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School Shooting Victims in New Mexico Awarded Nearly $2M

Insurance carriers for the Roswell Independent School District in New Mexico have paid nearly $2 million in structured settlements to two victims of a shooting at a middle school last year. The Roswell Daily Record obtained the legal pleadings Friday …

Survey: Specialty Carriers Look to Grow Through Program Business in 2013

Guy Carpenter & Co., LLC, a global risk and reinsurance specialist and member of Marsh & McLennan Cos., has released the findings of its eighth annual Specialty Insurance Program Issuing Carrier Survey. The survey, which analyzes trends and benchmarks movement …

LexisNexis, BuildFax Collaborate to Expand Homeowners Insurance Information

LexisNexis Risk Solutions has formed a strategic relationship with BuildFax to assist homeowners insurance companies with the challenges associated with insuring homes. Through this relationship, insurers will be able to acquire building permit information to enhance their ability to identify, …

RiskMeter Enhances Kentucky Premium Tax Report

RiskMeter Online, a provider of real-time natural hazard risk reports, has added premium tax assessment data and effective dates to its Kentucky Premium Tax report. This additional information assists insurers in determining if the correct premium tax amounts have been …

RiskMeter.com Partners With BuildFax to Offer Roof Age Reports to Carriers

RiskMeter Online, a provider of real-time natural hazard risk reports, is now offering an enhanced product in conjunction with BuildFax, the creator of the first and only database of historical building permit data. RiskMeter users can now access BuildFax’s roof …

C.M. Meiers Legal Battle Continues With New Allegations

The auction and sale of C.M. Meiers Co. Inc., an out-of-trust Woodland Hills, Calif.-based insurance agency in bankruptcy, is a done deal. But the buyers and former owners are now in a squabble over allegations that the former owners “raided …