Insurance News
(5/15/2012)
A Commonwealth Court judge has denied the Pennsylvania Insurance Department’s request to liquidate two insurers and offered some strong language about the dep...
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(5/15/2012)
The period between Memorial Day and Labor Day has been dubbed by the American Automobile Association as “The 100 Deadliest Days” for teen drivers
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(5/15/2012)
In November 2011, President Obama signed legislation (HR 674) that provides tax credits to employers that hire certain veterans
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(5/08/2012)
Agents of Diversified Insurance Services of Marion, Ohio decided to attend the National PIA Federal Legislative Summit in Washington D.C. this year
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(5/08/2012)
On May 4, MarketScout reported that the composite rate for commercial property and casualty and professional lines insurance rose 3 percent in April 2012, with ...
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(5/08/2012)
Leonard Freeman, founder of Freeman & Pearce Insurance Agency Inc. in Orange, Calif., died at his Southern California home on Sunday April 29 after battling Alz...
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(5/01/2012)
On May 1, Nationwide Insurance issued a press statement saying its previously announced agreement to combine with Harleysville Mutual Insurance Company and Harl...
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(5/01/2012)
PIA member Ryan Hanley, an account executive at The Murray Group (formerly named Guilderland Agency) in Albany, New York continues a discussion on the challenge...
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(4/24/2012)
Private U.S. property/casualty insurers’ net income after taxes fell to $19.1 billion in 2011 from $35.2 billion in 2010, with insurers’ overall profitabili...
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(4/24/2012)
Increased revenue from premium taxes paid by insurance companies helped boost overall state government tax collections in fiscal 2011
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(4/24/2012)
The Insurance Information Institute (I.I.I.) has just released the Massachusetts edition of “A Firm Foundation: How Insurance Supports the Economy”
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(4/24/2012)
On April 15, 1912 the RMS Titanic sank in the North Atlantic Ocean on its maiden voyage to New York
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(4/17/2012)
Pennsylvania Insurance Commissioner Mike Consedine announced today that the merger application for Harleysville Mutual and Nationwide Mutual insurance companies...
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(4/17/2012)
PIA member Brian Hayer, president and CEO of Warner and Company Insurance of Fargo, North Dakota has been named the 2012 National Jeffrey Butland Family Owned B...
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(4/17/2012)
Global property insurance rates continued to firm in the first quarter of 2012 and there are forces at play that will likely continue the trend, according to a ...
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(4/17/2012)
PIA National is lauding Rep. Stephen Fincher (R-Tenn.) for his successful efforts to reduce regulatory burdens on small businesses – including insurance agenc...
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(4/17/2012)
Jim Griesing, corporate and commercial marketing vice president for Hanover Insurance, discussed a recent survey the company commissioned that found agency smal...
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(4/17/2012)
Conning has released its latest property/casualty forecast extending into 2014
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(4/17/2012)
Don Suhr and his son Mark Suhr held a celebration at their Seward, Nebraska insurance agency last Friday
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(4/17/2012)
PIA of Michigan Director Jeremy MacDonald commented on the insurance aspects of Michigan’s new law that allows motorcyclists to ride their bikes without weari...
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