Idaho News

ConfirmNet Unveils Auto ID Card Service

ConfirmNet Corporation, a supplier of online solutions for insurance certificate management, introduced an ID card service for agents and brokers to offer to businesses with vehicle fleets. Policyholders can request auto ID cards 24×7 in bulk over e-mail, fax or …

NAII Notes All States Have Addressed Privacy Legislation

Insurance companies with systems in place to meet state and Federal Privacy standards may need to do some “tweaking” to assure continued regulatory compliance, according to the National Association of Independent Insurers (NAII). Although passage of the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (GLBA) …

Med Mal Fever: When Doctors Walk Out, Politicians Notice

They’re baaack. High-flying medical malpractice liability claims losses, that is. The availability crisis of the 1970s and the affordability crisis of the 1980s may be nothing compared to the crisis insurers and doctors face this time around. Almost 8 percent …

ACE USA Names New Regional Executive Management Structure

ACE USA has announced a new organizational structure in which nine newly-named regional executives will oversee ACE’s regional operations. As the senior executive in each geographic region, and working closely with the ACE divisional presidents, the regional executives will oversee …

Hagerty Agent Site Now Open 24/7

Collectible auto and boat insurer Hagerty Insurance recently updated its agents-only Web site to allow for 24-hour, seven-day-a-week access to client policies and customer ID cards. The changes are available in the site’s policy management section and are designed to …

E.L.M. Insurance Announces New Agents E&O Program

E.L.M. Insurance Brokers recently announced a new errors & omissions program for insurance agents in California, Oregon, Nevada, Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado, Utah, Idaho, Kansas and Wyoming. Managing general agents and wholesalers are also acceptable in this new program. This …

Davis Joins Discover Re as Western Regional Manager

Gray Davis, a 16-year veteran of the insurance industry, has been named western regional manager for Discover Re, the alternative risk transfer operation of The St. Paul Companies. Based in San Francisco, Davis will lead a Discover Re staff responsible …

NAII Notes All States Have Addressed Privacy Legislation, While Handful Have Proposals Pending

Insurance companies with systems in place to meet state and Federal Privacy standards may need to do some “tweaking” down the road to assure continued regulatory compliance, according to the National Association of Independent Insurers (NAII). Although passage of the …

Commercial Lines Auto: A Sleeping Giant Awakens

The commercial lines auto market used to be a steady line of business, stirred up occasionally by a Department of Transportation regulatory change or fallout from personal auto regulatory issues. Like other lines, it was sensitive to litigation expenses, although …

Monitor Liability Expands to West

Monitor Liability Managers Inc., a subsidiary of W.R. Berkley Corporation, announced that it will be actively pursuing additional business opportunities in the states of Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming. Leading this effort are …