February 13, 2012
Consumers know what their premium costs every month, but not everyone really knows exactly what their homeowner or renter policy covers. To help consumers be well prepared before they have to make a claim, Connecticut Insurance Commissioner Thomas Leonardi unveiled …
February 13, 2012
Starr Companies has launched a safety manager mentoring program for its Starr Aviation customers. The program utilizes a certified safety professional from the company to help the insured’s safety manager identify and fill in knowledge gaps for its safety management …
February 13, 2012
Vermont lawmakers will decide this winter how their state will design a health insurance exchange. The federal Affordable Care Act requires states to create exchanges by 2014 or have the government do it for them. The exchanges are Internet-based marketplaces …
February 13, 2012
The Pennsylvania Insurance Department Commissioner Michael Consedine announced last week that the Commonwealth Court has approved the department’s petition to liquidate First Sealord Surety Insurance. First Sealord, a bond and surety company based in Villanova, Penn., had experienced a steep …
February 13, 2012
The Oklahoma Insurance Department’s spokesman said he resigned on Feb. 10 after sending an official email to hundreds of people containing an off-color term for breasts. Glenn Craven told The Associated Press that he had sent the email and was …
February 13, 2012
BancorpSouth Insurance Services Inc. has added Larry D. Batie II as marketing manager for the Texas region. He previously served as account executive and assistant vice president at Marsh & McLennan Cos. Based in Houston, Batie will have an active …
February 13, 2012
Daly Merritt Insurance, an insurance agency headquartered in Wyandotte, Mich., has opened a new office in Ann Arbor. Daly Merritt Insurance also has an office in Monroe, Mich. This third location will allow the agency to better address the needs …
February 13, 2012
In recognition of her leadership as CEO and move to chairman of the board, Dallas-based independent insurance agency Roach Howard Smith & Barton has established a scholarship honoring Karen K. Farris. The fund was established with Texas Risk & Insurance …
February 13, 2012
Prudential Financial Inc , the No.2 U.S. life insurer, has hired Bank of America Merrill Lynch to advise on its possible bid for ING Groep NV’s Asian insurance operations, South Korean media reported, in what is potentially Asia’s second-biggest insurance …
February 13, 2012
Joyce Concklin has 10 good reasons why every state should pass a ban on texting while driving: That’s the number of bones she broke when a texting driver ran into her. That driver died, his mobile phone still clutched in …