5 Startup Businesses Agents Should Watch March 1, 2012 By Andrea Wells It hasn’t been the best of times for America’s Main Street businesses. Often facing overwhelming competition from big box stores,...
Sentry Insurance Group Names McPartland as CEO March 1, 2012 Pete G. McPartland has been named chief executive officer at Sentry Insurance a Mutual Company in Stevens Point, Wis. Dale...
Companion P&C Names Rhodes Chief Operating Officer March 1, 2012 Companion Property & Casualty Insurance Group of Columbia, S.C., has named Robert C. Rhodes vice president and chief operating officer....
Ex-Security Chief at West Virginia Mine Gets 3 Years in Jail March 1, 2012 By Jeremy Pelofsky A U.S. judge sentenced the former security chief at a West Virginia mine to three years in prison after being...
K&K Insurance Expands Skating Program March 1, 2012 K&K Insurance Service Group has expanded its ice and inline skating facilities program to include roller skating rinks. Insureds can...
Insurance Journal Co-Sponsors Study on Agents’ Views on Carriers March 1, 2012 Channel Harvest Research, in partnership with Insurance Journal, has launched a major new study on the Independent Agency System, probing...
Moody’s Must Face Whistleblower Analyst’s Retaliation Claim February 29, 2012 By Jonathan Stempel Moody’s Investors Service was ordered to defend against a lawsuit by a whistleblowing former analyst who claimed it illegally retaliated...
Taxpayers See Gain As New York Fed Sells Last of AIG Bailout Bonds February 29, 2012 By Carrick Mollenkamp and Jonathan Spicer The Federal Reserve Bank of New York on Tuesday sold the remaining portion of mortgage-backed securities acquired in the 2008...
BP Seeks Settlement with Oil Spill Plaintiffs February 29, 2012 By Kathy Finn BP Plc is seeking to settle a lawsuit over the massive 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill by tapping into...
Low-Cost Online Commercial Lines Quoting Tool for P/C Agents Launched February 29, 2012 By Don Jergler The launch of a real-time commercial lines rater that gives agents access to a handful of large carriers was announced...