Monthly Archives: <span>March 2012</span>

Arizona Oks Paperless Option on Insurance Proof

Arizona motorists will be able to use their smart phones to prove to a police officer that they have insurance for their vehicles. Gov. Jan Brewer has signed into law a bill to have Arizona join Idaho in permitting motorists …

Colorado Wildfire Nearing Full Containment

A blaze that may have been sparked by a prescribed burn conducted by the Colorado State Forest Service and ignited by high winds on Monday is now at 90 percent containment, the Forest Service said Saturday afternoon. The Lower North …

Virginia Officials Urge Earthquake Insurance Check

State officials are reminding homeowners to review their insurance policies to see if they have earthquake insurance ahead of a new law that will require better disclosure if policies exclude such coverage. The State Corporation Commission’s Bureau of Insurance says …

CEO of Pennsylvania Insurer Highmark Charged With Assault

The chief executive officer of a major western Pennsylvania insurance company is facing charges of simple assault and defiant trespass relating to a fight with the husband of an employee he was having an affair with. Highmark Inc. CEO Kenneth …

Mass.-based Soderberg Insurance Hires Account Representative

Soderberg Insurance Services of Lynnfield, Mass., appointed Johanna Vasquez as account representative. In her new position at the agency, Vasquez will provide servicing primarily of the agency’s personal lines clients for their home, auto and personal umbrella policy holders. She …

Argo Group to Reorganize Argo Pro

Argo Group International Holdings, Ltd. will reorganize its U.S. professional lines businesses into a single platform under the Argo Pro brand. The reorganization consolidates three of Argo’s current business units: errors and omissions, U.S. management liability, and Insight Insurance Services. …

Settlement Reached In Web Libel Lawsuit

A Longmont, Colo. woman has taken down several critical web postings to settle a libel lawsuit. The lawsuit was filed by recycOil, a grease and oil recycling company. According to the Boulder Daily Camera, Jennifer Hronkin admitted in the settlement …

Alert Level Raised For Remote Alaska Volcano

The alert level for a remote Alaska volcano has been raised again after scientists found another lava dome has formed in the crater in the last week. The Alaska Volcano Observatory on Wednesday increased the level for Cleveland Volcano, a …

XL Insurance Operations Enhances ‘Side A’ D&O Coverage

XL Insurance has enhanced its broad form “Side A” D&O Coverage on an excess difference in conditions basis. It provides an additional limit of liability for independent directors, defense costs coverage for Sarbanes-Oxley (“SOX”) Section 304 and Dodd-Frank Section 954, …

BP Claims U.S. Hiding Evidence on Size of Gulf Oil Spill

BP Plc has accused the U.S. government of withholding evidence that may show the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill was smaller than federal officials claimed, a key issue in determining the oil company’s liability. A reduction in the size …