GEICO announced it has good news for business owners in Texas: GEICO’s commercial auto insurance rates could save companies money on their business auto insurance. “GEICO is really pleased to be able to offer affordable commercial auto coverage for businesses in Texas,” said Kushwant Singh, GEICO director of commercial lines. ” “As the fifth largest insurer of…
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QBE FIRST, a business of QBE North America, has named Christopher “CD” Davies as chief executive officer. According to a release, in announcing Davies’ appointment, QBE North America President and Chief Executive Officer John Rumpler cited Davies as a “strong and respected leader in the financial services industry with more than 24 years of mortgage experience…
At a time when many insurance carriers are centralizing their underwriting models and interacting more through technology, a recent survey commissioned by The Hanover Insurance Group, Inc., has found that agency small commercial customer service representatives and account managers still find direct access to local underwriters extremely critical to…
-Kirkpatrick Bank announced the addition of three positions in the Colorado Springs office. -Catamount Institute announced the appointment of Ken Brickman as the organization’s Pikes Peak Sustainable Business Network program manager. He was previously an attorney in the Colorado Springs office of an international firm and in the Chicago office of a…
March 30– SEATTLE– From the time Aidan Griffin was a baby, his parents said he was always fascinated by things that would spin or rotate. For the last four years, Primera Blue Cross, the Griffin’s health insurance company, has covered Aidan’s speech and occupational therapy– until now. Spoonemore has also filed seven class-action lawsuits locally and federally…
Anderson, SC March 30, 2012. Southern Risk Insurance Services, LLC, understands the insurance industry and the importance of controlling risk. They know that securing the lowest price often results in less-than-optimal coverage when an accident occurs.“ Finding the best possible price is understood, but compromising coverage is not the solution,” explains…
Our reliance upon the Internet and the cyber world has also caused a new threat: one attack could disrupt and, in the extreme, affect the Air Force mission as a whole. Called CyberPatriot, the annual contest pitted students from Junior ROTC, cadets from the Civil Air Patrol and high school students from throughout the U.S. and Canada against simulated cyberenemies.
The buyers of Philadelphia Media Network Inc. are a group of local investors, led by George E. Norcross III, executive chairman of Conner Strong& Buckelew, a South Jersey insurance brokerage, and Lewis Katz, former chairman of Interstate Outdoor Advertising. People familiar with the transaction identify the other members of the prospective ownership group as…
Former United States Securities and Exchange Commission attorney Willie Briscoe, founder of The Briscoe Law Firm, PLLC, and the securities litigation firm of Powers Taylor, LLP announce that the firms are investigating legal claims against the officers and Board of Directors of Aon Corporation for potential breaches of fiduciary duties and violations of…
Eyelit Inc., a manufacturing software provider for visibility, control, and coordination of manufacturing operations for the aerospace& defense, discrete electronics, semiconductor, and photovoltaic industries, announced today its impressive results for the fourth quarter and fiscal year of 2011.. New customer sales doubled in 2011 over 2010; 50% of the new…
Spindle, Inc.’ s results may differ significantly from the results discussed in the forward-looking statements. We were originally incorporated in the State of Nevada on January 8, 2007 as ” Coyote Hills Golf, Inc.” We were previously an online retailer of golf-related apparel, equipment and supplies. On December 2, 2011, we entered into and closed an Asset…
The following discussion should be read in conjunction with our consolidated financial statements and related notes included elsewhere in this annual report on Form 10- K. Unless the context requires otherwise, as used in this Form 10- K, the terms “HCI,” “we,” “us,” “our,” “the Company,” “our company,” and similar references refer to Homeowners Choice, Inc. and its…
We have made investments directly through entities wholly owned by the Operating Partnership or indirectly through other entities such as through our investment in the Core Fund. As of December 31, 2011, we had direct and indirect interests in 57 properties. These properties consist of 43 office properties located throughout the United States, one…
March 30– Vida Chieffo was headed to the grocery store Sunday when she heard a startling shouting match on her neighbor’s porch in Oakmont. Melani’s mistress, whom he had hired to work at Highmark three weeks before the affair began. Melani, who joined the medical insurer in 1989 as its chief medical officer and became its CEO in 2003, is taking an unpaid leave of…
A.M. Best Co. has placed under review with negative implications the financial strength rating of B- and issuer credit rating of“ bb-” of American Medical and Life Insurance Company. While AMLI’ s presence in Michigan is limited, A.M. Best is concerned about its potential future liability related to these events and its exposure to future license suspensions by…
Piscataway, NJ March 30, 2012. BeamaLife Insurance Company, top provider of online insurance and retirement products for physicians and business owners, is relaunching its website after a full makeover. This is important because“ Over 48 million people in the US say they do not have enough life insurance,” says Neil Jesani, CFP and President of BeamaLife.com.“…
Now that the U.S. Supreme Court has finished hearing oral arguments in the closely watched health care reform case, the industry is wondering how the high court’s decision might affect the new status quo that has emerged since the law went into effect in 2010, according to the latest issue of BestWeek U.S./ Canada. The justices are expected to issue a ruling in U.S….
The following discussion should be read in conjunction with our audited financial statements and the related notes are included in Item 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data. We, along with our subsidiaries, own and operate two ambulatory surgery centers, First Street Surgical Center, L.P., and First Surgical Woodlands, L.P., and a general acute care…
IRVINE, Calif., March 30, 2012/ PRNewswire-iReach/– Employers looking for more ways to create a complete employee benefits program now have new options for dental coverage. BEST Life and Health Insurance Company is releasing dental PPO and indemnity plans with new coinsurance and out-of-network reimbursement options. In addition to traditional plan design…
