All the headlines from our Public Entities Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jun 17 2009 // Florida Governor Charlie Crist has signed into law legislation blocking local governments from billing motorists for emergency response services at the scene of an automobile accident.SB 2282, sponsored by Sen. Mike...
Feb 8 2009 // Local governments increased their commitment to risk management over the past decade, as they met the challenges posed by several major natural disaster and terrorism events. Better local government loss prevention, crisis...
Jan 6 2009 // AIG Commercial Insurance will service all casualty insurance coverage for the public sector through its Lexington Insurance Co., the insurer announced. Specifically, effective as of Jan. 1, 2009, Lexington’s Casualty...
Dec 10 2008 // Marsh announced that it has launched a dedicated Public Sector Practice in Scotland to help the country’s public sector organizations address their unique risk and insurance issues.Marsh said its “Scottish...
Dec 5 2008 // The Public Entity Risk Institute (PERI), a nonprofit research institute, wishes to correct a conclusion about its public entity claims database, the PERI Data Exchange, published by Insurance Journal recently.The...
Dec 2 2008 // Liability and workers compensation claims against the public sector are multiplying at an unprecedented pace, according to a report from a tracking database maintained by a risk management research organization.In 2008,...
Nov 16 2008 // Public entities nationwide are searching for new strategies to improve the performance of their workers’ compensation programs. A primary challenge has been frequent delays in reporting employee injuries, which sets...
Jun 25 2008 // AIG Executive Liability, a unit of AIG Commercial Insurance, introduced Public Entity Plan and Trustee Protector, a policy that protects individuals who manage public entity employee benefit plans from fiduciary liability...
Jun 3 2008 // Mississippi authorities say two municipalities in Bolivar County are in danger of losing their fire insurance rebate funds from the state.County Fire Coordinator Joe Phillips says Mound Bayou and Winstonville have not...
Apr 23 2008 // Insurance ratings firm A.M. Best Co. has affirmed the financial strength rating of B+ (Good) and issuer credit rating of “bbb-” of States Self-Insurers Risk Retention Group, Inc. ((Vermont). The outlook for...
Oct 29 2007 // Delaware Insurance Commissioner Matt Denn says local authorities in the state are forming a self-insurance pool that will make workers compensation insurance more affordable for the local governments and taxpayers. Denn...
Jun 26 2007 // Marsh UK announced that it- has strengthened its UK Public Sector Practice with the appointment of six additional risk specialists. Marsh listed the Personnel as follows: — Bob Ellison – a business risk...
Jun 12 2007 // Travelers expanded its workers compensation coverage tailored to the needs of public entities during the Public Risk Insurance Management Association (PRIMA) 28th annual conference. “Our expanded appetite builds on...
May 15 2007 // Spending on health care is soaring for local communities in Massachusetts.Since 2001, health care spending has nearly doubled, squeezing budgets and forcing cities and town to cut back in other areas, from public safety to...
Apr 3 2007 // AIG Specialty Excess, an umbrella and excess casualty underwriting unit of the AIG Companies, has increased its capacity of excess liability insurance for public entities to $25 million from $15 million. AIG Specialty...
Mar 26 2007 // Florida-based insurance broker Brown & Brown, Inc. is acquiring Grinspec, Inc., an insurance intermediary with offices in New Providence and Moorestown, New Jersey.Brown & Brown, Inc. said it will acquire all of...
Mar 12 2007 // Fairfax, Va.-based Public Entity Risk Institute (PERI), a nonprofit risk management training and educational organization, says that risk management operations within government entities have gained a heightened importance...
Jan 26 2007 // Darwin Professional Underwriters, Inc. is making available enhanced public entity errors and omissions (E&O) liability insurance products, with policies to address educators professional liability risks, police...
Dec 11 2006 // Insurance agency Brown & Brown, Inc. has agreed to reimburse up to 400 cities and counties in Florida approximately $4.8 million for collecting undisclosed fees or commissions when it placed various coverages with...
Sep 29 2006 // Professional Underwriters, a national program administrator focused on public entity insurance, has launched new professional liability program designed specifically for the public entity marketplace. The prorgam,...