All the headlines from our Public Entities Topic Page, ordered by recency.
May 14 2012 // ACE USA, the U.S.-based retail operations of the ACE Group, has introduced an enhanced public/educational entity pollution liability insurance (Public Entity PPL) policy, designed to address the environmental risks faced...
Apr 10 2012 // Chartis has introduced Leaders Risk Protector, a modular insurance product expressly designed for schools, associations and public entities that was developed by its Financial Lines division. Underwritten by the Chartis...
Apr 4 2012 // W. R. Berkley Corp.has formedBerkley Public Entity Managers, LLC, which will offer coverages to self-insured public entities — individual and groups. Berkley Public Entity Managers will underwrite on behalf of W. R....
Mar 14 2012 // At a time when businesses have taken on traditional government tasks, from running schools to space launches, North Carolina’s Supreme Court is being asked to decide what tasks a municipality can perform and still...
Mar 9 2012 // ACE USA has introduced an enhanced public entity liability policy that combines public officials liability and employment practices liability coverage with general liability and auto liability in a single insurance...
Feb 6 2012 // Public entities across the nation must professionally manage the numerous required services that communities demand. Such services are expensive to operate and, in recent tight budget years, entities are often forced to...
Feb 6 2012 // During the winter I was traveling in the snowy Northeast calling on agents. Between appointments, I passed a local hardware store that prominently displayed on outdoor signage “Road Salt” and a price per...
Nov 9 2011 // Wells Fargo & Co. has agreed to settle class-action lawsuits filed by various municipalities alleging bid-rigging by Wachovia’s municipal derivatives group, according to a securities filing Tuesday.Wells Fargo,...
Nov 4 2011 // The climate of government cutbacks is forcing public entities to reduce expenditures while trying not to greatly increase their risk or jeopardize their immunity from lawsuits.Prison overcrowding is one particularly...
Nov 1 2011 // Despite the ever increasing severity and frequency of natural catastrophes, “insuring public entities in affected countries is becoming simpler due to the emergence of new parametric trigger insurance”...
May 3 2011 // A ruling by the Texas Supreme Court will make it more difficult for former employees of public entities to pursue retaliatory discharge claims against those employers.The Court has held that a political subdivision has...
Feb 7 2011 // State and municipal governments are facing tight budgets and many are having difficulty paying for their police, fire, schools and services. Where the municipalities can’t cut back, however, is on...
Feb 3 2011 // California-based EPIC (Edgewood Partners Insurance Center), a retail property, casualty and employee benefits insurance brokerage, has created a national Public Entites Practice and team to deliver property and casualty...
Feb 1 2011 // Ryan Specialty Group, LLC (RSG) has launched CivicRisk (CRU), a managing general underwriter specializing in excess casualty coverage for public entities which includes, but is not limited to, cities, counties, school...
Jan 20 2011 // Despite a decline in the number of job injury claims reported by California public self-insured employers last year, rising claim severity drove up total workers’ compensation costs for cities, counties and other...
Dec 16 2010 // Chicago-based Aon Risk Solutions, the global risk management business of Aon Corp. has launched a public entity practice to address and work to fulfill increased demand among state governments, counties, towns, special...
Aug 26 2010 // Breckenridge Insurance Services LLC was selected as the program administrator for CNA Select Risk’s Public Entity program in 16 western and Midwestern states. This program offers small and medium sized cities, towns,...
Jul 30 2010 // The Board of Trustees of Texas Political Subdivisions JSIF has voted to approve $200,000 in workers’ compensation insurance dividend payments to member local government entities throughout Texas. Each public...
Jun 8 2010 // Midlands Management Corp. has introduced a public entity multi-line package designed for select public entity risks that want to gain more control over their casualty exposures by accepting a self-insured retention (SIR)...
Jun 8 2010 // Aon eSolutions, the technology solutions business of Aon Corporation and Aon Global Risk Consulting will offer public entities a holistic claims tool that combines browser-based claims technology with claims consulting...