Latest News in Car Insurance – Aug 20, 2010
August 20, 2010 by Webmaster
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Argo Group Appoints Fleischer as E&S Segment Chief Underwriting Officer
The Excess and Surplus Lines segment of Argo Group International Holdings, Ltd. has appointed Michael Fleischer as E&S segment chief underwriting officer. Fleischer will work closely with …
Calif. Workers’ Comp Insurance Rating Bureau Wants 30% Rate Increase
As expected, the Workers' Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau of California has submitted a pure premium rate filing to the California Insurance Commissioner recommending among other things a …
All Risks Ltd. Launches Home Health Product Through Rockhill Insurance
All Risks, Ltd. has introduced an exclusive insurance program designed to meet the evolving challenges of the hospice and home health industry with Rockhill Insurance Company. The Home Health …
Integro Merges with Nashville Agency
The insurance brokerage and risk management firm Integro today announced it has completed a merger with Frost Specialty, LLC, a third generation insurance agency specializing in serving the music …
California Appeals Court Upholds Guzman Workers’ Comp Decision
California's Sixth District Court of Appeal has affirmed the Workers' Compensation Appeals Board decision in Milpitas Unified School District v. WCAB and Joyce Guzman, allowing physicians to apply …
Judges Reopens Portions of Bid-Rigging Civil Suit
A decision by a federal court in Philadelphia has reopened some of the racketeering and antitrust lawsuits that were dismissed three years ago against insurers and brokers who allegedly …
Workplace Fatalities Decline in 2009 Over 2008
Preliminary results from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' National Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries show a decline in workplace fatalities in 2009 compared with 2008.
Last year, 4,340 workers …
BP Settlements May Shield Top Defendants, New York Times Reports
Those seeking a settlement from the BP $20 billion compensation fund may have to waive their rights to sue all major defendants involved with the Gulf of Mexico oil spill, not just BP, the New …
Managing general underwriter K&K Insurance has hired James Algeo as a sales representative covering the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic states.
Algeo joins Indiana-based K&K — part of Aon …
Delaware Authorities Investigating Multiple Arsons
State fire marshal's investigators are probing five separate arsons that caused heavy damage to buildings and vehicles in northern New Castle County.
Authorities said the fires were set 2 a.m. …
Michigan Oil Spill Bill Estimate up to $400M
Enbridge Energy Partners estimates cleanup and other costs from a massive oil spill from a Michigan pipeline could be $300 million to $400 million.
The company made the estimate in a filing this …
Court Rules North Dakota Farm Fraudster Entitled to Benefit
North Dakota's Supreme Court says an insurance agent who was convicted of running a federal farm payment scam is entitled to some retirement money.
Duane Huber of Wimbledon contended North Dakota …
Fatal Fight Leads to Ban on Glass at Boston Bar
A Boston bar where a man was killed by a shard of glass from a beer mug has decided to switch at least temporarily to plastic cups and nonglass bottles.
The Landsdowne Pub faces a licensing …
80 Nearby Residents Sue Delaware Steel Recycling Plant
At least 80 Claymont, Delaware residents have joined a damage and personal-injury lawsuit targeting a long-troubled steel recycling plant there, in a case that claims owners failed for years to …
Tennessee Gets Break from Downpour
The rains deluging Tennessee abated on Thursday but forecasters are predicting that the same storm system will bring more rain to the region over weekend.
Officials in Nashville are making plans …
