Feds Bust $100M North Carolina Crop Insurance Fraud Scheme March 13, 2013 Federal investigators have unraveled a massive scheme among dozens of insurance agents, claims adjusters, brokers and farmers in eastern North...
Florida Senate Bill Would Depopulate Citizens, Raise Rates, Create Clearinghouse March 13, 2013 By Michael Adams Lawmakers in the Florida Senate have taken steps to return the state-backed insurer Citizens Property Insurance Corp. to its original...
Capital Growth Outpaced P/C Premiums In 2012: Moody’s March 13, 2013 By Susanne Sclafane Moody’s Investor’s Service reported that the property/casualty insurance industry’s capital growth outpaced premium growth last year, and that earnings for...
Markel Names Falvey Director of Public Entity Product Line For West March 12, 2013 Brendan Falvey was named director of the public entity product line for the Markel Corp.’s West Region. Falvey is responsible...
Greenberg Doubles Claims in AIG Bailout Suit vs. U.S. to $55 Billion March 12, 2013 By Jonathan Stempel Maurice “Hank” Greenberg, the former American International Group Inc. chief executive, has more than doubled the size of his class...
WBN Owners Conference comes to Northern California March 12, 2013 The Worldwide Broker Network’s Owners Conference in San Francisco from April 17 to 20 is expected to draw 200 industry...
N.J. Authorities Form Clearinghouse for Investigating, Prosecuting Sandy Fraud March 12, 2013 New Jersey Attorney General Jeffrey Chiesa announced the creation of a “Statewide Sandy Fraud Working Group” to serve as New...
Legislators Propose Stretching Out NFIP Rate Hike Timeline to Assist Sandy Victims March 12, 2013 A group of U.S. representatives from New York is proposing a bill that would stretch out the National Flood Insurance...
Finks Joins Texas-Based Roach Howard Smith & Barton March 12, 2013 Brandon Finks has joined Roach Howard Smith & Barton insurance brokerage firm as a commercial sales executive for property/ casualty...
Suspicious Roofing Claims in Texas Increase 50% Since 2010 March 12, 2013 Long known for its epic weather-related events, a report released today by the National Insurance Crime Bureau indicates that some...