Sony Calls on Insurers to Help Pay for Data Breach May 6, 2011 By Jim Finkle and Liana B. Baker Sony is looking to its insurers to help pay for its massive data breach, an amount that one expert estimates...
Custom Choice Insurance Joins The Iroquois Group May 5, 2011 Custom Choice Insurance Services of Idyllwild, Calif., has joined The Iroquois Group, according to agency principal Caleb Kirk. The agency...
Vickers Jr. Joins IMA of Kansas City May 5, 2011 IMA Inc., an independently owned retail insurance broker, has added Bobby Vickers Jr. as a sales executive in the company’s...
Barney & Barney’s Reeves Earns Athena Award May 5, 2011 Barney & Barney LLC Principal and Chief Sales Officer Trindl Reeves has received Athena’s Pinnacle Award, Individual in Service, for...
Markel Programs, Whorton Insurance to Offer Mobile Food Vendor Program May 5, 2011 Markel Programs has partnered with Whorton Insurance Services, Inc., a managing general agency, to offer immediate availability of a multi-line...
Terrorism Risks Lead Professionals to Refuse Business Trips May 5, 2011 Growing concerns over worldwide terrorism have caused some professionals to refuse going on business trips. Half of all respondents to...
Missouri Approves Bill to Protect Consumers from ‘Storm Chasers’ May 5, 2011 Missouri lawmakers have given final approval to a bill that proponents say will help protect homeowners from unscrupulous contractors. Senate...
Report: Workers’ Comp Line Deteriorates Further in 2010 May 5, 2011 Workers’ compensation continued to worsen in 2010 as the combined ratio jumped five points to 115 in 2010 from 2009....
Louisiana Prepares for Higher Water Levels Than Expected May 5, 2011 Emergency officials in Louisiana are preparing for even higher Mississippi River water levels than had previously been estimated, after additional...
FEMA Defends Lack of Disaster Declaration Over Texas Wildfires May 5, 2011 The Federal Emergency Management Agency defended its decision to refuse more assistance for Texas in the wake of devastating wildfires,...