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Starr Marine – Starr Indemnity & Liability Announce Servicing Agreement

May 4 2009 // Starr Marine Agency, an indirectly wholly owned subsidiary of C. V. Starr & Co., Inc., and Starr Indemnity & Liability Company, an indirectly wholly owned subsidiary of Starr International Company, Inc., a...

AIU Launches Contractor’s General Liability Endorsement

May 1 2009 // AIU Holdings Inc.’s Construction Risk Management Group launched a new product, the Contractor’s Commercial Prime Endorsement, which combines 21 coverage extensions now added automatically to its commercial...

Fireman’s Fund Launches “Green” Homeowners Insurance in Maryland

Apr 29 2009 // Fireman’s Fund Insurance Co. has introduced its ‘green’ insurance product for homeowners in Maryland. The coverage, which is available in 32 states, includes 5 percent discounts for homeowners who already...

New Property Managers Errors and Omissions Insurance Program Announced by New Empire Group

Apr 16 2009 // A new errors and omissions insurance program for property management firms, named SmartPro&#8482, is now available from New Empire Group, Ltd.Robert E. Mackoul, CLU, Chief Executive Officer of New Empire Group stated,...

LIU, Five Star Specialty Launch Nonprofit Management Liability Program

Apr 9 2009 // Liberty International Underwriters (LIU), a division of Liberty Mutual Group, has partnered with Five Star Specialty Programs (Five Star), a division of Crump Insurance Services Inc., to create a new insurance program for...

Roach Howard Smith & Barton Launches New Specialty Practice Group

Apr 7 2009 // Dallas-based Roach Howard Smith & Barton (RHSB), an independent insurance brokerage firm and Assurex Global partner, expanded its firm to include a new Technology, Life Science & Media (TLM) specialty practice...

ACE Launches New Homeowners Coverage for High Net Worth Families

Apr 3 2009 // ACE Private Risk Services, part of the ACE Group of Cos., unveiled a new homeowners policy designed to meet the needs of high net worth customers.The new policy, which will be offered through independent agents and...

SFM Launches Employment Practices Liability Coverage in Midwest

Apr 3 2009 // Bloomington, Minn., workers’ compensation specialty carrier SFM Companies has begun insuring employers in the Midwest against the risk of employment practices liabilities, protecting them from high legal defense...

XL Insurance Launches Solutions for German Upper Middle Market

Mar 25 2009 // XL Insurance, the global insurance operations of XL Capital Ltd., announced that it will offer insurance solutions to Upper Middle Market companies in Germany with an annual turnover ranging from approximately €30...

NIP Specialty Launches New Facility for Businesses in Bankruptcy

Mar 19 2009 // NIP Specialty Brokerage, a division of New Jersey-based NIP Group, Inc., launched a new facility to help agents/brokers replace business insurance policies cancelled or non-renewed because their clients have filed for...

Entertainment Industry Insurer, CMM Entertainment, Expands in California

Mar 13 2009 // Robert M. Bryar, president of C.M.Meiers Co. Inc. and CMM Entertainment has begun expansion plans to the entertainment division’s Woodland Hills, Calif., headquarters. The company is adding 25 percent more floor...

Budget Installment Corp. (BIC) Launches New Website and Extends Business Hours

Mar 12 2009 // Garden City, NY, 03/12/09 – BIC is a nationally authorized premium finance company and is a wholly owned subsidiary of Webster Bank, N.A. BIC has been providing commercial premium finance solutions to the insurance...

Western Pinnacle Insurance Services, Inc Announces Addition of New AM Best A Rated Workers Compensation Carrier

Mar 9 2009 // “Western Pinnacle Insurance Services, Inc (“WPIS”), a diversified MGA/Wholesaler announced today the addition of a new AM Best A rated carrier for its workers compensation capabilities. Virgil Anderson,...

Study Unveils Target Areas for Flood Insurance Policy Sales

Mar 9 2009 // There are a number of communities across the country where more flood insurance policies should be sold given their populations and flood risk. They include dozens of counties that have had multiple floods but are not part...

RLI Launches Network Security, Privacy Breach Coverage

Mar 4 2009 // Peoria, Ill.-based RLI Corp. began offering its new network security and privacy coverage – CyberSecure – which insures losses from system vulnerability, security issues and a wide range of exposures to...

Willis Unit Launches Piracy Prevention, Management Coverage Plan

Mar 4 2009 // Willis announced that its London-based Special Contingency Risks Limited (SCR) unit, a division of Faber & Dumas, the third-party wholesale insurance broker, and Underwater Security Consultants Limited trading as...

Ace Europe Launches New Program for Sprinkler Protected Property

Mar 3 2009 // ACE Europe has launched ACE Protect, a new property coverage aimed at companies which have installed sprinkler fire extinguishing systems in their premises.ACE said the new coverage “offers training and risk...

AAA Texas Unveils Guaranteed Rebuilding Cost Coverage Endorsement

Feb 17 2009 // AAA Texas announced that a new Guaranteed Rebuilding Cost (GRC) optional endorsement is now available for qualifying homeowners from its affiliated carrier, the Auto Club Indemnity Company. The GRC optional endorsement...

Study Unveils Target Areas for Flood Policy Sales

Feb 8 2009 // There are a number of communities across the country where more flood insurance policies should be sold given their populations and flood risk. They include dozens of counties that have had multiple flood disasters but are...

Texas Announces December Insurance Industry Enforcement Actions

Feb 3 2009 // The Texas Department of Insurance announced enforcement actions taken by Commissioner Mike Geeslin that became final during December.The actions include five license revocations, three license denials and fines and...