The board of directors of Kent, Wash.-based Bell-Anderson Agency Inc. has elevated Steven Tanta as the newest shareholder in the agency. Tanta specializes in handling insurance placement and risk management for the construction, real estate and manufacturing sectors. Founded in …
Liens are “choking” California’s workers’ compensation system, with employers and insurers spending roughly $200 million per year on loss adjustment expense to handle medical liens claims, according to a new liens report. In the Golden State’s workers’ compensation system, a …
New York insurance agents are lauding a new legal opinion from state regulators that will allow producers to recover any money lost when clients bounce checks. The Independent Insurance Agent and Brokers of New York (IIABNY) said the opinion — …
The forecast for predicting the next political hotspots could be much more accurate because of a model developed by two Kansas State University professors and a colleague in New York. The model, named the Predictive Societal Indicators of Radicalism Model …
A new poll shows support among New Yorkers for legalizing gay marriage is growing after years of hovering just over the 50-percent level. Advocates are using the results in their effort to bring the issue to a vote in the …
An alcohol-detection prototype that uses automatic sensors to instantly gauge a driver’s fitness to be on the road has the potential to save thousands of lives, but could be as long as a decade away from everyday use in cars, …
Admiral Insurance Co. has named Stephen Jones as its new vice president of professional liability in the insurer’s Atlanta, Georgia office. Domiciled in Delaware and with administrative offices in Cherry Hill, New Jersey, the excess and surplus lines insurer also …
American International Group, Inc. (AIG) reported it has closed the sale of its Japan-based life insurance subsidiaries, AIG Star Life Insurance Co. Ltd. and AIG Edison Life Insurance Co., to Prudential Financial Inc. for a total purchase price of $4.8 …
Insurance agents and brokers can now legally prove who e-mailed what to whom and when. Applied Systems TAMOnline and VisionOnline agency management systems now include a service known as RPost Registered Email. RPost helps agents protect insureds’ personal information such …
The fallout from the ongoing events in Egypt – protestors have called for a million people to assemble in Cairo today – is affecting both foreign and domestic companies. Several insurance executives in London agreed that “communications are very difficult. …
