Great American Insurance Co. News

Great American Launches Bitcoin Coverage for Commercial, Governmental Entities

Great American Insurance Group’s Fidelity/Crime Division has launched commercial coverage for bitcoins, a virtual online peer-to-peer medium of exchange. Bitcoins are used as a method of exchange by which transactions are conducted to buy and sell merchandise without a go-between, …

Colosi Joins Great American Insurance, Alternative Markets Division

Great American Insurance Group said its Alternative Markets Division has hired Tom Colosi as divisional vice president, Group Captives. In this role with Great American, Colosi will lead the company’s existing group captive operation. Colosi joins Great American from Sparta …

Selective Sells Renewals on Self-Insured Public Entity Book to Great American

Great American Insurance Group has completed a renewal rights agreement with Selective Insurance Co. of America to acquire Selective’s Self-Insured Group book of business. The business, amounting to $38 million in gross written premium in-force, relates to direct excess policies …

Gilbert’s Passions were Organization, Work, Family

Roger W. Gilbert was a big player in Southern California’s insurance market, he was active in insurance charities and other causes, and those who knew him recalled him as having a passion for organization, work and family. The Newport Beach, …

F.I.D.O.’s Dog Bite Liability Insurance Fills Coverage Gap

When commercial lines insurance agent and dog owner Debbie Turner began to look into help for her difficult dog back in 2000, she had no idea that her journey would end up leading to a new personal lines insurance option. …

Former New Mexico Hospital Exec Sued Over Missing $3.2M

A recently filed lawsuit accuses a former executive at a New Mexico hospital of bilking the care center out of more than $3 million by funneling the money through companies he owned in Arizona, Texas and New Mexico. The Albuquerque …