California’s State Fund to Lay Off Up to 1,800 Workers October 6, 2011 A restructuring at the government-controlled State Compensation Insurance Fund to be implemented in 2012 will result in a reduction in...
Texas-based Capps Insurance Agency Adds Fraley as Sales Executive October 6, 2011 Capps Insurance Agency of Mount Pleasant, Texas, announced it has added Jim D. Fraley as a sales executive who will...
SIAA Adds Midwest Agencies in September October 6, 2011 Strategic Insurance Agency Alliance (SIAA) announced it has added 11 new member agencies from the Midwest. The new Midwest agency...
HCC Insurance Opens New Primary and Excess Casualty Divisions October 6, 2011 Houston-based HCC Insurance Holdings Inc. has opened new primary casualty and excess casualty divisions led by Chris Day and Phil...
Arizona’s Running of Bulls Revival Credited to Lower Insurance Cost October 6, 2011 Phil Immordino was literally looking for a bull market to bring back a controversial event that will likely to draw...
USG Announces New Arizona Branch October 6, 2011 USG Insurance Services Inc., a national wholesaler and MGA, has opened a new office in Tempe, Ariz. The office will...
Survey: A Few More Years Before Med Liability Market Hardens October 6, 2011 According to a new annual rate survey by Medical Liability Monitor, base-rate premiums for medical professional liability insurance (MPLI) continued...
Jansen and Hastings Launch Cove MGA October 6, 2011 By Andrea Wells Two veterans in the London insurance marketplace have come together again to launch a new underwriting agency with a focus...
Auto Insurers’ Loss Ratios Rise in Q2: SNL Insurance October 6, 2011 Tornadoes and thunderstorms in the South and Midwest made the 2011 second quarter tumultuous for U.S. property writers. The industry...
Mass. Agents Gathering Signatures for Insurance Credit Score Ban October 6, 2011 By Young Ha A Massachusetts independent agents group said it is confident that banning auto insurers’ use of credit scores and other socioeconomic...