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ALLSTATE AGENT TALKS BREAK DOWN

Talks between Allstate Corp. and more than 300 of its captive agents to settle a long-running dispute over contractual changes...

RACKLEY UNVEILS WINDOWS-BASED PRODUCT

Rackley Systems released a new version of its comparative commercial lines rating software—Rackley Systems for Windows. The software is available...

PROGRESSIVE EXEC LEAVES CO.

Progressive Corp. announced that Charles B. Chokel, executive vice president and chief investments and capital officer, has left the company....

W.R. BERKLEY BEGINS PUBLIC OFFERING

Greenwich, Conn.-based W. R. Berkley Corp. announced the commencement of a public offering of 2,700,000 shares of its common stock,...

ARGONAUT MOVES TO SAN ANTONIO

Argonaut Group Inc. is relocating its corporate headquarters to San Antonio as a cost-cutting measure, and creating about 80 new...

G&M MARINE ENTERS TEXAS

G&M Marine Inc., a 36-year-old marine insurance managing general agent headquartered in New Orleans, La., has established a branch office...

WILLIAM GAMMON ADDS PEO DIVISION

Austin-based William Gammon Insurance has unveiled its new Professional Employer Organization division. The PEO division offers small businesses with between...

BILL OF RIGHTS REQUIRED

A new California law went into effect Jan. 1, 2001, requiring insurers to provide insureds with an Auto Body Repair...

NAII VOICES PRIVACY CONCERNS

As part of a Washington coalition of insurers, banks and retailers, the National Association of Independent Insurers (NAII) spoke out...

FRONTIER PULLS NYSE LISTING

Frontier Insurance Group Inc. has voluntarily withdrawn from the scheduled appeal of its delisting from the New York Stock Exchange....

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