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N.H. Gov. Benson Buys Prescription Drugs from Canada
Apr 2 2004 // While researching the safety of prescription drugs, New Hampshire Gov. Craig Benson ordered brand-name medicines from a Canadian online pharmacy for about half the cost of buying the same drugs in New Hampshire, he...
Community First Acquires Colorado and Wyoming Insurance Agencies
Apr 2 2004 // Community First Bankshares Inc. has acquired Englewood, Colo.-based Shepherd Insurance Agency through its affiliate, Community First Insurance Inc. Community First also has acquired an insurance book of business from...
N.Y. Agents Name Harleysville Top Commercial Partner
Mar 26 2004 // Pennsylvania’s Harleysville Insurance has issued a bulletin noting that for the second time in three years, it has been named the “Top Partner in Commercial Lines” during Westchester County’s 38th...
MetLife Receives Approval for China Joint Venture
Mar 26 2004 // Chinese regulators have approved plans for a joint venture between U.S. life insurer MetLife Inc. and the owner of the Beijing International Airport, MetLife said Thursday. The U.S. company has a 50 percent stake in the...
BTE Technologies Acquires Controlling Interest in U.K.’s Hanoun Medical
Mar 25 2004 // BTE Technologies, Inc, a leading provider of technology-based physical and occupational therapy and rehabilitation solutions for the healthcare industry, announced that it has acquired a controlling interest in Hanoun...
Aon Acquires RiskLabs
Mar 24 2004 // Chicago-based brokerage giant Aon Corp. has purchased Risk Laboratories LLC from American Home Assurance Co. Founded in 1994 and based in Atlanta, Ga., RiskLabs provides risk information services and analytics to corporate...
Mass. Adds Its OK to St. Paul-Travelers Merger
Mar 23 2004 // The proposed Travelers-St. Paul merger has received another endorsement as the Massachusetts Division of Insurance has given its approval to the acquisition by St. Paul of Premier Insurance Co., the Massachusetts stock...
Selecting the Right Company Partner for Workers’ Comp Pays Dividends
Mar 22 2004 // First, this article is not about “parting shots.” When I hear this expression I immediately think of a retaliatory barrage to a poor unsuspecting sole. Instead, I’m going to discuss an issue near and dear...
Griffitts and Wilson Become Partners at Thompson Coe
Mar 22 2004 // Thompson, Coe, Cousins & Irons LLP announced two new partners, Larry Wilson and Ryan Griffitts. Wilson is a partner in the firm’s Houston office. His practice focuses primarily on the defense of business...
Workers’ Comp – Buying a Policy or Selecting an Insurance Partner’
Mar 22 2004 // Recently, while conducting an education program for a group of agency professionals on the subject of workers’ compensation, I realized that for many agents, the workers’ compensation policy is the...
St. Paul and Travelers Settle Merger Lawsuits
Mar 19 2004 // The St. Paul Companies (NYSE:SPC) announced today that The St. Paul and Travelers have entered into settlement agreements with the plaintiffs in all three of the pending purported securities class action lawsuits related...
Hub Moves West, Acquires Safeco Subsidiaries
Mar 16 2004 // In a move it expects will bring in an additional $100 million in annual revenue, Chicago-based brokerage Hub International Ltd. has signed a definitive agreement to invest in a corporation formed by a senior management...
White Mountains Sells Block of Montpelier Shares
Mar 15 2004 // White Mountains Insurance Group, Ltd. And Prospector Partners, LLC’s on again off again sale of 4,785,540 common shares of Montpelier Re Holdings Ltd. (See IJ Website Mar.10 and 12) has been resolved by a block sale...
Feds See No Harm in Anthem-WellPoint Merger
Mar 11 2004 // The U.S. Justice Department has ruled that the proposed merger of health insurers WellPoint Health Networks Inc. and Anthem Inc. will not harm competition or consumers, leaving it up to state regulators whether the...
Broadspire Acquires TPA Assets
Mar 11 2004 // Lake Zurich, Ill.-based Broadspire Services Inc. has signed a definitive agreement to acquire the United States third-party administration assets of Cunningham Lindsey Claims Management Inc. and RSKCo Services Inc. from...
Alliant Resources Group Acquires Calif.-based Strategic HR Services
Mar 11 2004 // Alliant Resources Group Inc. (Alliant), an insurance brokerage and financial services distribution company, announced the acquisition of Calif.-based Strategic HR Services. Founded in 1995 by Lynda Lane, Strategic HR...
Midwest Insurance Law Firms Announce Merger
Mar 10 2004 // The Midwest law firm of Dykema Gossett PLLC has added Jones & Blouch LLP to its corporate finance practice group. Jones & Blouch has provided securities and corporate legal services to many of the country’s...
Gallagher Acquires Iowa Agency
Mar 10 2004 // Itasca, Ill.-based brokerage giant Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. announced the acquisition of Don Laster Agency Inc. of Urbandale, Iowa. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. In business since 1983, the Don Laster...
First Financial Buys Ind. Agency
Mar 10 2004 // Hamilton, Ohio-based First Financial Bancorp has purchased an insurance agency operation in Highland, Ind. The purchase arrangement was completed Feb. 1, 2004, and the agency is now operating as a full-service unit of...
Brown & Brown Acquires Two N.J. Agencies
Mar 8 2004 // Florida-based Brown & Brown, Inc. announced that it has acquired the assets of Statfeld Vantage Insurance Group and Waldor Agency, Inc. Both are located in Florham Park, New Jersey. Joint announcements were made by...
