U.S., Automakers Pursue Drunk Driver Detection Systems January 2, 2014 The U.S. Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has extended for five years its agreement with automakers to...
Florida’s Towne Center Agency Joins Brightway January 2, 2014 Brightway Insurance agency owner Ken Toney, whose retail store is located in Sanford, Fla., has acquired the book of business...
Brown & Brown Acquires Assets of Claims Firm ICA January 2, 2014 Brown & Brown Inc. has acquired certain assets of insurance claims adjusting firm ICA Inc., based in Charlotte, North Carolina,...
AmWINS Completes Acquisition of Bliss & Glennon and eReinsure January 2, 2014 AmWINS Group Inc. completed its acquisition of Bliss & Glennon and eReinsure. AmWINS signed an agreement to acquire the firms...
North Dakota Train Fire Restarts Oil Transport Safety Debate January 2, 2014 By Jim Snyder, Bradley Olson and Lynn Doan The derailment and fire that led to the evacuation of a North Dakota town has renewed the debate over whether...
Supreme Court Justice Places Hold on Birth Control Mandate in Nuns’ Case January 2, 2014 By Greg Stohr Part of President Barack Obama’s health-care law is on hold in a Colorado case until at least tomorrow, as the...
Tropical Cyclone Christine Hits Australia’s Pilbara Coast: AIR Worldwide Analysis January 2, 2014 Catastrophe modeling firm AIR Worldwide reports: “Severe Tropical Cyclone Christine made landfall at approximately 1200 UTC on December 30 between...
Capital Capacity Softens January Renewal Rates up to 25%: Willis Re Report January 2, 2014 According to Willis Re’s January 2014 Reinsurance Renewals Report, “a heady cocktail of converging factors has fuelled a soft buyers’...
USG Insurance Services Hires Swellie as Producer/Broker in Pennsylvania December 31, 2013 USG Insurance Services Inc., a Tampa, Fla.-based national wholesaler and managing general agent, appointed Margi Swellie as producer/broker for the...
USG Insurance Services Appoints Nehls as Producer/Broker in Florida December 31, 2013 USG Insurance Services Inc., a Tampa, Fla.-based national wholesaler and managing general agent, appointed Katie Nehls as producer/broker. She is...