August 30, 2010
More than $275 million in special property insurance assessments have not been reclaimed, and Louisiana policyholders will lose that money if they don’t act before the year is over. The assessments were imposed on private polices over the past four …
August 30, 2010
With Hurricane Danielle and Tropical Storm Earl roaming the Atlantic Ocean and signaling the start of the most active period of the 2010 storm season, Verizon Wireless urged Florida residents to prepare their emergency communication plans, and offered a few …
August 30, 2010
A Covington, La., company has been hired to process applications for money from a $100 million fund set up by BP to help oil rig workers idled by a federal moratorium on new deepwater drilling in the Gulf of Mexico. …
August 30, 2010
Former North Dakota workers’ compensation director Sandy Blunt should have his felony conviction for misspending public funds dismissed because prosecutors withheld evidence before his trial, Blunt’s lawyer argued Aug. 26. Prosecutors did not turn over copies of a Bureau of …
August 30, 2010
Palmer Miller Nelson Insurance Agency Inc. (PMN) of Columbus, Ohio, has become Keystone Insurers Group’s 24th franchise partner in Ohio. The new arrangement was announced jointly by PMN President Steven Miller and Keystone’s Ohio Vice President Angie Engelke. In business …
August 30, 2010
Keystone Insurers Group today announced the addition of two more franchisees to its growing list of partner agencies. Both are in Kentucky. Houk Insurance Agency of Horse Cave and Mountain Valley Insurance in Barbourville bring the Kentucky franchise total to …
August 30, 2010
Irvine, Calif.-based SullivanCurtisMonroe has named Gayleen Wallace vice president in its Pasadena, Calif., office. Wallace joins SCM from Bolton, where she was a producer. She has more than 20 years of commercial property/casualty experience.
August 30, 2010
A Manhattan federal judge refused to dismiss shareholder lawsuits against Bank of America Corp and various executives and directors over the purchase of Merrill Lynch & Co. during the 2008 financial crisis and disclosures about Merrill’s losses and bonus payouts. …
August 30, 2010
Lawyers for Texas financier Allen Stanford and two accounting executives who worked for him sought to distance their clients Friday from the alleged financial wrongdoing insurer Lloyd’s of London cites as a reason to void a policy covering their defense …
August 30, 2010
Maryland-based EagleBank has launched a referral program with Bethesada-based insurance agency The Meltzer Group. This program focuses on all major lines of insurance. “We’re very excited about this new relationship with The Meltzer Group, and know that we are able …