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Marsh Ends President’s Role; Targets Middle Market, Tech, Construction
Nov 3 2006 // Marsh Inc. announced a series of personnel moves its says are designed to encourage new business growth and retention levels. The company also announced the elimination of the role of president, now held by Bill Malloy,...
Ohio Westfield Insurance’s Polansky Honored for Real-Time Tech Advances
Oct 27 2006 // Westfield Insurance’s Brady Polansky, CPCU, CIC, was recognized by Applied Systems Client Network (ASCnet), the user group of Applied Systems agency management system, for his industry wide contributions toward...
N.H. and Vt. Prevent Bridge Ice with High-Tech Sensor
Oct 16 2006 // Drivers heading into New Hampshire from Vermont on Interstate 89 this winter will have some high-tech help to keep them on the road. Crews this week finished installing a sophisticated system that uses sensors to detect...
Warning: Employers Face Liability for Workers’ High-Tech Addiction
Aug 25 2006 // Taking your Blackberry on vacation with you? Or to the kids’ soccer game? How about the business cell phone? Technology keeps workers connected 24/7. If that sounds like an employer’s dream come true, think...
Darwin Web Site Educates Brokers on Technology Liabilities
Aug 22 2006 // Farmington, Conn.-based Darwin Professional Underwriters, Inc. has debuted its new web site, http://www.tech-404.com/, dedicated to educating agents, brokers, and commercial insurance purchasers about the inherent...
CyberTech from Travelers Offers Tech Firms Choice of 3 Coverage Modules
Aug 10 2006 // Travelers has launched CyberTech+, a product designed to help protect technology companies from a variety of exposures including errors and omissions, computer viruses, and copyright and trademark infringement. Under the...
Is U.S. Prepared for a Cyber Catastrophe? Businesses Say, ‘No’
Jul 28 2006 // Testifying before a Senate Homeland Security and Government Affairs Subcommittee, Karl Brondell of State Farm Insurance Companies warned that the U.S. is not adequately prepared for a cyber catastrophe. The insurance...
Optional federal charter is needed
Jul 24 2006 // Editor’s note: The following excerpt is edited from an oral statement made by Joseph J. Beneducci, president of Fireman’s Fund at the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee’s July 11 hearing...
Optional federal charter is needed
Jul 24 2006 // Editor’s note: The following excerpt is edited from an oral statement made by Joseph J. Beneducci, president of Fireman’s Fund at the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee’s July 11 hearing...
Optional federal charter is needed
Jul 24 2006 // Editor’s note: The following excerpt is edited from an oral statement made by Joseph J. Beneducci, president of Fireman’s Fund at the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee’s July 11 hearing...
Optional federal charter is needed
Jul 24 2006 // Editor’s note: The following excerpt is edited from an oral statement made by Joseph J. Beneducci, president of Fireman’s Fund at the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee’s July 11 hearing...
Travelers ‘CD’ Targets Risk Control for Tech Firms
Jul 21 2006 // Travelers has created a new CD, “The Best of Technology Risk Control,” to assist technology businesses seeking information on topics such as business continuity, workers’ compensation and manufacturing...
The Hartford Expands Professional Liability Product for Tech Firms
Jul 17 2006 // Connecticut-based The Hartford Financial Services Group Inc. has announced that its member companies have expanded the policy limits available to customers from $1 million to $2 million on The Hartford’s FailSafe...
Shreveport, La., Police Using High-Tech Cars as Bait
Jul 10 2006 // Cars donated by insurance companies around the state will soon be put out as bait for Shreveport, La.’s thieves. They’ll be left out on the street as soon as officers can be taught how to use their high-tech...
The right time to begin
Jul 4 2006 // Nearly five years ago, a group of program specialists gathered in Tempe, Ariz., for the first summit meeting of a budding industry organization called the Target Markets Program Administrators Association. The brainchild...
In N.H.’s positive climate, insurers free to focus on competition and technology
Jun 19 2006 // News Currents Insurers find the political and regulatory environment in New Hampshire favorable. “[I]t’s clear that in New Hampshire, we have a different marketplace than the other New England states....
AI Risk-Brownyard Program Eyes Small, Medium Security Firms
Jun 16 2006 // AI Risk, Lexington Insurance’s middle market unit, has selected Brownyard Programs, Ltd to bring AIG’s GuardSecure product to the small and intermediate-sized private security companies throughout the U.S. The...
AIG Subsidiary Launches Multi-Line Education Insurance Program
Jun 2 2006 // AI Risk, a member company of American International Group Inc. (AIG), has launched AI Risk Education Program, a multi-line property and casualty program for private primary schools, colleges and universities. The AI Risk...
Learn the skills to become a 21st century leader
May 22 2006 // A common complaint among executives throughout the world is the changing work ethic and lack of commitment by employees. With the lack of leadership evident today, it is amazing that any work ethic or commitment by...
Learn the skills to become a 21st century leader
May 22 2006 // A common complaint among executives throughout the world is the changing work ethic and lack of commitment by employees. With the lack of leadership evident today, it is amazing that any work ethic or commitment by...
