Most insurance agencies and companies, probably most businesses, think they know what their customers think when in reality they don’t. They have stopped looking and listening to their outside world. “Although most companies start out with a strong focus on …
Fort Dearborn Life Insurance Company, a subsidiary of Health Care Service Corporation, a Mutual Legal Reserve Company, has named James A. Wiseman as vice president and chief actuary. “We know that the high, attainable goals we have set for ourselves …
Dean & Draper Insurance Agency LP announced that Ben H. Moore Insurance Agency has joined the Alpha Omega Insurance Group LP, a Dean & Draper Company. Ben H. Moore started the Houston agency in 1939, and his son, Bill Moore, …
Texas Mutual Insurance Company announced its newest workers’ compensation purchasing group: Texas Lumber and Wood Products (TLWP). The group, which includes loggers, sawmills and window, door and casing manufacturers, will provide qualifying members with workers’ compensation coverage. The Texas Department …
Hurricane season is just a few short months away and the head of a Texas-based insurance trade group already sees some dark clouds on the horizon. “The Texas Windstorm Insurance Association is considerably under funded in the event a major …
North American Group reported it has purchased Oklahoma City, Okla.-based Davis Duke & Co. Insurance Agency. The employees of Davis Duke have relocated to the North American Group’s Oklahoma City offices. “The entire transition, from the January 6th sale through …
A businessman, his son, and two of his son’s friends are facing arson charges after detectives with the Florida State Fire Marshal’s Office determined they colluded to burn down the father’s Tamarac, Fla. dry cleaning business in order to collect …
Legislation to create Catastrophe Savings Accounts to give Florida homeowners the opportunity to put aside tax-free money to financially prepare for major catastrophes has been filed by Congressman Tom Feeney from Orlando, according to Tom Gallagher, Florida CFO. “Floridians deserve …
Jack Rushing Brunson, 77, former CEO of the National Security Group in Elba, Ala. died on March 1 at Flowers Hospital in Dothan, Ala. Rev. Mart Gray officiated at March 6 memorial services for Brunson at the First Baptist Church …
Attorney General Charlie Crist has announced that his office has reached an agreement with a Lee County hotel resolving the first price-gouging case filed by the Attorney General’s Office related to Hurricane Wilma. The Fort Myers Inn has agreed to …
