Monthly Archives: <span>January 2011</span>

Best Practices – Standards

When an agency talks to me about working with them on their best practices, they often think this only about how to do their work with their agency management system. However, best practices are so much more. I start with …

New K-12 Accident Medical Program Offers Options for Public Schools and Students

Fort Wayne, Ind. – January 28 2011 – K&K Insurance, a division of Aon Underwriting Managers and a managing general underwriter offering insurance products and services to the sports, leisure and entertainment industries, has announced a new K-12 accident medical …

What Did One Car Say to the Other Car?

“Hey, Honda Civic, my friend, stay in your lane. This is a friendly message from the Ford Focus to your right.” “Well hello there, Ms. Lexus. How about letting up on the gas a bit? It’s dark and the roads …

Cause of Deadly West Virginia Factory Blast Still Uncertain

The U.S. Chemical Safety Board believes either metal shavings or dust were the source of an explosion that killed three men in a West Virginia factory, but the investigator in charge said his team has yet to determine which form …

OneBeacon Technology Insurance Adds Fisk-Bieker to Management Team

OneBeacon Technology Insurance, a member of the OneBeacon Insurance Group, appointed Mary Fisk-Bieker as vice president and Central and Eastern Territories Underwriting manager. Fisk-Bieker brings more than 25 years of insurance experience to OneBeacon, 23 years of which have focused …

Westfield Names Rosenberg Group Administration Leader

Ohio-based property and casualty insurance provider, Westfield Group, appointed Stuart Rosenberg as its new Group Administration leader. In this role, Rosenberg assumes responsibility for corporate oversight of information technology, human resources, marketing, general services and hospitality operations Rosenberg has held …

Aon Adds to Technology Practice

Aon Risk Solutions, the global risk management business of Aon Corp., announced that Shawn Ram has been promoted to national Technology Practice leader. Most recently serving as an account executive and the San Francisco Bay area Technology Practice leader, Ram …

Report Adds Details on AIG Payments to Goldman

Insurer American International Group Inc. paid Goldman Sachs Group Inc. $2.9 billion for the investment bank’s own account, a report said Thursday, adding new fuel to old accusations that AIG’s rescue was a backdoor bailout for Goldman. A report from …

Ironshore Expands Political Risk Division for European Platform in Dublin

Ironshore Inc. has named P. Donald Harkey to head the Political Risk unit for Ironshore Europe Limited, based in Dublin. In addition, Ironshore’s Pembroke Syndicate 4000 has entered into an underwriting relationship with Equinox Global Limited to broaden its trade …

Oklahoma Lawmaker, Manufactured Housing Assoc. Tackling Tornado Safety

Oklahoma State Rep. Pat Ownbey and the Manufactured Housing Association of Oklahoma Board of Directors’ are seeking to develop sample emergency plans for mobile home communities to prevent deaths in the event of a tornado or other disaster. Ownbey said …