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ePolicy Launches Nonprofit D&O Liability Product Via the Internet

Aug 14 2001 // ePolicy.com Insurance Services Inc. announced the launch of its nonprofit directors and officers (D&O) liability product, which the company states is the first in the industry allowing a nonprofit organization to...

ASP Industry Consortium Unveils Insurance Program for ASP’s

Jul 26 2001 // The Wakefield, Mass.-based ASP Industry Consortium announced the availability of a new insurance program designed specifically for application service providers (ASPs). The program, developed in conjunction with...

Insurance.com Announces Online Marketing Partnerships

Jul 17 2001 // Insurance.com(SM), a Fidelity Investments company, announced a series of strategic online marketing agreements with AOL-Time Warner (AOL), Bloomberg, Bankrate (RATE), Yahoo! (YHOO), Multex (MLTX), and Learning...

Marsh, AT&T Unveil E-Business Risk Solution

Jul 12 2001 // Companies that use AT&T’s Internet Data Centers and managed web hosting services are eligible for a new benefit — e-business insurance from Marsh Inc. that rewards AT&T enterprise hosting customers...

Administaff Announces New Carrier for Workers’ Comp Policy; The Hartford Selected to Underwrite Two-Year, Fully-Insured

Jun 29 2001 // Administaff, Inc., the nation’s leading Professional Employer Organization (PEO), today announced that it has selected The Hartford Financial Services Group Inc. to underwrite the guaranteed-cost workers’...

Zurich North America Launches New Product Recall Coverage

Jun 12 2001 // Zurich North America’s Excess & Surplus Group is offering a new coverage for expenses related to product recalls, the company announced yesterday. The product recall expense coverage is designed for small to...

MDA Announces Improved Information Product for U.S. Insurance Industry

Jun 1 2001 // The Information Products Group of MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Ltd. unveiled a new version of its Home Replacement Cost Estimator, renamed the Replacement Cost Calculator. According to the company, the new version...

State Auto Financial Announces Profitable Year at

May 31 2001 // State Auto Financial Corporation’s tenth annual meeting featured a recap of 2000, the sixth straight year the company has achieved an underwriting profit.State Auto Chairman Robert H. Moone stated that while the...

The St. Paul Launches Medical Liability Policy for Physicians and Surgeons

May 16 2001 // St. Paul Surplus Lines Insurance Co. a St. Paul Companies subsidiary, introduced an enhanced medical liability product for physicians and surgeons that will be available in Georgia beginning July 1, and the company is...

Acceptance Ins. Cos. Announces Sale of P/C Businesses

May 11 2001 // Acceptance Insurance Companies Inc., an insurance holding company providing agricultural risk management products and services throughout the U.S., agreed to sell two wholly owned insurance companies to McM Corporation, a...

Arthur J. Gallagher Announces Formation of Specialty Brokerage Services Unit

May 10 2001 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. announced the formation of Gallagher Financial Products, a new specialty Brokerage Services unit devoted to the production and development of a broad array of insurance-based financial...

International Insurance Group Launches Mexican Auto Policy Website

May 7 2001 // International Insurance Group Inc., in conjunction with Grupo Nacional Provincial (A.M. Best rated “A-9”), announced the launch of its website designed to allow agents, brokers and consumers to issue Mexico...

Four New Insurers to Enter Hawaii’s Workers’ Comp Market

Apr 4 2001 // Wayne Metcalf, the Hawaii Insurance Commissioner, announced in March that the Insurance Division has authorized four new insurers to write workers’ compensation insurance in Hawaii.The authorization for General...

ICAT Managers Enters Carolina Markets

Mar 28 2001 // Catastrophe insurance specialist International Catastrophe Insurance Managers has entered the North Carolina market. ICAT Managers provides windstorm insurance to businesses operating in coastal areas that often lack...

KINGSWAY ENTERS U.S. AUTO MARKET

Mar 19 2001 // Kingsway Financial Services has entered into an agreement with The Access Group to underwrite private passenger auto insurance in the United States, beginning in Georgia, through its wholly owned subsidiary, Lincoln...

New Players on the Block – YouZoom.com expands into Texas; Progressive unveils homeowners market

Mar 19 2001 // Two companies made substantial entries into Texas last week. YouZoom.com will offer Texas agents the opportunity to sell insurance products online. Progressive, which up until now only offered auto coverage in Texas,...

Hartford Steam Boiler Launches International Coverage

Mar 14 2001 // It didn’t take long for HSB to start expanding internationally once it became part of AIG. Tuesday the company announced the introduction of “a new international insurance product called HSB OneSource.”...

Churchplaza Enters Agreement with Arthur J. Gallagher to Market Customized Church Products

Feb 28 2001 // ChurchPlaza has signed an agreement with Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. to offer co-branded insurance products to the $49 billion church market. Sarasota, Fla.-based ChurchPlaza is a supplier of products and services to...

State National Specialty Enters Arizona

Feb 26 2001 // Arizona has awarded State National Specialty Insurance Co. a certificate of authority for writing multiple lines of insurance. This authorization allows State National Specialty to write casualty, marine and...

G&M MARINE ENTERS TEXAS

Feb 19 2001 // G&M Marine Inc., a 36-year-old marine insurance managing general agent headquartered in New Orleans, La., has established a branch office in Houston. The office opened Feb. 5. G&M Marine also announced that it...