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AIR Worldwide Announces New Public Risk Services Group

Catastrophe modeling firm AIR Worldwide (AIR) announced the availability of Public Risk Services, a new consulting service to support the needs of public sector institutions and stakeholders charged with managing catastrophe risk. John W. Rollins, FCAS, MAAA, vice president at …

AMERISAFE Announces Management Changes

AMERISAFE, a specialty provider of hazardous workers’ compensation insurance, announced that G. Janelle Frost, currently the company’s chief financial officer, has been promoted to chief operating officer, effective May 15, 2013. Frost joined the company in 1992 and has been …

CARSTAR Opens First Location in Plano, Texas

CARSTAR Auto Body Repair Experts is continuing its aggressive expansion in Texas with the opening of its first location in Plano. Owned by Grant D. MacQuilkan, president, and Esequiel Trejo, manager, the shop is located at 903 J Place in …

Mercury Insurance to Sponsor MLB Teams for 7th Year

Mercury Insurance, now in its seventh straight year of sponsoring the Los Angeles Dodgers, today announced new partnerships with the San Diego Padres and Atlanta Braves for the 2013 season. “Our Dodger sponsorship has worked extremely well for us, so …

GEICO Plans to Hire 400 New Employees in Arizona

Right on the heels of GEICO ‘s 10th anniversary celebration of its regional office in Tucson, Ariz., the company has announced plans to fill 400 new positions in sales, claims and customer service by the end of the year. “Tucson …

GEICO to Host Job Fair in Virginia for Auto Damage Adjusters

On April 3, between 9 a.m. and 3 p.m., GEICO hopes to fill 25 auto damage positions during a job fair in Falls Church, Va. Candidates should have excellent customer service and time management skills, as well as a mechanical …

The Hartford Expands Construction Group

The Hartford has enhanced its Construction Group capabilities, bringing together its expertise in underwriting, claims management and loss control and adding dedicated construction underwriters in key markets across the U.S. These enhancements support The Hartford’s focus on addressing the complex …

Property Loss Research Bureau Releases New Esri Mapping Service

Esri announced that the Catastrophe Services Department of the Property Loss Research Bureau (PLRB) has released a mobile version of PLRB Map, a mapping service that provides real-time severe occurrence data and information to members of PLRB, an association of …

Frasco Opens Midwest Regional Office

Frasco Investigative Services, a national insurance investigation corporation, announced the opening of its new Midwest regional office. Centrally located in the Chicago area, the office is headed by Richard Cyr , regional manager, an industry veteran with over twenty years …

Weather Decision Technologies Announces New Hail Data Mobile App

Weather Decision Technologies announced a new mobile product designed to provide claims adjusters and insurance administrators the ability to track and report hail fall sizes. HailSpot is an intuitive tool available on smartphones designed to obtain accurate, immediate data regarding …