November 14, 2010
A Pennsylvania woman is suing natural gas driller Chesapeake Energy Corp. and two of its subsidiaries, claiming that drilling near her rural home has fouled the water with methane and other pollutants and created a rash of health problems since …
November 14, 2010
Federal workplace safety officials say they’ve cited two contractors for the scaffolding collapse that injured six workers at a construction site last June at Binghamton University in New York. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration said that Apple Roofing Co. …
November 14, 2010
AIM, Quincy Mutual A.I.M. Mutual Insurance Cos. and Quincy Mutual Group will join forces to create the Commercial Solutions Underwriting Alliance, a business arrangement designed to meet the commercial lines product needs of small to medium-sized employers in Massachusetts A.I.M. …
November 12, 2010
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 and managing general agents. Program experts say their biggest challenge is developing …
November 10, 2010
Pennsylvania-based Keystone Insurers Group named Elizabeth Schenk as vice president of sales and marketing. She is a 22-year insurance industry veteran and previously served as marketing consultant for Ohio Casualty/Peerless and as a territory manager with W.R. Berkley Corp. She …
November 10, 2010
Michael Hayes will join Pennsylvania’s NSM Insurance Group as the director of its Staffing Lines Program. The program serves the staffing lines industry in all 50 states. Hayes has 20 years experience with workers’ compensation and staffing having served with …
November 9, 2010
A.M. Best Co. has commented that the financial strength rating (FSR) of ‘A+’ (Superior) and issuer credit ratings (ICR) of “aa-” of Erie Insurance Group and its members are unchanged following the announcement that Erie Indemnity Company has entered into …
November 8, 2010
CNA has appointed Denise Granlun as business development leader for the insurer’s Philadelphia territory. She joins CNA with 25 years of property and casualty insurance marketing, underwriting and leadership experience. She began her career serving in sales and marketing roles …
November 5, 2010
They go by many names — networks, alliances, franchises, clusters and aggregators — but all have similar goals. Aggregator groups have been around the insurance industry for more than three decades but in the past few years they have become …
November 4, 2010
Republicans were not only victorious in the U.S. House but also in state houses across the country. Tuesday night’s GOP power will give the party its largest number of seats in state legislatures since the Great Depression, according to the …