Broker Southwest Risk: Dispute with Allied World Settled October 29, 2012 Insurance broker Southwest Risk LP, based in Dallas, announced it has settled a dispute with Allied World Assurance Co. The...
Southern California-based Mercury Corp.’s 3Q Net Premiums Up 3.4% October 29, 2012 Mercury General Corp.’s net premiums written for the third quarter rose 3.4 percent to more than $684 million, the Los...
Burnham Benefits Names Two Partners in Southern California October 29, 2012 Irvine, Calif.-based Burnham Benefits Insurance Services named Melanie Thomas and Dan Excee as equity partners. For the past 13 years,...
Social Media Friends Nabbed In Northern California Staged Auto Insurance Fraud October 29, 2012 Susan Lee, 24, Angelique Jones, 20, and Angela Medeiros, 40, all of Sacramento, Calif. have been arrested on three felony...
Hurricane Sandy Expected Ashore Monday Night; Could Be Biggest to Hit U.S. Mainland October 29, 2012 • Hurricane expected ashore Monday evening in New Jersey • Could be biggest to hit U.S. mainland • New York,...
Insurers See Risk in Overuse of Swiss Military Bunkers for Art Storage October 29, 2012 By Catherine Bosley and Myles Neligan A metal door set into a mountain in Switzerland offers a way out for fine art investors forced to pay...
Stock Markets Expected to Remain Closed Tuesday October 29, 2012 By John McCrank and Rick Rothacker U.S. stock market executives, regulators and brokers have agreed to close the U.S. stock markets on Tuesday because of Hurricane...
Initial Forecast: $5-10B Insured Losses Expected From Sandy: Eqecat October 29, 2012 As the east coast braces for the impact of Hurricane Sandy, catastrophe risk modeling firm Eqecat issued this morning a...
Ohio Farming’s New Cash Crop: Agritourism October 29, 2012 By Mary Vanac If you’ve ever picked your own apples or bumped along on a hayride, you’ve taken part in agritourism. But the...
Texas Lawmaker: Windpool’s Ike Litigation Costs Still Rising October 29, 2012 Texas’ insurer of last resort for coastal property has paid out more than $1.2 billion in individual litigation costs related...