Roof deck attachment, secondary water barriers, roof coverings, brace gable ends, reinforced roof-to-wall connections, opening protection and exterior doors, including garage doors, are included in a two-step process to be implemented in August by Florida’s Department of Financial Services. DFS …
A public hearing has been scheduled by the Florida Office of Insurance Regulation Aug. 1 in Key West concerning Citizens Property Insurance Corp.’s actuarial rate filings for Monroe County. These rate filings proposed countywide average increases of 25.4 percent for …
The agent at the center of a landmark hurricane insurance case on Friday denied telling a policyholder that he didn’t need flood insurance years before Nationwide Mutual Insurance Co. denied much of his claim following Hurricane Katrina. Jay Fletcher said …
Rick Bass, President of Bass & Associates Insurance Services, a California based wholesale brokerage firm operating in California, Nevada and Arizona is happy to announce the partnership with Mario Gomez, formerly Vice President of Lemac and Associates. Mario brings more …
Guy Carpenter & Company Inc., a global risk and reinsurance specialist and part of the Marsh & McLennan Companies, has published its fourth annual report on the Lloyd’s Market, a comprehensive review of Lloyd’s financial and operational performance in 2006. …
Independent reinsurance brokers, Cooper Gay (Holdings) Ltd., headquartered in London, renamed its U.S. domestic treaty operation, Cooper Gay Intermediaries LLC. Based in Minneapolis, Cooper Gay Intermediaries is led by its newly appointed chief executive officer, James A. Brost, 52, one …
Alpharetta, Ga.-based ChoicePoint has acquired Danville, Calif.-based Insuratec Inc., a provider of lien holder and mortgagee notification services to the property and casualty insurance industry. Insuratec notifies automobile finance companies and mortgage lenders, on behalf of insurance clients, of material …
XL Re Life announced the creation of a new senior position and the appointment of a new president of its U.S. life reinsurance company, Servus Life Insurance Company, soon to be renamed XL Re Life America Inc., pending regulatory approvals. …
Injured workers in three Eastern Washington counties were 33 percent less likely to miss work and collect wage-replacement benefits if they were treated by doctors participating in a Department of Labor and Industries (L&I) program that encourages occupational-health best practices. …
A state administrative office on Friday approved changes to California’s insurance law, clearing the way for regulations that will force insurers to base premiums on drivers’ records instead of their address. The action should result in lower premiums for many …