Latest Business Insurance Headlines
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Zurich to Integrate European Business Divisions
Jan 20 2004 // Zurich Financial Services announced a decision to regroup the company’s businesses in Europe to create one Business Division. Effective March 1, the new division will comprise Continental Europe, the United Kingdom,...
GE Commercial Insurance Unveils National Masonic Association Program
Jan 20 2004 // GE Commercial Insurance announced the launch of a new insurance program created specifically for Masonic Associations. Thompkins & Company, a full-service, independent agency specializing in Masonic Associations, will...
Mosher Joins Board of Directors for Employers Insurance Company of Nevada
Jan 13 2004 // Employers Insurance Company of Nevada, A Mutual Company (EICN), announced that Ronald F. Mosher has joined the company’s Board of Directors. Mosher possesses extensive knowledge of the insurance industry, and most...
Small Business BOP
Jan 12 2004 // Nuts & Bolts: Superior Access Insurance Services Inc., has a new small business BOP designed for office, retail, wholesale, service and high-tech classes of business. Businesses must have less than $5 million in...
Commercial Auto Program
Jan 12 2004 // Nuts & Bolts: Cascade/Amstar is offering a commercial auto program for any size truck. Dollars: $500 minimum deductible for liability, $250 minimum for physical damage. Policy limits of up to $1 million CSL. Carrier:...
Liability for Small to Mid-Size Businesses
Jan 12 2004 // Nuts & Bolts: E.L.M. Insurance Brokers Inc. has a professional liability suite of products for small to mid-size businesses that includes liability coverage for employment practices, directors and officers, entity...
Anonymous Tip, Employer Cooperation Solve Pair of Wash. L&I Fraud Cases
Jan 12 2004 // Washington has ordered a 62-year-old woman from Okanogan to pay back $117,004 after an investigation reportedly showed that she had collected survivor benefits illegally. And a 52-year-old Olympia man, Richard Sundblad,...
Small, Mid-Size Bus. Liability
Jan 12 2004 // Nuts & Bolts: E.L.M. Insurance Brokers Inc. targets small to mid-size businesses with its “professional liability suite of products,” which includes liability coverage for employment practices, directors...
THE SEIBELS BRUCE GROUP RECEIVES APPROVAL TO RESUME WRITING NEW COMMERCIAL LINES BUSINESS IN TENN:
Jan 12 2004 // The Seibels Bruce Group Inc. has received approval from the Tennessee Department of Insurance allowing subsidiary Catawba Insurance Company (CIC) to resume writing new risk-bearing commercial lines business in Tennessee....
Small Business BOP
Jan 12 2004 // Nuts & Bolts: Superior Access Insurance Services Inc., has a new Small Business BOP designed especially for office, retail, wholesale, service and high-tech classes of business. Businesses must have less than $5...
Liability for Small to Mid-Size Businesses
Jan 12 2004 // Nuts & Bolts: E.L.M. Insurance Brokers Inc. targets small to mid-size businesses with its professional liability suite of products, which includes liability coverage for employment practices, directors and officers,...
MFX Makes Available End-to-End ASP Commercial Lines Solution
Dec 31 2003 // MFXchange Holdings, Inc. (MFX) announced the launch of its end-to-end application service provider (ASP) commercial lines solution. The comprehensive processing system is Web-based and features benefits of ASP-based...
Best Downgrades Employers Reassurance
Dec 29 2003 // A.M. Best Co. announced that it has downgraded the financial strength rating to “A-” (Excellent) from “A” (Excellent) of Employers Reassurance Corp. (ERAC) and assigned a stable outlook. “The...
Delta General Named Employer of the Year by HAIW
Dec 29 2003 // The Houston Association of Insurance Women (HAIW) and Delta General Agency recently announced that Delta and its president and CEO, Bill Fink, were named Employer of the Year for 2003 by the association. In presenting the...
Employers Direct Cuts Calif. Rates More than Twice State Average
Dec 19 2003 // Employers Direct Insurance Company has cut its workers’ compensation insurance rates by 8.2 percent in its current filing with the California Department of Insurance. This decrease is reportedly more than twice the...
Calif. Employers, Industry Experts to Confront Workers’ Comp Crisis
Dec 16 2003 // Workers’ Compensation and disability management experts from across California will meet for a solutions-based conference on workers’ comp issues, Jan. 28-30, in Manhattan Beach, Calif. ABD Insurance and...
Employers Insurance Company of Nevada Report 3Q 2003 Financial Results
Dec 16 2003 // Employers Insurance Company of Nevada, A Mutual Company (“EICN”) and its wholly-owned subsidiary Employers Compensation Insurance Company (“ECIC”) formerly known as Fremont Employers Insurance...
Interstate Insurance Group Implements Web-enabled Rating for Pair of Its Major Commercial Lines
Dec 12 2003 // Interstate Insurance Group (IIG) has successfully implemented Web-based rating for two of its six major commercial lines using a combined interface integrating IT breakthroughs from ePolicy Solutions, Inc. and Docucorp...
St. Paul: Supervisor Training Key to Safer Workplaces
Dec 11 2003 // The St. Paul Cos. announced a new CD-ROM and online training series aimed at helping supervisors promote safe and healthy behaviors in the workplace. The series, “Striving for Excellence: Elements of Effective...
Employers Insurance Company of Nevada, A Mutual Company, Re-Names Subsidiary Companies
Dec 9 2003 // Employers Insurance Company of Nevada, A Mutual Company, (EICN) announced that it has re-named two wholly-owned subsidiaries. Effective immediately, the company formerly known as Fremont Employers Insurance Company will...