) and State …

Workers’ Comp Educational Session Offered in El Paso on April 13

The El Paso Field Office of the Texas Department of Insurance Division of Workers’ Compensation (DWC) is hosting a brown bag educational session on the Prospective Review of Medical Care Not Requiring Preauthorization (PRME) process and DWC Form-49 for health …

Dean & Draper Wins President’s Award from America First

Houston, Texas-based Dean & Draper Insurance Agency LP announced that the firm has won the America First Insurance Company’s “President’s Award” for 2006. This is the second year in a row that the agency has received this award. The America …