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Preferred Concepts Reorganizes Company Divisions, Enhances Online Platform
Sep 16 2011 // Preferred Concepts, LLC, a national insurance program administrator and specialty broker, has reorganized into three: Preferred Underwriting, Preferred Brokerage and Preferred Advantage. In addition, the firm will enhance...
Virginia-based Hilb Group Acquires Venture Specialty Insurance
Sep 16 2011 // The Hilb Group, a Glen Allen, Va.-based holding company that focuses on acquiring mid-market agencies, has purchased Venture Specialty Insurance. The Richmond, Va.-based Venture Specialty is an all-lines agency with two...
Professional Insurance Agents of New York State Elects New Officers
Sep 16 2011 // The Professional Insurance Agents of New York State (PIANY) elected seven officers for its 2011-12 administrative year. The association also elected five board directors who will serve for a three-year term, ending in...
California Bail Bond Agents Arrested For Kidnapping, Extortion and Insurance Fraud
Sep 15 2011 // Three Northern California bail bondsmen have been arrested for allegedly kidnapping clients for the purpose of extortion and insurance fraud. Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones made the announcement on Thursday that bail...
Georgia’s Greyling Brokerage Expands to Florida, Appoints Geer
Sep 15 2011 // Atlanta-based Greyling Insurance Brokerage is expanding into Florida. The brokerage has hired Charles Geer to open a new office in West Palm Beach, where he will be responsible for developing new business and handling...
Hub International to Acquire Canadian Broker Horizon Insurance
Sep 15 2011 // Hub International Limited announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire the operations of Horizon Insurance, LP. , a full service insurance brokerage firm headquartered in Manitoba. The acquisition...
Oklahoma Insurance Broker to Seek U.S. House Post
Sep 14 2011 // A former state lawmaker is officially jumping into the crowded Republican primary for the open U.S. House seat in eastern Oklahoma. Former state Rep. Wayne Pettigrew formally announced his candidacy in his hometown of...
Texas Agents Donate $200K to Texas Volunteer Fire Departments
Sep 14 2011 // Independent Insurance Agents of Texas (IIAT) and its Trusted Choice agents have donated a total of $200,000 to the State Firemen’s and Fire Marshals’ Association (SFFMA) to assist volunteer fire...
How Can Insurance Agents Help the Texas Fire Victims?
Sep 13 2011 // As fires tear through Texas, businesses and homeowners struggle to determine their losses. According to the Insurance Council of Texas, this year’s fire losses are Texas’ worst on record. The Texas Forest...
Heffernan Hires Torsney as Senior VP of New York Office
Sep 13 2011 // Heffernan Insurance Brokers, an independent insurance brokerage headquartered in Walnut Creek, Calif., has hired Catherine Torsney to join its Manhattan office in New York as senior vice president and director of its fine...
Schinnerer Adds Enhancements to Real Estate E&O Policy
Sep 12 2011 // Coverage for open houses, mold, network risks and privacy claims are now part of Victor O. Schinnerer & Company’s real estate E&O policy. Schinnerer includes the three new coverages at no additional...
Oklahoma Seeks Waiver on Health Care Insurance MLR Requirement
Sep 9 2011 // Oklahoma Insurance Commissioner John Doak is seeking a waiver on a major provision of the federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. Doak requested an adjustment from the U.S. Department of Health and Human...
Accused North Dakota Insurance Agent Loses State License
Sep 9 2011 // A Fargo, N.D., insurance agent accused of using client money for personal matters has lost his state license. North Dakota Insurance Commissioner Adam Hamm said he had revoked the license of Jeffrey Neppl. He said Neppl...
Real Time/Download Campaign Names Sigler Co-Chair
Sep 9 2011 // Independent agent Joyce Sigler has been named co-chair of the Real Time/Download Campaign. Sigler is vice president of administration at Jones & Wenner, an insurance agency in Fairlawn, Ohio. In her role with the...
Mass. Agents’ Auto Insurance Ballot Question Advances
Sep 9 2011 // Nearly all of the proposed questions for Massachusetts’ 2012 state ballot have been given preliminary approval. Attorney General Martha Coakley certified Wednesday 23 of the 31 initiative petitions filed with her...
UK Managing General Agents Launch Official Representative Association
Sep 9 2011 // The Managing General Agents’ Association (MGAA), a non-profit making organization founded to represent UK Managing General Agents, was officially launched on the 1st of September with an initial 40 Full Members...
Insurance Noodle to Offer ACE D&O, E&O Coverage Through Online Hub
Sep 6 2011 // Insurance Noodle, part of Willis North America, a unit of Willis Group Holdings, has added has added the management and professional liability products of ACE Commercial Risk Services to the offerings of its online quoting...
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Sep 5 2011 // David J. Bresnahan has been named president of Lexington Insurance Co., the surplus lines unit of Chartis Insurance. He is succeeding Peter Eastwood, who is moving into his new role as president and chief executive officer...
Minn. Supreme Court: No Dismissal in Negligence Case Against Agent
Sep 5 2011 // The Minnesota Supreme Court has refused to dismiss a lawsuit against an insurance agent over “negligent procurement of insurance coverage.” Robert M. Swendra of the Robert M. Swendra Agency Inc. representing...
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Sep 5 2011 // David J. Bresnahan has been named president of Lexington Insurance Co., the surplus lines unit of Chartis Insurance. He is succeeding Peter Eastwood, who is moving into his new role as president and chief executive officer...
