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Georgia Seeks Waiver from Medical Loss Ratio Rule
Mar 17 2011 // Georgia is requesting a waiver from a key element of the federal healthcare overhaul that sets how much of health insurance premiums must be spent on medical care. Insurance Commissioner Ralph Hudgens said he wants a...
James to Lead Fireman’s Fund’s National Broker Team
Mar 16 2011 // Novato, Calif.-based Fireman’s Fund Insurance Co. announced that Andrea James has assumed the role of vice president, national sales leader. She will lead the National Broker team, which is responsible for...
Allstate Seeks 88 Agents in West
Mar 16 2011 // Allstate has launched a recruitment campaign across the West, seeking 15 exclusive agents in New Mexico, 34 in Arizona, 19 in Nevada and 20 in Utah. In New Mexico, targeted areas for agents include Albuquerque, Santa Fe...
Accident Fund Honors 23 Agencies with 2010 President’s Club Award
Mar 14 2011 // Lansing, Mich.-based Accident Fund Insurance Co. of America has honored 23 agencies with its 2010 President’s Club Award. The annual award is presented to a select number of independent insurance agencies who meet...
Business Groups Back Expanding Federal Flood Insurance Options
Mar 14 2011 // Expanding a federal program that is already $17 billion in debt might seem like a non-starter of an idea on budget-sensitive Capitol Hill these days. However the idea is included in a Republican-drafted reform of the...
Hispanic Affiliates General Agency Expanding, Recruiting Agents in Texas
Mar 11 2011 // Dallas-based Hispanic Affiliates General Agency LLC (HAGA) announced it is actively recruiting Hispanic independent agents in Texas. According to the company’s announcement, HAGA provides independent agents marketing...
Ohio Reveals Top Insurance Fraud, Enforcements for 2010
Mar 11 2011 // Ohio Lieutenant Governor and Department of Insurance Director Mary Taylor has announced the agency’s top insurance fraud and enforcement cases of 2010.The DOI opened more than 160 consumer insurance fraud cases last...
Vredenburg Heads Acquisitions for Florida’s Assured Agencies
Mar 11 2011 // Paul Vredenburg has joined Assured Agencies in Lake Mary, Fla. as senior vice president of business development. In this position, Vredenburg will be responsible for identifying acquisition opportunities for Assured...
Guy Carpenter Selected as New CCRIF Placing Broker
Mar 11 2011 // The Caribbean Catastrophe Risk Insurance Facility (CCRIF) has announced the appointment of Guy Carpenter & Company, LLC as the new Placing Broker for the Facility, beginning immediately in “preparation for the...
West Virginia’s BrickStreet Won’t Insure Firefighters, State Agencies
Mar 10 2011 // The company created by West Virginia to provide workers’ compensation insurance no longer wants to cover state agencies, prompting lawmakers to consider alternative policy options. The Senate Finance Committee...
Heffernan Insurance Brokers Adds Murphy to Board
Mar 10 2011 // Walnut Creek, Calif.-based Heffernan Insurance Brokers has added Leslie Murphy to its board of directors. Murphy has been the CEO of W. Bradley Electric Inc. for nearly 20 years. With more than 200 employees, WBE is the...
Intercare Specialty Risk Insurance Mergers with PRM Insurance
Mar 9 2011 // Rocklin, Calif.-based Intercare Specialty Risk Insurance Services Inc. and PRM Insurance Services Inc. have inked a contractual agreement for the companies to work together under the management of newly formed Phoenix Risk...
Young Agents: What Are YOU Thinking? Exclusive Survey
Mar 9 2011 // Young property/casualty insurance agents and brokers across the U.S. are being called upon to answer some questions … and have some fun. Gen X, Gen Y agents: who are you? What do you really think about your career?...
FERMA Calls for ‘Mandatory’ Protocol for Broker/Company Transactions
Mar 9 2011 // The Federation of European Risk Management Associations (FERMA) has issued a response concerning the revised European Insurance Mediation Directive (IMD), which states that it “should incorporate binding standards of...
How California Bill Implements Federal NRRA Surplus Lines Reform
Mar 8 2011 // The Nonadmitted and Reinsurance Reform Act (NRRA), Subtitle B, Part I, Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, reaches out and touches California on July 21, 2011. In anticipation of its effective date,...
West Virginia Agents Balk At Health Insurance Exchange
Mar 8 2011 // With the Legislature’s minority Republicans already opposing the pending bill, West Virginia’s independent insurance agents are wary of this session’s bid to create a state-run health insurance...
Republican Flood Insurance Bill Gets Positive Initial Reception
Mar 8 2011 // A Republican draft of legislation to reform the federal flood insurance program would renew the program for five years, phase out most rate subsidies, tie coverage limits to the rate of inflation, vary the deductible by...
U.K. Brokerage Acquires Dallas-based CSI Entertainment Insurance
Mar 8 2011 // Doodson Broking Group, an entertainment insurance specialist based in the United Kingdom, has acquired Dallas-based CSI Entertainment Insurance to form Doodson Entertainment. The partnership creates an insurance broker for...
Schulte Joins Lockton’s Brokerage Team in St. Louis
Mar 8 2011 // Insurance brokerLocktonhas added Scott Schulte as producer in its St. Louis, Mo., office. Schulte brings more than 13 years of experience in the health care industry to Lockton.His employee benefits consulting expertise...
Heffernan Insurance Brokers Adds Murphy as New Board Member
Mar 8 2011 // Walnut Creek, Calif.-based Heffernan Insurance Brokers, one of the largest independent insurance brokerage firms in the United States, has added Leslie Murphy to its board of directors. Murphy is a Marin County resident...
