Chuck Gaskill, currently vice president and corporate counsel, has been appointed by the Motorists Mutual Insurance Co. to become senior vice president and general counsel. Gaskill began his career at Columbus, Ohio-based Motorists in 1979 as an attorney in the …
ISU International has added four new member agencies in the Midwest:. ISU Insurance Services The Webb Agency of St. Charles, Mo.; ISU Insurance Services Ken Hargis Agency of Terre Haute, Ind.; ISU Insurance Services Cox & Kimball of Bedford, Ind.; …
The captive insurance market in Missouri has seen explosive growth in the past year, state regulators say, with annual premium for these companies reaching a little more than $1 billion for 2009. By comparison, premium for captives in Missouri in …
Kansas Insurance Commissioner and former National Association of Insurance Commissioners President Sandy Praeger was honored with the American Medical Association’s (AMA) top government service award for an elected statewide official. Nominated by Roger Sevigny, NAIC most immediate past president and …
Laura McCormick has joined Farmington Hills, Mich.-based Burns & Wilcox as a professional lines broker specializing in miscellaneous professional, environmental consultants, E&O and non-profit D&O. McCormick has been a deputized Lloyds Underwriter since 1990 and has 20 years’ experience accepting …
Foremost Insurance Group has expanded its dwelling fire program in Minnesota as of March 1, 2010. Foremost will target standard and preferred landlord and rental property customers with new, larger discounts and an overall rate decrease of 4.3 percent for …
Kansas Insurance Commissioner Sandy Praeger has joined colleagues from two other states in opposing interstate health insurance options. Praeger, along with state insurance commissioners from Oklahoma and West Virginia, warned that interstate options could increase costs and destabilize local markets. …
Applied Systems Client Network (ASCnet), the user group of Applied Systems insurance agency management software, is planning to relocate by year-end 2010 to the Chicago area. Prior to the move, ASCnet will hire a permanent CEO to succeed interim CEO …
The February Business Conditions Index for the Mid-America region, a leading economic indicator from a survey of supply managers in a nine-state area, rose for a third straight month pointing to improving economic growth in the months ahead, according to …
U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin wants a meeting with two federal agencies to seek information about efforts to certify five levee systems in three southwestern Illinois counties. Durbin and other overseers of the levees in Madison, St. Clair and Monroe counties …
