Latest Entertainment Headlines
All the headlines from our Entertainment Topic Page, ordered by recency.
K&K Adds Optional Sexual Abuse Coverage to Sports, Entertainment Programs
Jun 22 2012 // K&K Insurance Group, Inc. has added a new optional sexual abuse and molestation coverage (SAM) available for most e-commerce sport, leisure and entertainment risk purchasing programs (RPG) including: Amateur sports...
Game On!
Jun 18 2012 // Market Conditions Right for Insurers in Sports, Entertainment Segment Americans love their sports and entertainment, and right now so does the insurance industry. Insurers are renewing their focus on this class where they...
Game On!
May 21 2012 // Market Conditions Right for Insurers in Sports, Entertainment Segment Americans love their sports and entertainment, and right now so does the insurance industry. Insurers are renewing their focus on this class where they...
Probe Prompts Kansas Inflatables Company to Cancel Jobs
May 7 2012 // Several parents were caught off guard when two Wichita, Kan., companies that provide inflatable rides canceled reservations at the last minute. Last June, Moonwalks for Fun’s license to provide inflatable rides was...
Business Moves – South Central
May 7 2012 // Arthur J. Gallagher, Bessleman & Little Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. has acquired Besselman & Little Agency of Baton Rouge, La. Founded in 1986, Besselman & Little Agency offers a wide range of employee...
Business Moves – Midwest
May 7 2012 // NFP, Ameribonds Surety & Insurance National Financial Partners Corp. subsidiary, NFP Property and Casualty Services Inc. (NFP P&C), acquired Illinois-based Ameribonds Surety & Insurance Services (Ameribonds...
Fireman’s Fund Partners with Allianz to Expand Entertainment into Canada
Apr 12 2012 // Novato, Calif.-based Fireman’s Fund Insurance Co. in partnership with Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty have created an experienced underwriting team to further expand its entertainment division and...
Fireman’s Fund, Allianz Global Expand Entertainment Division into Canada
Apr 11 2012 // Fireman’s Fund Insurance Co. in partnership with Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty, an Allianz affiliate company in Canada, has added an underwriting team to further expand its entertainment division and...
The Liberty Company Expands to Entertainment Industry
Nov 23 2011 // The Liberty Company Insurance Brokers Inc. is extending its services into the entertainment industry through Liberty Entertainment Insurance Services LLC in Woodland Hills, Calif. Daniel R’bibo will serve as...
Insurance Executive: IMDb’s Counter Against Actress Is Savvy Business Move
Nov 15 2011 // The Internet Movie Database’s decision to battle the anonymous actress who sued it for revealing her age may not only be a good defense but it’s also a savvy business and public relations strategy that may...
NAS Appoints Schmickle SVP of New Entertainment and Sports Division
Sep 22 2011 // Encino, Calif.-based NAS Insurance has appointed Jerid Schmickle as senior vice president of its newly launched entertainment and sports division. He will head the division, and target risks within the entertainment,...
Lockton Adds Entertainment Division, Opens Office in Southern California
Sep 12 2011 // Kansas City, Mo.-based Lockton expanded its Southern California operations by adding an entertainment division and a new San Fernando Valley office. The new entertainment division is divided in two groups: premier private...
Hackers Attack Another Sony Network; Post Data on 1 Million Users
Jun 3 2011 // Hackers broke into Sony Corp.’s computer networks and accessed the information of more than 1 million customers to show the vulnerability of the electronic giant’s systems, the latest of several security...
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...
K&K, RLI Partner to Offer Product Liability for Sports, Entertainment Risks
Jan 13 2011 // K&K Insurance announces a new products liability program in partnership with RLI, a specialty insurance company operating in all 50 states. This arrangement offers an additional avenue for competitive quotes in the...
OneBeacon Rebrands Entertainment Division as OneBeacon Entertainment
Jan 4 2011 // OneBeacon Insurance Group has introduced OneBeacon Entertainment as the trade name for its entertainment, sports and leisure business. OneBeacon Entertainment also encompasses Entertainment Brokers International Insurance...
3 Imaginative Approaches to Agency Marketing in the Entertainment Age
Aug 16 2010 // GEICO, State Farm, Progressive, e-surance and other major insurance marketers currently employ humor in their advertising. There’s GEICO’s prolonged use of the gecko, State Farm’s whyagent.com Web site,...
3 Imaginative Approaches to Agency Marketing in the Entertainment Age
Aug 16 2010 // Agents Must Employ Creative Insurance Marketing … or Else GEICO, State Farm, Progressive, e-surance and other major insurance marketers currently employ humor in their advertising. There’s GEICO’s...
Momentous Insurance Partners With Doodson Entertainment
Jul 27 2010 // Momentous Insurance Brokerage of Van Nuys, Calif., has announced a strategic partnership with Doodson Entertainment, a specialist brokerage firm in the United Kingdom and the United States, to bring enhanced capability in...
Robertson Taylor Names Johnstone Music & Entertainment Manager
Jul 23 2010 // London-based Robertson Taylor Insurance Brokers, a subsidiary of Oxygen Holdings plc, announced the appointment of Dawn Johnstone as Manager, Music & Entertainment Division. She is based in the London Docklands office,...
