Massachusetts Court Sides with Norfolk & Dedham in Personal Injury Suit May 15, 2017 By Elizabeth Blosfield The Massachusetts Appeals Court has upheld a Superior Court decision that defendant, Norfolk & Dedham Mutual Fire Insurance Co., did...
People – Midwest May 15, 2017 Farmington Hills, Mic.-based Amerisure Mutual Insurance Co. hired Jayashree Ishwar as chief underwriting officer. Ishwar will be accountable for corporate...
Business Moves May 15, 2017 Validus, Crop Insurance Agency Validus Holdings Ltd. has completed its acquisition of Crop Risk Services business (CRS), a primary crop...
Wholesale Associations NAPSLO, AAMGA Merging to Form WSIA May 15, 2017 By Andrea Wells Things are moving forward for a new insurance industry trade association for the wholesale, specialty and surplus lines insurance industry....
Louisiana Worker’ Comp Rates Are Down, but Costs per Claim Growing May 15, 2017 Workers’ compensation rates decreased statewide in Louisiana on May 1 by 9.8 percent, marking the fourth year in a row...
People – Southeast May 15, 2017 Chubb has appointed Ana Robic to chief operating officer, North America Personal Risk Services. In her new role, she will...
Tech Talk: How to Use Digital Body Language May 15, 2017 By Tom Wetzel “When the eyes say one thing, and the tongue another, a practiced man relies on the language of the first.”...
Study: Expected Increase in Tornadoes Raises Risk to Mobile Homes May 15, 2017 Tornadoes and mobile homes don’t mix to begin with, but throw in the volatility of climate change and the potential...
Producer Compliance in California: The Top Three Regulatory Danger Zones May 15, 2017 By Mark B. Robinson Like Big Brother, California’s Department of Insurance is watching you. Okay, perhaps not literally — and certainly not all of...
People – East May 15, 2017 Eastern Insurance Group, a Natick, Mass.-headquartered subsidiary of Eastern Bank, has hired William F. Gross as executive vice president of...