Privilege Underwriters Reciprocal Exchange, a policyholder-owned property/casualty insurer exclusively focused on high net worth individuals and families, has announced that it will begin accepting new members (policyholders) in Missouri. PURE offers a suite of insurance products designed for successful individuals …
New Hampshire’s fire marshal is warning homeowners to make certain that natural and propane gas lines coming into their homes are properly grounded. Fire Marshal J. William Degnan, who is president of the National Association of State Fire Marshals, says …
A Roman Catholic priest from Hancock is leading parishioners on a 100-mile walk to Baltimore to protest an Obama administration policy requiring private health insurance plans to cover contraception. The walk began at St. Peter Catholic Church on Sunday, July …
New Jersey Department of Banking and Insurance Acting Commissioner Ken Kobylowski conducted a seminar last week with a group of approximately 30 senior citizens at the Ironbound Senior Center in Newark. Topics discussed included life insurance, long term care insurance …
If it were a dam or a levee, it would have been replaced ages ago. Yet the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) has stayed afloat despite a regular leaking of funds since its inception in 1968. The much-needed, often-maligned program …
I’ve written extensively about how the use of coverage checklists benefits an agency. The benefits include significantly reduced errors and omission (E&O) exposures, enhanced reputations, better sales, and last but certainly not least, customers getting the coverage they truly need. …
Georgia Insurance Commissioner Ralph Hudgens’ office announced that in the first six months of 2012, state regulators assisted 4,100 Georgia consumers settle disputes with their insurance companies, returning $4 million in insurance claims to policyholder. “Investigators in our consumer services …
Lancaster, Penn.-based Eastern Insurance Holdings Inc. has appointed Steven Weeks as regional business executive for the Gulf South territory at its Eastern Alliance Insurance Group unit.Eastern Alliance Insurance Group, an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of Eastern Insurance Holding Inc., is a …
About 80 malpractice claims that forced an Alamogordo hospital to seek bankruptcy court protection last summer have been settled for more than $33 million. The Albuquerque Journal reported that that settlement lets the Gerald Champion Regional Medical Center, the largest …
A New Mexico pueblo hit by flooding after a wildfire scorched the area is receiving $11 million in federal assistance. The grant from the Federal Emergency Management Agency goes to Santa Clara Pueblo for mitigation and restoration efforts. Pueblo Gov. …
