The 2000 U.S. Census shed light on the dramatic growth of the Latino population in the United States, with experts estimating Latinos’ buying power at $450 billion. To address the challenges of communicating to this population segment, the Insurance Information …
U.S. District Judge John Martin has ruled in favor of a motion filed by Travelers Property Casualty Corp. in the Swiss Re/Silverstein Properties lawsuit over the extent of coverage on the World Trade Center. The motion, made as part of …
The New York State Insurance Department announced the arrest of an additional 21 persons (112 were indicted last December), charged with participating in an auto fraud insurance ring in Queens. The NYSID said that the arrests were part of “a …
Crump Insurance Services of Texas added two new brokers to its Dallas office, Robert Thompson and Kathy Bell. Thompson joins the firm as an underwriter/broker, and will be producing MGA and brokerage business. He writes CGL, umbrella, property and inland …
Triad Guaranty Insurance Corporation, a subsidiary of North Carolina-based Triad Guaranty Inc., has unveiled eU Xpress(SM), an electronic contract underwriting submission and approval system. The new tool is part of Triad’s TAXI(SM) (Transactions Across the Internet) online system. Through eU …
Insured-property losses from the Sept. 11 terrorism attack on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon are now estimated at $20.3 billion, up from the $16.6 billion that Insurance Services Office, Inc.’s (ISO) Property Claim Services (PCS) unit had reported …
Applied Systems®, an automation solutions provider for the P/C industry, is making available a service that will prevent the critical data of an agency’s business from being lost or destroyed due to a disaster or catastrophe. The agency data is …
The Indiana Department of Insurance will hold a public meeting June 28 to discuss the testing program for insurance licenses. Officials from the Department and representatives of Experior Assessments, LLC and the Kelley Insurance Center at Drake University will provide …
John Tesseyman III of Tyler, Texas has been arrested on four felony charges after a raid of his Old Bullard Road office, and stands accused of bilking millions of dollars in bogus general liability insurance policies from various companies. According …
AgentSecure, a division of InsureZone that provides agents with online access to big-brand P/C and life products through a single-entry, multiple-carrier interface (SEMCI), has received exclusive endorsements from five more state-based organizations affiliated with the Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers …
