Insurance Agents and the 2012 Election: Interview with Big I CEO Rusbuldt November 2, 2012 By Andrew G. Simpson When it comes to the 2012 presidential election, insurance agents have, as industry insiders like to say, “skin in the...
Investors Skirt New Shorting Curbs to Bet on European Union Woes November 2, 2012 By Ana Nicolaci da Costa and Toni Vorobyova New rules to stop speculators making Europe’s debt crisis worse by betting on government bond defaults are prompting investors to...
Peters Joins AbleCo Insurance in Dallas November 2, 2012 Dallas based independent insurance agency, AbleCo Insurance, announced that Dave Peters has joined the agency as senior vice-president of business...
Falling Trees: Act of God or Covered Event? November 2, 2012 By Robert Redfearn, Jr. Although not nearly on the scale of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita in 2005, Hurricane Isaac caused a surprising amount of...
Court: Illinois Teen Eligible for UIM Coverage Under Dad’s Business Auto Policy November 2, 2012 By Denise Johnson A teen injured in a car wreck is entitled to underinsured motorist coverage (UIM) under her father’s business auto policy...
AAA Minneapolis Names Minnesota DOT’s Sorel as CEO November 2, 2012 AAA Minneapolis has named Tom Sorel, commissioner of the Minnesota Department of Transportation (MnDOT), as its new president and chief...
AIG Profit Gains on Investments; P/C Earnings Fall But Pricing Improves November 1, 2012 By Ernest Scheyder, Lauren Tara LaCapra and Nadia Damouni American International Group Inc. earned a larger-than-expected profit during the third quarter, due in part to big gains on its...
Oil Spill Claims Process May Sink Gulf Coast Shrimp Processors November 1, 2012 With looming legal deadlines related to the 2010 BP oil spill, dozens of shrimp processors along the Gulf Coast face...
Minnesota Contractor Gets 6 Years for Arson Conviction November 1, 2012 A Duluth, Minn., building contractor convicted of vandalizing a client’s duplex over a billing fight has been sentenced to almost...
South Dakota Burn Victim Sues Nebraska County, Village November 1, 2012 By Margery A. Beck A South Dakota man who was burned in a controlled grass fire in the Nebraska border town of Whiteclay is...