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Miss. Trial Could Help Decide Claims from Hurricane Katrina

Jul 12 2006 // Hurricane Katrina left thousands of Gulf Coast homeowners battling their insurance companies. A Mississippi police officer and his wife are the first to take their fight to court.A federal judge on Monday began hearing a...

Attorneys Arrive in Miss. for Opening of First Katrina Insurance Lawsuit

Jul 11 2006 // Attorneys carried files and exhibits into a Mississippi federal courthouse Monday for what they expect to be a groundbreaking trial on whether insurance policyholders who lost homes in Hurricane Katrina are entitled to...

Nationwide Requests 71 Percent Homeowners Increase in Florida

Jul 6 2006 // Nationwide Insurance Company of Florida has filed with the Florida Office of Insurance Regulation for a statewide average increase in homeowner’s insurance rates of 71 percent. The Office of Insurance has 90 days to...

Nationwide, The Hartford Honored by Insurance Marketing Group

Jul 6 2006 // Nationwide Insurance received the top honor and The Hartford received seven Best of Show awards at the Insurance Marketing Communications Association (IMCA) 2006 Showcase Awards, held during the IMCA annual meeting on June...

Swett & Crawford Adds Staff Nationwide

Jun 28 2006 // Swett & Crawford has added four new brokers to offices in California, New York, Arizona and Idaho.Tae Yoon joins the Woodland Hills office as a property and casualty broker. He has been with American Excess &...

Business Moves

Jun 19 2006 // Praetorian, Alea North AmericaSpecialty insurer Praetorian Financial Group agreed to acquire Alea North America Specialty Insurance Co., an affiliate of Alea Group Holdings Ltd. of Hamilton, Bermuda. The sale is subject to...

Columbus Hospital Receives $50 Million from Nationwide, Will Change Name

Jun 9 2006 // Nationwide’s charitable foundation will give $50 million over 10 years to Columbus Children’s Hospital, which agreed to rename itself after the insurance and financial services company, the hospital said this...

Allstate Dropping Most Earthquake Insurance Nationwide

Jun 5 2006 // Allstate Insurance Co. says it is dropping earthquake insurance to most of its 407,000 quake customers nationwide as a part of a larger move to reduce exposure to catastrophic losses.Allstate Spokesman Mike Siemienas in...

Nationwide to Sell Gartmore’s Int’l. Operations to Hellman & Friedman

May 26 2006 // Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company and Hellman & Friedman Advisors LLC, a San Francisco-based private equity investment firm, have entered into a definitive agreement for Nationwide’s sale of Gartmore...

Liberty Mutual Distributes Disaster Guides Nationwide

May 25 2006 // The 2006 hurricane season begins in one week, and homeowners from Corpus Christi to Coral Gables to Cape Cod hopefully are heeding the advice of government officials, disaster relief organizations, and insurers by taking...

Nationwide survey reveals ‘Top 10 Pet Peeves of the Road’

May 22 2006 // With more than 30 million Americans expected to hit the road this Memorial Day weekend Traverse City, Mich.-based the Hagerty Collector Network surveyed thousands of members nationwide to uncover America’s “Top...

May 13 Open House for Alpharetta, Ga. Nationwide Agency

May 13 2006 // Nationwide Insurance has appointed Kyle G. Caswell as an agency executive in Georgia. Caswell will serve the North Metro Atlanta market as the company continues to expand its presence in the Southeast.Caswell is hosting a...

Swett & Crawford Appoints New Staff Nationwide

May 5 2006 // Swett & Crawford has announced new additions to their staff in offices nationwide.Margaret Jacobs moves to the Swett & Crawford Chicago office as director, Healthcare Practice Group, from Aon Risk Services where...

Nationwide Survey Reveals ‘Top 10 Pet Peeves of the Road’

May 5 2006 // With more than 30 million Americans expected to hit the road this Memorial Day weekend Traverse City, Mich.-based the Hagerty Collector Network surveyed thousands of members nationwide to uncover America’s “Top...

Auto Insurance Costs Holding Steady; Average Nationwide Premium at $867

May 3 2006 // The cost of auto insurance is expected to rise by just 0.5 percent in 2006, the smallest increase in six years, reports the Insurance Information Institute.A declining number of auto accidents, safer cars and...

Judge Sues Nationwide for Denying His Claim After Katrina

Apr 21 2006 // A federal judge in Gulfport, Miss., who would have presided over homeowners’ lawsuits against insurance companies after Hurricane Katrina is waging his own battle against the insurer of his Gulf Coast home.U.S....

China Launches Nationwide Insurance Overhaul to Promote Growth

Apr 17 2006 // The China Insurance Regulatory Commission (CIRC) said it will begin thorough investigations into the country’s insurance companies this month to promote the healthy growth of the fledgling insurance market.The...

Nationwide: Survey Shows Fuel Prices Drive Increased Motorcycling

Apr 10 2006 // According to a recent survey, Nationwide Mutual Insurance Co. predicts that 35 percent of motorcyclists will ride their bikes more over the next year as a result of fuel prices.A written release issued by the Columbus,...

American Motorcycle Assn. and Nationwide Form Partnership

Apr 5 2006 // The American Motorcyclist Association and Columbus-Ohio-based Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company have announced a new partnership. The new affiliation makes Nationwide the AMA’s “Motorcycle Insurer of...

‘Live From New York,’ It’s Personal Moments Sponsored by Nationwide

Mar 7 2006 // Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company is giving consumers a chance to actively participate in the company’s 2006 Life Comes At You Fast advertising campaign by posting their personal Life Comes At You Fast moments on...