When a rainstorm hit Endicott, New York this past weekend, the organizers of the DICK’S Sporting Goods Open PGA TOUR Champions event at En-Joie Golf Course were shielded with a rain insurance policy provided by Vortex Weather Insurance. The DICK’S …
The PGA Tour 2023 calendar year teed off in Kapalua, Hawaii earlier this month with the Sentry Tournament of Champions, sponsored by Sentry Insurance. The tournament marked the first of 13 new elevated PGA Tour events this year with increased …
Burns & Wilcox brand ambassador Max Homa opened the 2022-23 PGA Tour season with a victory at the Fortinet Championship in Napa, California on Sunday, his fifth career PGA victory. Homa is one of three PGA Tour players currently sponsored …
A California woman and her husband seek $900,000 in a lawsuit alleging she suffered serious injuries when struck by an errant golf ball while visiting the Oregon coast two summers ago. The suit filed last week in Portland says Joan …
It appears hole-in-one insurance scammer Kevin Kolenda has been at it again, according to detectives in Washington Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler’s office. Kolenda was arrested on Monday in Norwalk, Conn., during a search of his residence. Kreidler’s detectives worked in …
A businessman accused of insuring golf tournament hole-in-one prizes then failing to pay plead guilty in a Washington court to two counts of selling insurance without a license and one count of first-degree theft. Kevin Kolenda, 55, of Norwalk, Conn., …
Sports Insurance Specialists, LLC,a Fort Wayne, Ind-based sports risk management firm, has expanded into the golf market. PGA Professional Chris Montaganohas been appointed director of golf and SIS has launched insurance coverage for golf courses (public and private), golf management …
A Connecticut businessman who specializes in insurance for golf tournament hole-in-one prizes has been charged in Washington with multiple felonies after repeatedly failing to pay up. Kevin Kolenda, of Norwalk, Conn., was charged Wednesday in King County Superior Court, Wash. …
Golf could be called the go-to sport of the insurance industry, so it’s safe to assume that most insurance professionals know what a putter is – a tool for cursing and hurling to the ground after a missed shot, right? …
MJ Insurance has created a product for the golf industry that includes both insurance coverage and risk management. The company’s “Golf Program” offers a variety of coverages, which is important for the range of risks that golf courses face. These …
