Hilb Rogal & Hobbs Company has announced that it has acquired all of the stock of Frank F. Haack & Associates, Inc. (Haack), a Wisconsin-based insurance brokerage and employee benefits consulting operation with revenues of more than $22 million in …
Nationwide Mutual Insurance Co. announced that it has claim representatives and agents prepared to assist customers following Hurricane Frances. As weather alerts track the storm patterns, Nationwide has people and resources in place to respond quickly to customers’ needs. “Claims …
The National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies (NAMIC) has launched a new Web site, www.stateelections2004.com, to help provide insurance professionals with information about this fall’s state elections. The new Web site is similar to one that NAMIC produced to monitor …
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has signed into law three significant bills – all supported by the Association of California Insurance Companies (ACIC) – that respond to last year’s Southern California wildfires. “The governor and Legislature are to be commended for taking …
CNA insurance companies announced the opening of a catastrophe operations center within its Nashville, Tenn. office for policyholders to submit claims relating to Hurricane Frances. The designated telephone and fax numbers are: — Voice Line – 877/733-4250 — Fax Line …
A federal appeals court Aug. 30 upheld the conviction of a lawyer who tried to sink his $1.9-million yacht and then sought nearly double the price in insurance payments. The court upheld the conviction of Rex DeGeorge for conspiracy, mail …
The Texas insurance industry could find itself in a cash crunch if a storm like Hurricane Charley hit the coast, and insurers could be forced to pass on the costs to homeowners across the state, industry officials said. The officials …
Crop insurance should stave off a financial disaster from this month’s early frost in parts of Minnesota as well as the poor growing conditions caused by this summer’s cool weather across the state, experts say. About 90 percent of Minnesota’s …
Frustrated by the lack of action on meaningful medical liability reform, physicians in the state of Washington launched an initiative campaign designed to break the gridlock in Olympia over sensible reform of medical liability laws. Doctors for Sensible Lawsuit Reform, …
By changing the wind provisions in the Florida Building Code from the current form to the International Residential Code, regulars could be putting many consumers, especially those in inland counties, at risk by weakening the stringency of wind design provisions …