Latest Allied Insurance Headlines

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Mid-Continent Expands New Med-Mal Program Nationwide

Feb 21 2006 // Mid-Continent General Agency is expanding its medical professional and general liability insurance program for small hospitals to all 50 states.Hospitals with under 100 staffed beds are eligible, as well as critical...

Hallmark, Texas General Agency

Feb 19 2006 // Hallmark, Texas General AgencyHallmark Financial Services Inc. completed its previously disclosed acquisition of Texas General Agency Inc. and certain affiliates. TGA is a managing general agency involved in the marketing...

Nationwide Insurance, ID Theft Assist Grows Availability of Coverage

Feb 2 2006 // In conjunction with National Consumer Protection Week (Feb. 5-11), Nationwide Insurance and Washington, D.C.-based ID Theft Assist are expanding availability of their identity theft protection and recovery service. Over...

Softech Simplifies Access to Instant MVRs from any Comparative Rater Nationwide

Feb 2 2006 // Softech International announces that it is now providing agent/brokers and carriers with instant access to Motor Vehicle Records (MVRs) from within all major comparative raters nationwide. Now customers can access MVRs...

Arbitrator Impartiality – An Elusive Standard?

Jan 30 2006 // It is quite common in certain insurance or reinsurance contracts for the parties to include an arbitration clause so as to identify the chosen means of dispute resolution.For those threatened with the prospect of...

Business Moves

Jan 1 2006 // Lawson-Hawks Acquires Healthcare Property/Casualty GroupLawson-Hawks Insurance Associates Inc., a regional independent insurance broker based in Mountain View, Calif., has acquired the El Dorado Hills, Calif.-based...

Nationwide Announces Retirement of President of Strategic Investments

Dec 15 2005 // Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company announced today the retirement of Donna A. James as president of Nationwide Strategic Investments. James’ retirement will become effective March 31, 2006. James has been employed...

Demotech Gives Nationwide of Florida an ‘A’ Rating

Nov 29 2005 // Demotech Inc. has confirmed that a Financial Stability Rating (FSR) of A, Exceptional, remains in place for Nationwide Insurance Company of Florida. The confirmation comes after NICOF received a capital infusion from...

Best Removes FSR of Nationwide of Florida from Under Review

Nov 22 2005 // A.M. Best Co. has removed the financial strength rating of B (Fair) of Nationwide Insurance Company of Florida (NICOF) from under review. The rating outlook is negative. Removal of the under review status follows the...

MOBILE HOME LAWSUIT DISMISSED

Nov 21 2005 // The Arkansas Court of Appeals dismissed a lawsuit filed by Nationwide Mutu-al Fire Insurance Co. over payment of a claim after a mobile home caught fire in Beebe, Ark. The Associated Press reported that Nationwide claimed...

Carriers Flooded With Auto Damage Claims

Nov 20 2005 // Plantation, Fla., ‘Insurance Village’The “Insurance Village” established by Florida’s Depart-ment of Financial Services in Plantation, Fla. west of Fort Lauderdale, had a lot of damaged...

Business Moves

Nov 20 2005 // NationwideNationwide Insurance is reducing homeowner rates for Nationwide Lloyds customers in Texas effective Jan. 7, 2006. The average decrease will be 10.75 percent for renewing Texas policyholders. Additionally,...

News Briefs

Nov 20 2005 // ArkansasMobile Home Lawsuit Dismissed The Arkansas Court of Appeals dismissed a lawsuit filed by Nationwide Mutu-al Fire Insurance Co. over payment of a claim after a mobile home caught fire in Beebe, Ark. The Associated...

Insurance Company Loses Ark. Lawsuit Against Trailer Manufacturer

Nov 10 2005 // The Arkansas Court of Appeals ordered the full dismissal of a lawsuit filed by an insurance company that paid a claim after a mobile home caught fire.Nationwide Mutual Fire Insurance Co. had claimed that Fleetwood Homes of...

NATIONWIDE AUDITING HURRICANE CLAIMS

Nov 7 2005 // Nationwide Insurance has reached an agreement with state regulators to audit its claims from the 2004 hurricane season and correct any underpayments. The state Office of Insurance Regulation has announced that under the...

News Briefs

Nov 6 2005 // ALABAMAVesta Reinsurance To Cover Wilma Vesta Insurance of Birmingham, issued a statement saying it has complete reinsurance coverage for Hur-ricane Wilma claims in Florida.“As previously disclosed, Vesta’s...

Adjusters Dispatched to Southeast Florida: Face Uncertain Conditions After Hurricane Wilma

Oct 26 2005 // Insurance adjusters are converging on Orlando this morning to regroup and then after short meetings, be assigned to Florida’s southwest and southeast coasts, where they begin to access the damage caused by Hurricane...

Nationwide Claims Reps Provide Hurricane Relief to Victims in Naples

Oct 25 2005 // Nationwide claims representatives and humanitarian relief teams stood by on Tuesday in the Lowe’s parking lot on 6415 Naples Blvd. in Naples, Fla. to provide aid to Hurricane Wilma victims. Nationwide teams brought...

Nationwide to Lower Homeowner Rates in Texas

Oct 19 2005 // Nationwide Insurance is reducing homeowner rates for Nationwide Lloyds customers in Texas effective Jan. 7, 2006. The average decrease will be 10.75 percent for renewing customers in Texas.“This rate decrease...

California Workers’ Comp Overhaul Sets Stage for Nationwide Reforms

Oct 17 2005 // The broad reforms in California’s workers’ compensation system serve as an example for the nation, as employers and insurers in the state are getting sizeable financial relief from runaway workers’...