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America’s Safest Drivers Travel the Roads in America’s Heartland
Jul 21 2008 // Residents in Sioux Falls, S.D., continued to top the chart as the safest drivers in the U.S., according to the fourth annual Allstate America’s Best Drivers Report. The average driver in Sioux Falls experiences an...
America’s Safest Drivers Travel the Roads in America’s Heartland
Jul 1 2008 // Residents in Sioux Falls, S.D., continued to top the chart as the safest drivers in the U.S., according to the fourth annual Allstate America’s Best Drivers Report. The average driver in Sioux Falls experiences an...
Good Agency-Carrier Relationships Travel a Two-Way Street
Dec 23 2007 // Carriers and agencies both face challenges in maintaining quality relationships Agents might think they have their hands full trying to attract and retain quality employees, but they are not alone. Insurance carriers face...
AAA: Record Nevadans to Travel over Holiday
Dec 21 2007 // AAA estimates a record number of Nevadans will travel over the upcoming holidays, despite higher gas prices and travel expenses. More than 612,000 Nevadans plan to travel 50 miles or more from their homes over Christmas...
Good Agency-Carrier Relationships Travel a Two-Way Street
Nov 18 2007 // Agents might think they have their hands full trying to attract and retain quality employees but they are not alone. Insurance carriers face challenges getting and keeping quality agents, too. For a company like St. Paul...
Ark. Commissioner to Travel to Meet with Producers, Educate Consumers
Sep 7 2007 // Ark. Insurance Commissioner Julie Benafield Bowman will head to various Arkansas communities the third week of September to field questions from insurance consumers, the Arkansas Insurance Department reported. Commissioner...
Mexican trucks to travel deeper into U.S. roadways
Mar 12 2007 // Safety advocates say move will endanger motorists and could threaten national security The news that Mexican trucks will be allowed to haul freight deeper into the United States drew an angry reaction from labor leaders,...
Old Republic Offering Travel Coverage for Calif.’s M.H. Ross
Mar 1 2007 // Northridge, Calif.-based M.H. Ross Co. announced that as of March 1, 2007, its travel industry insurance coverages will be underwritten by Old Republic Insurance Co., a subsidiary of Old Republic International Corp....
ABI Responds to UK Treasury’s Travel Insurance Regulation Proposals
Feb 26 2007 // A report from the UK’s Treasury Department, which calls for more regulation and control over travel insurance sold through tour operators and travel agents, has brought a response from the Association of British...
La.’s Blanco and Donelon Travel to Calif. for Outreach to Insurers
Jan 30 2007 // Louisiana Governor Kathleen Babineaux Blanco kicked off a three-day insurance outreach mission Jan. 29 in San Francisco, part of her continuing efforts to bring affordable insurance home to Louisiana, the governor’s...
Mexican truck travel still limited
Jan 8 2007 // Mexican trucker Brigido Moctezuma lives in a city just south of Mexico’s border with Texas, far from talks on whether he’ll be able to drive his loads of vehicle air bags all the way to assembly lines in...
Despite 2004 Ruling, Mexican Truck Travel Still Limited
Jan 2 2007 // Mexican trucker Brigido Moctezuma lives in a city just south of Mexico’s border with Texas, far from talks on whether he’ll be able to drive his loads of vehicle air bags all the way to assembly lines in...
2006: Soft market offers up many new insurance products
Dec 25 2006 // E&O, Professional/Management Liability New P/C Insurance Agents’ E&O Rockwood Programs partnered with certain underwriters at Lloyd’s of London to offer professional liability coverage specifically...
2006 New Markets Report
Dec 24 2006 // E&O, Professional/Management Liability New P/C Insurance Agents’ E&O Rockwood Programs partnered with certain underwriters at Lloyd’s of London to offer professional liability coverage specifically...
AAA Chicago Projects Busy Thanksgiving Travel Weekend
Nov 22 2006 // Higher prices for hotel rooms, rental cars and airfares will not keep families home this Thanksgiving. AAA Chicago estimates 38.3 million Americans will travel 50 miles or more from home this holiday, a 2.7 percent...
Tenn. Ethics Panel Powerless to Probe Travel Assured Ties
Sep 17 2006 // Ethics panel can’t take up complaints over travel insurance Received by Newsfinder from AP Sep 14, 2006 12:17 Eastern Time NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) _ Consumers want the state’s new Ethics Commission to investigate...
Tenn. Latest State to Order Travel Firm to Halt Insurance Sales
Sep 10 2006 // Tennessee regulators ordered a Crossville-based travel firm already cited by three other states to stop selling trip interruption or cancellation benefits without an insurance license. Tennessee’s cease-and-desist...
M.H. Ross Finds New Carrier for Travel Coverage
Sep 1 2006 // The M.H. Ross Co., Northride, Calif., has announced that as of March 1, 2007, the firm’s travel insurance policies will be underwritten by Old Republic Insurance Co., a subsidiary of Old Republic International Corp.....
Texas Orders Unlicensed Company to Stop Selling Travel Insurance
Aug 1 2006 // The Texas Department of Insurance (TDI) has issued an emergency cease and desist order against Trip Assured Inc., which has been selling travel insurance in Texas without a license. Trip Assured, based in Crossville,...
Philadelphia Insurance Offers Travel, ID Theft, Violence Endorsement
Jul 14 2006 // Philadelphia Insurance Companies of Bala Cynwyd, Pa. has introduced the “Bell Endorsement,” which provides to 10 additional coverages for organizations and individuals at no additional charge. The coverages...
