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Brown & Brown, United Employers Insurance Brown & Brown Insurance Services of Texas Inc., a subsidiary of Fla.-based Brown & Brown Inc., acquired the assets of Houston-based United Employers Insurance Agency Inc. United Employers Insurance Agency is a retail insurance …

Online Auto Insurance Purchases Increase 58 Percent

Auto insurance policies purchased online increased 58 percent in 2006 compared to 2005, according to comScore Inc., which tracks activity in the digital world. In its “2007 comScore Online Automobile Insurance Report,” comScore also noted that the total number of …

Mass. auto report offers map to move state to limited price competition

Also, advises against assigned risk pool change at this time and against erasing subsidies or allowing credit scoring A special auto insurance study group appointed by Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick has recommended modest changes to introduce limited pricing competition to …

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Alliance Bank, Fredericksburg Insurance Alliance Bankshares Corp., a community bank organization based in Chantilly, Va., said its subsidiary, Alliance Insurance Agency Inc., has acquired certain assets and liabilities of the Thomas Agency Inc., trading as Fredericksburg Insurance Group in a …

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Mass. auto report offers map to move state to limited price competition Also, advises against assigned risk pool change at this time and against erasing subsidies or allowing credit scoring A special auto insurance study group appointed by Massachusetts Gov. …

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Mass. auto report offers map to move state to limited price competition Also, advises against assigned risk pool change at this time and against erasing subsidies or allowing credit scoring A special auto insurance study group appointed by Massachusetts Gov. …

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Nurses RRG, Florida Nurses Association Sophia Palmer Nurses Risk Retention Group, Inc. will offer malpractice insurance to Florida nurses in partnership with the Florida Nurses Association. The newly formed Risk Retention Group was capitalized by Ponce de Leon LTC RRG, …

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Argonaut, PXRE Argonaut Group Inc., a specialty underwriter headquartered in San Antonio, Texas, and PXRE Group Ltd., a Bermuda-based property reinsurer, agreed to a merger under which the combined entity will do business as Argo Group International Holdings Limited. Argo …

Concentra Sells Workers’ Comp Network Services to Coventry

Addison, Texas-based Concentra Operating Corporation reported it has completed the previously reported sale of its workers’ compensation managed care services business units to Maryland-based Coventry Health Care Inc. for $387.5 million. The transaction resulted in net after-tax proceeds to Concentra …

Mass. Auto Report Urges Limited Price Competition; No Assigned Risk Change for Now

A special auto insurance study group appointed by Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick has recommended modest changes to introduce limited pricing competition while warning against a proposed overhaul of the state’s high risk pool at this time. Although the study group …