All the headlines from our A.J. Gallagher Topic Page, ordered by recency.
May 8 2006 // When the Flordia House and Senate appropriation committees set aside hundreds of millions of dollars to provide insurance rate relief for the state’s homeowners, both the consumer and the insurance industry scored a...
May 8 2006 // Editor’s Note: This is the second installment of a two-part roundtable discussion on identity theft. Part 1 examined the scope and source of identity theft and can be found on page 100 of Insurance Journal’s...
May 5 2006 // Passage by Florida’s Legislature of Senate Bill 1596 and House Bill 561, sponsored by Sen J.D. Alexander and Rep. David Rivera, Florida’s Legislature has tightened the grip on insurance fraud artists who steal...
May 1 2006 // Tom Gallagher approached Robb Mercado in Valrico, Fla. as he sat outside his house reading the newspaper Saturday and soon was involved in a long discussion about problems with the homeowners insurance market, education...
May 1 2006 // As state lawmakers enter the home stretch of the 2006 legislative session, Tom Gallagher, Florida’s CFO, renewed his call for immediate rate-relief, improved access to property coverage and reforms to help strengthen...
Apr 26 2006 // Leon County (Florida) Circuit Court Judge Thomas Bateman has ordered Southern Family Insurance Company, one of three financially-troubled property insurers of the Tampa-based Poe Financial Group, into rehabilitation.The...
Apr 26 2006 // A special statewide operation targeting the arrest of nearly 80 suspects from Miami to Pensacola, Fla. for their roles in insurance fraud schemes, dubbed “operation spring cleaning,” has been launched by the...
Apr 25 2006 // Florida’s Consumer Services representatives held a meeting April 21 with officials of the Tampa, Fla.-based Poe Insurance Group to discuss how to reduce the number of consumer complaints about the firm and its...
Apr 20 2006 // When the House and Senate appropriation committees set aside hundreds of millions of dollars to provide insurance rate relief for Florida homeowners, both the consumer and the insurance industry scored a victory, according...
Apr 17 2006 // The Florida General Revenue Estimating Conference has released new estimates stating Florida is expected to receive an additional $960 million in unanticipated revenue this year and the next. This estimate is in addition...
Apr 17 2006 // Arrests, along with laws passed in 2003 that created tougher penalties for workers’ compensation fraud, have pushed workers’ compensation premiums down for three consecutive years.Florida Fraud Fla. pursues...
Apr 17 2006 // The participants included:•Scott B. Moritz, director of KPMG Forensic; •Hugh C. Kelly, principal of Financial Risk Management;•Joanna Taylor, senior associate for Financial Risk Management;•Linda H....
Apr 5 2006 // Chicago-based Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. announced the acquisition of Sobieski & Bradley, Inc. of Salt Lake City, Utah. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.Formed in 1987, Sobieski & Bradley, Inc. is...
Mar 7 2006 // Florida Senator Mike Fasano, R-Dist. 11, has added his name to the growing list of legislators who support Tom Gallagher’s plan to use tax revenue derived from hurricane reconstruction costs for immediate insurance...
Mar 6 2006 // New legislation to expedite the rebuilding process for hurricane victims has been suggested to the Florida Legislature by Tom Gallagher, the state’s CFO. The measure would ensure homeowners receive insurance money...
Mar 6 2006 // Legislation to create Catastrophe Savings Accounts to give Florida homeowners the opportunity to put aside tax-free money to financially prepare for major catastrophes has been filed by Congressman Tom Feeney from Orlando,...
Feb 19 2006 // As part of his proposal, Gallagher is asking the Legislature to earmark the increase in sales tax revenue collected during hurricane recovery to help offset assessments against homeowners.Florida CFO renews call for...
Feb 16 2006 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. Insurance Brokers of California Inc. in San Francisco has announced that Mark Freeman has joined the firm as area president. He will be responsible for the San Francisco financial district...
Feb 7 2006 // New legislation that would expedite the rebuilding process for hurricane victims will be suggested to the Florida Legislature by Tom Gallagher, the state’s CFO. The measure would ensure homeowners immediately receive...
Feb 6 2006 // United America Indemnity Ltd.’s board of directors has selected Joseph F. Morris as its president.The company will also consolidate its two U.S. insurance subsidiaries, United National Group and Penn-America Group,...