All the headlines from our Manufacturing Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Oct 24 2001 // Cincinnati, Ohio-based The Midland Company, a highly focused provider of specialty insurance products and services, reported third quarter 2001 results ahead of its previous announcement.For the quarter ended Sept. 30,...
Oct 11 2001 // American Modern Insurance Group and the American Express Property Casualty companies announced a partnership which adds manufactured home, motor home, travel trailer, and nonstandard specialty homeowner products to...
Sep 26 2001 // American Modern Insurance Group, a wholly owned subsidiary of The Midland Company and a provider of manufactured housing specialty insurance products and services, has ceased offering commercial liability products for...
Sep 20 2001 // The Midland Company, a provider of specialty insurance products and services, announced that American Modern Insurance Group, its insurance subsidiary, will cease offering the commercial liability coverages associated with...
Sep 19 2001 // The Midland Company, a highly focused provider of specialty insurance products and services, announced that American Modern Insurance Group, its insurance subsidiary, will cease offering the commercial liability coverages...
Aug 10 2001 // The Goss Group Inc., Marsh Inc. and the GMAC Insurance Group announced the establishment of a joint venture company, Goss LLC, to serve the specific insurance needs of automotive suppliers and original equipment...
Aug 9 2001 // Victims cannot sue gunmakers when criminals use their products illegally, the California Supreme Court ruled Aug. 6. According to AP Online, the 5-1 decision, which rejects a suit based on the 1993 massacre of eight people...
Aug 6 2001 // Insurance intermediaries—agents, brokers, and the like—do all sorts of things for their customers and clients. They help them select coverages. They help select insurers. They shop for price. They prepare applications....
Jul 9 2001 // Manufacturers Bank announced that it had entered into a referral alliance with AXA Advisors LLC to provide bank customers with a full range of insurance and investment products through Shuster Financial Group, LLC. Michael...
Jun 28 2001 // The Midland Company, based in Cincinnati, Ohio announced that American Modern Insurance Group, its wholly owned specialty insurance subsidiary, has formed a strategic alliance with Amica Mutual Insurance Company, the...
Feb 19 2001 // Contractors and operation managers run a risky business. One area that is often overlooked is equipment security. Theft, vandalism or malicious mischief represent more than one-third of all losses to contractors’...
Feb 19 2001 // In specifying, arranging for and renewing insurance policies, it is customary in the industry for agents to use a kind of shorthand. It is also customary for agents to rely upon manuals provided to them by insurers. A case...
Feb 12 2001 // Contractors and operation managers run a risky business. One area that is often overlooked is equipment security. Theft, vandalism or malicious mischief represent more than one-third of all losses to contractors’...
Feb 5 2001 // Following the Bible parable, a Good Samaritan is a person who reaches out and takes care of someone when he or she has no obligation to do so. Generally, Good Samaritans are to be praised, while those who pass on the other...
Dec 1 2000 // SAFECO has aligned with The Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Company to expand both companies’ Boiler & Machinery insurance books of business. The agreement provides for SAFECO Business...
Nov 27 2000 // Equipment breakdown coverage: it’s the modern-day descendant of what has been traditionally referred to as boiler and machinery insurance. And today’s businesses need it just as much as they did in the old...
Nov 27 2000 // Standard & Poor’s (S&P) assigned a “BBBpi” FSR to Factory Mutual Insurance Co. and its two wholly owned pool members, Affiliated FM Insurance Co. and Appalachian Insurance Co., reflecting the...
Jun 5 2000 // Once in a blue moon, the Supreme Court of Texas decides a case that squarely pertains to insurance agents. On April 20, 2000, Justice Alberto Gonzales, writing for a unanimous court, decided an odd one, with potential...
May 1 2000 // The snowmobile: fun and safe family transport vehicle, or the motorcycle of the Great White Outback?It all depends on whom you talk to. Snowmobilers in Canada and the United States spend more than $9 billion on their sport...
Feb 7 2000 // Cigarette maker Liggett Group is suing its insurance companies in an effort to force them to pay lawyer fees, settlement costs, damage awards and other expenses from smoking-related lawsuits.Liggett, a unit of Brooke Group...