BB&T to acquire insurance brokerage Crump Group for $570M The Business Review The Business Journal by Catherine Carlock, Special Reports/Publications Writer Date: Friday, February 3, 2012, 10:36am EST Related: , File photo | BB&T Corp. plans to acquire the life insurance and property and casualty insurance divisions of Crump G...
Three States to Require Insurers to Disclose Climate-Change Response Plans The New York Times | Insurance commissioners in California, New York and Washington State will require that companies disclose how they intend to respond to the risks their businesses and customers face from increasingly severe storms and wildfires, rising sea levels a...
Private health insurance: the essentials The Daily Mail | Private medical insurance is seen as essential by many but it is a luxury? We explore the facts. | Private medical policies provide cover for the costs of private medical treatment for curable, short-term medical conditions. | Essentially, medical ...
Foundation Financial Group buys B&R Insurance The Business Review Jacksonville Business Journal by Michael Clinton, Web Producer Date: Tuesday, January 31, 2012, 2:44pm EST Related: , Related News Michael Clinton Web Producer - Jacksonville Business Journal | | | Foundation Financial Groupâ€...
Insurance brokerage consolidates regional offices The Business Review Wells Fargo Insurance Services Inc. names new local director, signs lease | Sacramento Business Journal by Kelly Johnson, Staff Writer and Social-Media Strategist and Kathy Robertson, Senior Staff Writer Date: Friday, January 27, 2012, 3:00am PST Rel...
Disasters likely to cause hike in insurance rates Gulf News | New York: US businesses will probably pay more this year for property coverage after insurers took losses from natural disasters and investment income declined, Marsh and McLennan Companies' insurance brokerage said. | Half of US clients surve...
Westscott brings experience to insurance advocate Palm Beach Post | TALLAHASSEE — Cracking down on automobile insurance fraud and strengthening the property insurance market will help consumers in the long run and be at the top of her priority list, the state's newest insurance consumer advocate said Thursday...
Think twice about costly credit-card insurance, monitoring services Seattle Times | Maybe you ran up your credit cards being a little overgenerous during the holidays. Or perhaps you've been carrying a balance for years but haven't been able to pay it off. | Does it make sense to buy insurance in case you're unable to make your pa...
Austin insurance agency bought by SWBC The Business Review Austin Business Journal by James Aldridge, Web Editor Date: Wednesday, January 18, 2012, 9:17am CST Related: , , , | SWBC Chairman Charlie Amato says his company's property and casualty insurance brokerage subsidiary is expanding to Austin. Related N...
Rizek settles fire insurance claim for $500,000 Buffalo News | NORTH TONAWANDA — For Muwafek S. “Moe” Rizek, happiness isn’t beating your insurance company out of half a million bucks. | Rizek said Tuesday, “The point is, the little guy always loses when he goes against these insurance companies.” ...
Store owner, acquitted of arson, takes fight to insurer Buffalo News | LOCKPORT—North Tonawanda City Attorney Shawn P. Nickerson came to State Supreme Court this week to try to make sure a convenience store owner wins enough money from his insurance company to fix up his store, which was damaged in a fire. | Nickers...
Congress cuts mortgage insurance write-off, adds to homebuyer fees The Charlotte Observer | Though its demise drew little attention because of the partisan year-end brawl over the payroll-tax cut extension in Congress, a key mortgage financing benefit disappeared at the end of December: The ability of large numbers of homebuyers and owner...
Insurers nervous over bad 2012 weather signs Gulf News | Boston: Damaging hailstorms in Australia. Unprecedented tornadoes in the southeastern United States. Constant windstorms in northern Europe. Sound familiar? | This year is starting a lot like last year in terms of unexpectedly severe weather, to th...
Plenty of options but no consensus on car insurance reform The Miami Herald | TALLAHASSEE -- What happens after you get into a car accident, and who pays the bills, could be changing. | State lawmakers are wrestling with ways to reform the state’s no-fault auto insurance law. The law requires drivers carry $10,000 wor...
Plenty of options but no consensus on car insurance reform Tampabay.com | Tia MitchellTampa Bay Times | TALLAHASSEE - What happens after you get into a car accident, and who pays the bills, could be changing. | State lawmakers are wrestling with ways to reform the state's no-fault auto insurance law. The law requires dri...
Albany property/casualty insurers raise rates as soft market firms up The Business Review The Business Review by Barbara Pinckney, Reporter Date: Friday, January 13, 2012, 6:00am EST Related: , Donna Abbott Vlahos | The Business Review | Thomas Tyrell, left, and David Bauer. Tyrell will be regional chairman of Arthur J. Gallagher; Bauer w...
Obama: U.S. has 'very good' intelligence on Iran Detroit news By Julie Pace Associated Press Comments Melba Conway, an activist with the ANSWER Coalition, holds a stack of signs during a demonstration outside of the White House on Saturday. (Haraz N. Ghanbari / Associated Press) | Washington- President Barack Obama said the U.S. has a "very good estimate" of when Iran could complete work on a nuclear weapon, ...
Greece debt level spikes, but Italy's dips The Tribune San Luis Obispo | Debt levels in bailed-out countries Greece, Portugal and Ireland continued to rise in the third quarter of last year, but they fell for Italy and the 17-nation eurozone as a whole, official statistics showed Monday. | Greece's debt level was highest, spiking to 159.1 percent of gross domestic product and suggesting that repeated austerity cuts ha...
