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CRC, Pan-American to Offer Workers’ Comp to Trucking Industry

A new partnership between specialty wholesaler CRC Group, 5Star Specialty Programs and life insurer subsidiary Pan-American Benefit Solutions (PABS), will focus on offering workers’ compensation coverage for the trucking industry. The offering is part of PABS’s capacity expansion to writing …

Method Insurance Launches Workers’ Comp Program for High-Hazard Risks

Method Insurance Services has launched a specialty workers’ compensation program with Service American Indemnity Co. that focuses on an under-served market segment for challenging, high-hazard risks. The program will entertain middle market accounts with manual premiums between $10,000 – $250,000 …

Workers’ Comp Carrier Retailers Casualty Insurance Expands Into Alabama

Retailers Casualty Insurance Co. has received all regulatory approvals from the Alabama Department of Insurance to begin offering workers’ compensation coverage in the state of Alabama. Appointed agents may quote Alabama business with Retailers Casualty for policies with effective dates …

Normandy Insurance Expands Workers’ Compensation Coverage to Georgia

Florida-based workers’ compensation carrier Normandy Insurance Co. has expanded its coverage into Georgia, bringing the total number of states it offers coverage to two. The company also writes coverage in Florida. In addition to expanding its operations into Georgia, Normandy …

Hanover Launches Pay-As-You-Go Workers’ Comp Coverage

The Hanover Insurance Group, Inc. has launched a pay-as-you-go option for workers’ compensation policies that allows insureds to pay their premiums in real-time, based on payroll. The new payment option offers businesses the choice of paying their premiums as part …

Zenith to Provide Workers’ Comp for California Mutual Water Companies

Zenith Insurance Co. will serve as the workers’ compensation reinsurer and service provider for the California water system and water-related entities program recently formed by Alteris Insurance Services, Inc. and the California Association of Mutual Water Companies (CalMutuals). CalMutuals JPRIMA …

Norman-Spencer Agency Adds Workers’ Comp Coverage to Ready Mix Program

The Norman-Spencer Agency, Inc., a national insurance provider and program administrator, has added workers’ compensation coverage in selected states to its Ready Mix Program designed for companies that manufacture and transport ready mix concrete to construction job sites. The new …

NFIB, Markel to Offer Workers’ Comp Coverage to Small Businesses

The National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB) and Markel FirstComp, a division of Markel Service, Inc., have formed a new relationship through which eligible small business owners across the country can qualify for workers’ compensation insurance at competitive rates. NFIB, …

North Carolina Cracks Down on Employers Lacking in Workers’ Comp Coverage

The commission responsible for enforcing workers’ compensation laws in North Carolina has cracked down in the last year on employers who don’t carry proper insurance, collecting $1 million in civil fines from uninsured companies. The News & Observer of Raleigh …

New Program Administrator Method Insurance Services to Offer Coverage in 10 States

Newly formed Method Insurance Services, a program administrator offering property and casualty insurance, has begun operations in Omaha, Neb. The company plans to offer workers comp and other P&C insurance products to independent agents in Arizona, California, Colorado, Illinois, Iowa, …