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Massachusetts agency Provider Insurance has hired Sharon Cardoso as personal lines account manager. She will be responsible for acquiring new clients and expanding existing client accounts in the personal lines division which includes managing auto, home and umbrella policies in …

New Markets

The following markets were selected from the MyNewMarkets database of 25,000 coverages and programs. To find additional markets, or to submit markets, go to www.MyNewMarkets.com. A-Side Directors & Officers Market Detail: Great American Insurance Group’s Executive Liability Division offers A-Side …

Guy Carpenter Survey: Program Administrators Say Business Stable But Less Profitable

The current insurance program market is mature and stable, with business estimated at $20 billion, but profitability may be declining, according to a new survey of program administrators (PA) and managing general agents (MGA). Program experts say their biggest challenge …

Travelers to Offer Control of Well Coverage on an Admitted Basis

Travelers is now offering control of well coverage on an admitted basis to upstream oil and gas clients. This coverage will be immediately available on an admitted basis in 25 states, and is expected to be available in most other …

Genex Completes Intracorp Acquisition

Pennsylvania-based Genex has completed its acquisition of Cigna’s workers’ comp and disability case management business. The acquisition of the business unit, International Rehabilitation Associates Inc., was announced last month. Genex said the combined business represents the industry’s largest workers’ compensation …

Report: New Jersey Motorcycle Deaths Drop

A new report shows a drop in deaths from motorcycle accidents in New Jersey — a change that’s good news for both riders and safety advocates. “I think it’s great,” Barbara Borowiec, a South Jersey motorcycle dealer, said of the …

NAPSLO, The Council, AAMGA Urge States to Bring Laws Into Compliance with NRRA

November 22 2010 – The National Association of Professional Surplus Lines Organizations (NAPSLO), the American Association of Managing General Agents (AAMGA), and The Council of Insurance Agents & Brokers (The Council), released a joint letter on November 16, urging state …

Calif. Court Rules Federal Proceedings Equivalent to CGL-Covered Lawsuit

The California Supreme Court has ruled that the term “suit” in a comprehensive general liability policy includes federal administrative adjudicative proceedings before an administrative law judge of the U.S. Interior Board of Contract Appeals. In Ameron International Corp. v. Insurance …

Firefighters Busy on Thanksgiving Day

For most Americans, Thanksgiving Day invokes memories of safe and warm family gatherings featuring hot turkey dinners. But for some 2,000 families a year, and for firefighters across the country, the memories are not so happy. There are an estimated …

Forfeiture Hearing Set in Ex-Pennsylvania Judge’s Fraud Conviction

A federal court forfeiture hearing is set in the case of a former Pennsylvania Superior Court judge convicted of insurance fraud. Michael Joyce, of Millcreek Township, is serving a 46-month prison sentence for collecting $440,000 in a low-speed accident in …