April 3, 2007
In anticipation of this week’s “Conversations on Climate Change,” Florida Chief Financial Officer Alex Sink and Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Services Charles Bronson unveiled an official Web site for their Cabinet initiative. Conversations on Climate Change is a series …
April 3, 2007
Harold Simpson, owner and operator of Simpson Mining Co. in Perry County, Ky., pleaded guilty to mail fraud in U.S. District Court after special investigators with Kentucky Employers’ Mutual Insurance discovered Simpson was misrepresenting the size of his company in …
April 3, 2007
Inland Marine and General Liability options to help you grow your business! At NBIS Construction and Transport Underwriters (NBIS CTU), we acknowledge that over 75% of our business is the direct result of our hardworking wholesale producers. We are committed …
April 2, 2007
In a narrow margin to approve workers compensation benefits for the family of deceased Florida resident Howard King, the Georgia Supreme Court cited a doctrine of “continuous employment” in its 4-3 decision, voiding two previous rulings. The State Board of …
April 2, 2007
Indiana Insurance, a member of Liberty Mutual Group, recently announced that it will host its free, day-long Safer Schools Seminar on April 16th at Indiana University-Purdue University (UIPU) in Indianapolis, University Place Conference Center, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. …
April 2, 2007
A fire at a bed-and-breakfast that had been in financial disarray has been blamed on a former events coordinator at the inn. James Oliver Burrows, 59, of Fall City, Wash., is charged with first-degree arson and filing a fraudulent insurance …
April 2, 2007
Seattle-based Safeco said its insurance product line for nonprofit social service agencies will now be available to all independent agents through NIF Group Inc. “NIF Group has successfully represented Safeco’s nonprofit social service program in the eastern half of the …
April 2, 2007
The Insurance Industry Charitable Foundation will host its 14th Annual Gala on May 12, 2007, at the Ritz Carlton in San Francisco, to benefit charitable causes in California. Steve Poizner, California Insurance Commissioner, will be the keynote speaker at the …
April 2, 2007
U.S. Senator Trent Lott, R- Miss., wants to require insurers to disclose property insurance coverage and noncoverage in plain language on the front page of each homeowner’s policy and has introduced a bill giving the Federal Trade Commission enforcement authority …
April 2, 2007
Thunderstorms hammered parts of Texas early on March 31, blacking out thousands of customers and spinning out tornadoes. The same group of storms sent a twister through a small town west of Waco late on March 30 and caused flooding …