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NetRate Systems, Inc. Announces Availability of Massachusetts Commercial Auto Rating System

Jun 14 2007 // Okemos, MI – NetRate Systems, a leading provider of commercial lines rating software for the insurance industry, announces the immediate availability of Massachusetts Commercial Automobile Rating. The Mass Auto...

N.M. Requires Transportation Operators To Beef Up Coverage

Jun 14 2007 // Certain public transportation operators will soon be required by the New Mexico Public Regulation Commission to carry more liability insurance. Up to 3,000 so-called “incidental carriers” may be subject to the...

Progressive’s Drive Enters Mass. Commercial Auto Market

Jan 10 2007 // Drive Commercial Auto, part of The Progressive Group of Insurance Companies, announced plans to offer commercial auto insurance to Massachusetts business owners available exclusively through independent agents. With its...

Builders & Tradesmen’s Offers Commercial Auto Program in California

Jan 2 2007 // Builders & Tradesmen’s Insurance Services Inc., Rocklin, Calif., has a new commercial automobile market available in California underwritten by Commerce West Insurance Co.The program is designed for vehicles up...

Travelers Expands Monoline Commercial Auto Insurance Offerings

Dec 5 2006 // Travelers is now making available commercial auto coverage for small to mid-sized businesses on a monoline basis through its Select Accounts, Commercial Accounts and Construction divisions. This expanded monoline auto...

Md. Court Upholds Fellow Employee Exclusion in Commercial Auto Policy

Nov 22 2006 // The Maryland Court of Appeals has held that a fellow-employee exclusion in a commercial automobile liability policy is valid and enforceable above the minimum statutory liability limits.The court found that a business auto...

Ohio National Interstate Launches Commercial Vehicle Product

Nov 16 2006 // Richfield, Ohio-based National Interstate Corp. recently announced that its principal insurance subsidiary National Interstate Insurance Co. has added a commercial vehicle product to its offering. The new product line,...

Businessman Wins $3.5 Million in Defamation Suit Against Pa. Newspaper

Nov 1 2006 // A judge awarded $3.5 million in damages to a businessman and one of his companies in a defamation lawsuit against The Citizens’ Voice, a newspaper in Wilkes-Barre.Thomas A. Joseph alleged he and his business...

Hilton Head, S.C. Officials Question Taxi Licenses

Oct 31 2006 // Several taxi companies that advertise their services on the Hilton Head, S.C. resort island are not licensed by the town.That means they don’t get their insurance isn’t verified, their cars don’t go...

Hull & Company Newport Beach adds Market for Commercial Auto

Oct 13 2006 // Hull & Company in Newport Beach, Calif., has added an “A,” IX A.M. Best -rated carrier offering commercial auto in California. Classes written on an admitted basis include public auto (church buses,...

Is it private passenger, business use or commercial auto?

Oct 9 2006 // You’re an independent agent, primarily writing property casualty coverages for individuals. A long-time customer comes in and announces that he’s out of the rat race — he’s quit his job and...

Is it private passenger, business use or commercial auto?

Oct 9 2006 // You’re an independent agent, primarily writing property casualty coverages for individuals. A long-time customer comes in and announces that he’s out of the rat race — he’s quit his job and...

Federal Agency Questions Safety of Buses for Special Needs Patients

Aug 9 2006 // Federal officials, prompted by a bus fire that killed 23 nursing home residents, are examining whether buses are safe for people with special needs.The National Transportation Safety Board is seeking answers to the...

California Couple Sentenced for Workers’ Comp Insurance Fraud

Aug 8 2006 // Robert and Rosemary Bunch, both 56, have been sentenced in California on workers’ compensation insurance fraud convictions. The couple from Roasamond pled guilty prior to a jury trial.The Bunches were sentenced on...

Beaumont Superintendent Calls for Seat Belts in School Buses

Jul 27 2006 // Four months after two students were killed in a bus wreck, Beaumont, Texas, school officials are asking the district board to approve outfitting 30 new school buses with seat belts.Superintendent Carrol Thomas said she...

Aim for the Bull’s Eye: Focus on Market Characteristics Improves Programs

Jul 4 2006 // The value of specialization and target marketing in improved insurance performance has been well proven over the past 15-plus years. Ironically, however, a good many target market programs still ignore elements of success...

Universal Casualty Appoints Milton O. Johnston to Write Commercial Auto

Jun 14 2006 // Universal Casualty Company (A.M. Best: A -), a member of Kingsway Financial Services Inc., announced the appointment of Milton O. Johnston and Company Ltd. of Houston, Texas, as an underwriting general agent to write...

R.I. Senate Wants to Raise Liability Limits for Taxis, Shuttles

May 25 2006 // The Rhode Island Senate has approved legislation to require taxis and transport vehicles such as airport shuttles to carry $300,000 worth of personal injury and property damage insurance.The bill, introduced by Sen....

Report Says Mich. Needs to Bump Up Enforcement of Limo Safety Laws

May 15 2006 // The state of Michigan has scaled back its enforcement of safety laws related to limousines even as the number of limousines in the state has increased, according to a newspaper’s review published Sunday.In October,...

Rita Bus Fire Victims Reach Settlement

May 15 2006 // Victims of a bus explosion that killed 23 Texas nursing home patients fleeing Hurricane Rita have reached an $11 million settlement in their lawsuit against the bus company and travel broker, according to court...