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Nationwide Insurance Co. of Fla. Earns FSR A-Rating

Aug 10 2005 // Nationwide Insurance Company of Florida has earned a Financial Stability Rating of A, Exceptional from Demotech, Inc. This level of Financial Stability Rating is applicable to insurers possessing exceptional ability to...

Charity Outings Tee-Off Nationwide

Aug 8 2005 // If you believe the stereotype, insurance adjusters love golf. When I first began working in the insurance claims industry 15 years ago, I was told a joke about the industry:Three 10-year old boys are bragging about their...

Recovering from ID Theft Can Be Difficult, Costly, Victims Report

Jul 26 2005 // Twenty-eight percent of identity theft victims indicate they have not been able to restore their identities, despite averaging more than a year trying.Results of a survey of 1,097 identify theft victims by Nationwide...

Nationwide’s Allied Insurance Looking for Agents in South and East

Jul 4 2005 // The independent agency arm of giant Nationwide Insurance is expanding and looking for agents in the East and South.Allied Insurance now has more than 4,500 independent agency locations in the West and Midwest. It began...

Nationwide’s Allied Insurance Looking for Agents in Eastern States

Jun 22 2005 // The independent agency arm of giant Nationwide Insurance is expanding its reach and looking for agents in the East and South. Allied Insurance, which currently has more than 4,500 independent agency locations in the West...

Nationwide’s Allied Insurance Looking for Agents in East and South

Jun 20 2005 // The independent agency arm of giant Nationwide Insurance is expanding its reach and looking for agents in the East and South.Allied Insurance, which currently has more than 4,500 independent agency locations in the West...

Nationwide’s Allied Insurance Looking for Agents on East Coast

Jun 6 2005 // The independent agency arm of giant Nationwide Insurance is expanding its reach and looking for agents in the East and South.Allied Insurance, which currently has more than 4,500 independent agency locations in the West...

SECOND THOUGHTS: Tales of demergers, detours and determination

May 9 2005 // Crying?? There’s no crying in baseball. — Tom Hanks in A League of Their OwnBill Cadenhead had decided to sell his 73 percent stake in Cadenhead Shreffler Insurance in Bedford, Tex. to insurance giant Brown...

ABD Insurance to Offer Affordable Housing Insurance Nationwide

May 8 2005 // Affordable housing rentals have endured higher insurance rates because of the false perception that they are more likely to suffer losses than standard rentals. This is the finding of extensive research by ABD Insurance...

Nationwide’s New Identity Theft Policy Also Available Through Independent Agents

May 2 2005 // Columbus, Ohio-based exclusive-agent carrier Nationwide Insurance announced that its new identity theft policy will also be available through independent agents appointed with Nationwide subsidiary Allied...

‘No-Cost’ Insurance Incentive Said to Boost Car Sales

Apr 18 2005 // The first test of an incentive in which an automaker paid the insurance on every new car concluded March 31 with a 23 percent rise in year-to-year sales, according to sponsors of the promotion.Two-thirds of buyers said the...

‘No-Cost’ Insurance Incentive Said to Boost Car Sales

Apr 12 2005 // The first test of an incentive in which an automaker paid the insurance on every new car concluded March 31 with a 23 percent rise in year-to-year sales, according to sponsors of the promotion.Two-thirds of buyers said the...

Fireman’s Fund Launches Nationwide ‘Identity Theft’ Recovery Service

Apr 1 2005 // California-based Fireman’s Fund Insurance Company, the principal U.S. operating unit of Germany’s Allianz, announced that it now provides Identity Theft Restoration Services throughout the United...

Maryland’s NAIS Partners with GE Insurance Solutions for its Nationwide Innkeepers Program

Mar 22 2005 // GE Insurance Solutions recently launched an insurance program for innkeepers with its newest program partner, NAIS, Inc.The comprehensive policy covers the inn, the owner, and the guest. The program is active in 48 states...

Nations Hazard Insurer Leaves Nationwide Trail

Feb 21 2005 // Even though his files have been stored in the department’s archives since the case was transferred to federal investigators more than a year ago, Ted Bader still keeps tabs on Michael Napadow and Nations Hazard...

Insuring the Young and the Carless

Feb 7 2005 // VW Seeks a Sales Charge Out of No-Charge Insurance to Car BuyersVolkswagen of America, looking for ways to attract younger buyers, is going beyond sporty designs, cash rebates and zero percent financing incentives to offer...

Fla. CEO Requests Rate ‘Freeze’; Insurance Council Shares His Concerns

Feb 3 2005 // Florida’s CFO Tom Gallagher has requested a freeze on all insurance rate increases for homeowners policies.According to a press release issued by the Department of Financial Services: “I learned today that...

No-Charge Auto Insurance Pioneer Out to Sell More VWs, Convince Skeptics Rating Model Works

Feb 1 2005 // Volkswagen of America, looking for ways to attract younger buyers, is going beyond sporty designs, cash rebates and zero percent financing incentives to offer car buyers, regardless of their risk profile, auto insurance at...

Nationwide Insurance Requests Fla. Statewide 28.3 Percent Rate Increase

Jan 26 2005 // Floridian homeowners with policies issued by Nationwide Insurance Company of Florida, the state’s fourth-largest insurer has asked the Office of Insurance Regulation to approve a 28.3 percent rate increase....

Impact on Other Agents of Conn. Verdict Against Nationwide Doubted

Jan 24 2005 // A recent $2.3 million jury verdict for wrongful termination in favor of a former Nationwide Insurance contract agent from Connecticut is unlikely to have any effect on independent agents or their companies, according to...