All the headlines from our Safeco Insurance Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Feb 19 2006 // Aon Risk Services of Oklahoma welcomed Don Horner to its staff as vice president, Health & Welfare Practice leader. He will be responsible for new business production, management of the Tulsa office’s Health...
Feb 7 2006 // Seattle-based Safeco has executed a Rule 10b5-1 trading plan to purchase up to $250 million of its outstanding common stock. That will allow Safeco to repurchase its shares during periods when the company would normally...
Feb 5 2006 // Morgan Hill, Calif.-based DMI Insurance Services Inc., has created a wholesale division that will specialize in excess and surplus markets for independent auto dealers and automotive specialty shops. Tina Evans, an...
Feb 2 2006 // Seattle-based Safeco CEO Paula Rosput Reynolds announced the appointment of Michael LaRocco as president and chief operating officer of Safeco Insurance Companies. In this expanded role, LaRocco will bring together the...
Jan 24 2006 // Seattle-based Safeco has announced its fourth quarter and year-end results. The company reported its net income for the fourth quarter of 2005 was $190.7 million, compared with $179.8 million during the same period the...
Jan 23 2006 // Shelly Diegel has been elected chairman of the National Association of Professional Insurance Agents‘ company council of executive officers for 2006. Diegel is vice president for small business distribution at Zurich...
Jan 22 2006 // Shelly Diegel has been elected chairman of the National Association of Professional Insurance Agents’ company council of executive officers for 2006. Diegel is vice president for small business distribution at Zurich...
Jan 2 2006 // Michael Robinson has been named vice president and zone manager of ACE USA Professional Risk’s, Southeast Region, a division of the ACE Group of Companies. Robinson will work with brokers and clients in the southeast...
Jan 1 2006 // Michael Robinson has been named vice president and zone manager of ACE USA Professional Risk’s, Southeast Region, a division of the ACE Group of Companies. Robinson will work with brokers and clients in the southeast...
Dec 21 2005 // Safeco is hosting an Internet broadcast of its conference call to discuss fourth-quarter and year-end financial results. The broadcast will be held 11 a.m. (EST) on Jan. 24, 2006, at www.safeco.com/webcast. To hear the...
Dec 7 2005 // Safeco announced that Paula Rosput Reynolds has been named the company’s new president and chief executive officer effective Jan. 1, 2006. Reynolds also was appointed to Safeco’s board of directors.Reynolds,...
Dec 5 2005 // Seattle-based Safeco has announced estimated after-tax catastrophe losses from Hurricane Wilma of $29 million, or $0.23 per diluted share. Pretax catastrophe losses from the storm are estimated at $45 million.Those figures...
Dec 4 2005 // New Online License Service Available for Wash. Agents and BrokersInsurance agents, brokers and other insurance professionals licensed to transact business in Washington can now print copies of their licenses from their...
Dec 2 2005 // Safeco has announced that its board of directors has increased the company’s share repurchase authorization to 10 million shares, including shares that remain available for repurchase under previously approved...
Nov 30 2005 // Seattle-based Safeco has named Robert McNichols vice president – Audit Services effective Dec. 5, 2005. In this role, he will be responsible for overseeing internal audits and reviews of the company’s financial...
Nov 18 2005 // Seattle-based Safeco has announced it has fully automated the sale of commercial insurance packages to more than 800 classes of small- and mid-sized businesses. In 16 states and the District of Columbia, independent agents...
Nov 10 2005 // Seattle-based Safeco announced estimated after-tax catastrophe losses from Hurricane Wilma of $29 million, or $0.23 per diluted share. Pretax catastrophe losses from the storm are estimated at $45 million.These figures...
Nov 8 2005 // Safeco announced it is one of the first insurance companies to fully automate the sale of commercial insurance packages to more than 800 classes of small- and mid-sized businesses.In 16 states and the District of Columbia,...
Oct 18 2005 // Seattle-based Safeco reported solid third-quarter results, with net income of $101.1 million, or $0.80 per diluted share. This figure includes estimated after-tax net catastrophe losses of $115.8 million, or $0.91 per...
Oct 11 2005 // Seattle-based Safeco announced estimated after-tax catastrophe losses from Hurricane Rita of $27 million, or $0.21 per diluted share. Pretax catastrophe losses from the storm are estimated at $42 million.These figures...