Insurers Fight Over Flood Policies Dropped by State Farm May 6, 2011 By Kevin Drawbaugh Major U.S. insurers jostled on Capitol Hill this week over control of 800,000 former State Farm flood insurance policies as...
Systemic Firms Will Not Be ‘Too Big to Fail,’ Says FDIC’s Bair May 6, 2011 By Ann Saphir and Dave Clarke Financial firms that the U.S. government deems as “systemic” will not be “too big to fail,” bank regulator Sheila Bair...
Sony Calls on Insurers to Help Pay for Data Breach May 6, 2011 By Jim Finkle and Liana B. Baker Sony is looking to its insurers to help pay for its massive data breach, an amount that one expert estimates...
Custom Choice Insurance Joins The Iroquois Group May 5, 2011 Custom Choice Insurance Services of Idyllwild, Calif., has joined The Iroquois Group, according to agency principal Caleb Kirk. The agency...
Vickers Jr. Joins IMA of Kansas City May 5, 2011 IMA Inc., an independently owned retail insurance broker, has added Bobby Vickers Jr. as a sales executive in the company’s...
Barney & Barney’s Reeves Earns Athena Award May 5, 2011 Barney & Barney LLC Principal and Chief Sales Officer Trindl Reeves has received Athena’s Pinnacle Award, Individual in Service, for...
Markel Programs, Whorton Insurance to Offer Mobile Food Vendor Program May 5, 2011 Markel Programs has partnered with Whorton Insurance Services, Inc., a managing general agency, to offer immediate availability of a multi-line...
Terrorism Risks Lead Professionals to Refuse Business Trips May 5, 2011 Growing concerns over worldwide terrorism have caused some professionals to refuse going on business trips. Half of all respondents to...
Missouri Approves Bill to Protect Consumers from ‘Storm Chasers’ May 5, 2011 Missouri lawmakers have given final approval to a bill that proponents say will help protect homeowners from unscrupulous contractors. Senate...
Report: Workers’ Comp Line Deteriorates Further in 2010 May 5, 2011 Workers’ compensation continued to worsen in 2010 as the combined ratio jumped five points to 115 in 2010 from 2009....