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KATY AGENCY ACQUIRED

Brown & Brown Inc. has acquired substantially all of the assets of Vaught Insurance Services in Katy, Texas. The company...

FORE!

Local associations around Texas have planned their annual golf outing fundraisers. The 2001 Insurance Women of Austin Golf tournament has...

SAI TO LEAVE TEXAS

SAI Plus, LLC, of Rockville, Md., has agreed today to stop its unlicensed health insurance business in Texas and to...

NEW WARNING FROM CLAIMS DIRECT

Claims Direct, the U.K. company that handles accident victims compensation claims online, issued a new profit warning on March 28,...

STATE FUND DOWNGRADED

A.M. Best lowered the financial strength rating of the State Compensation Insurance Fund of California (SCIF), San Francisco, Calif., from...

QUAKE MARKET BACK TO NORMAL

Washington Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler said he expected all insurers offering earthquake insurance in the state to resume writing such...

WEIGHING TOLL OF FOOT-AND-MOUTH

Most analysts have concluded that no serious insured losses will be caused by the current foot-and-mouth epidemic in Britain and...

RATING BY ZIP CODE STILL OKAY

Thanks to a decision made March 28 by the California State Supreme Court, insurers can continue adjusting rates based partially...

BEAZLEY COMPLETES BUYOUT

Beazley, one of Lloyd’s leading syndicates, has completed a management buyout. “Under the new structure, the directors and staff will...

DANGER ON THE ROAD

The number of people killed in traffic accidents increased last year, due in part to a rise in fatal motorcycle...

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