Recently, Leads360 published a breakthrough study explaining how many times your company should be calling each of leads that it purchases or generates. We received a lot of great feedback, but one of the questions that commonly came up was, …
Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services has revised its subordinated debt rating on Avalon Re Ltd.’s Class C notes to ‘D’ from ‘CC’. S&P explained that “paid losses related to Hurricane Katrina and the explosion at the Buncefield oil depot totaled …
A bid for Lloyd’s of London insurer Brit is unlikely to trigger acquisitions in the battered sector because targets feel they can hold out against lowball private equity bids and trade buyers remain strapped for cash. Shares across the Lloyd’s …
The Supreme Court of Ohio has ruled that an Ohio trial court may assert jurisdiction over a nonresident defendant in a defamation case involving Internet postings, according to a slip opinion released by the Supreme Court on June 10. In …
Insurance Journal is on the search for leading privately-held property casualty independent agencies and brokerages for its annual Top 100 Property/Casualty Independent Insurance Agencies report. Top Overall Independent Agencies, Top Commercial Lines Independent Agencies, Top Personal Lines Independent Agencies, and …
Vehicle thefts among Allstate insured Texans dropped 2.5 percent last year, the company announced, but the cars being snapped off the street are heading farther south of the border — even overseas. The insurer and police are urging drivers to …
The Republic Group, headquartered in Dallas, has been named 2010 Company of the Year by the Independent Insurance Agents of Arkansas (IIAA). According to the IIAA, this award recognizes the company that most demonstrates a strong commitment to the independent …
The Texas Department of Insurance, Division of Workers’ Compensation (TDI-DWC) approved the renewal of the Certificates of Authority for 10 companies to self-insure for workers’ compensation claims for a one-year period under the TDI-DWC Self-Insurance Regulation program. These 10 companies …
For the first time in its 80 year history the Football (Soccer) World Cup will be played on the African Continent. The quadrennial event matches 32 of the world’s best national teams in a tournament that lasts a month. It …
Hastings Mutual Insurance Co., a 125-year-old regional property/casualty insurance organization headquartered in Hastings, Mich., has added Iowa as its sixth state for writing farm, commercial and personal insurance products exclusively through independent agency partnerships. Vallery Jameson was named territory manager …
