o Peter Eastwood, president and chief executive officer of Lexington Insurance in Boston, said: "One does not need a crystal ball to foresee a diminishing demand for property insurance and liability
The transaction does not include First State's specialty and health care programs. Those programs will remain with Hartford. The Hartford, Conn.-based firm said it was shedding a non-core operation
Merchants Insurance Group has introduced an excess and surplus line insurance company, Merchants National Insurance Co. The wholly-owned subsidiary began accepting new business on Feb. 1 in Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, Michigan, Mississippi, North
Gallagher said PartnerSource is a retail insurance broker and consultant specializing in the design, implementation and ongoing support of nonsubscription programs and will serve as an alternative
Specialty Insurance Agency in Brick, N.J., has expanded its restaurant and tavern program to include hotel and motel risks with or without restaurant exposures. The program targets risks up to five stories and includes $10 million property
Although Laura Mazzuca Toops, editor of our sister publication, American Agent & Broker, reported in our November edition that the red-hot agency acquisitions market had slowed, deals involving
To say it's a challenging time for restaurant operators right now may be the understatement of the year. Increases from vendors due to high gas prices, rising food costs and the implementation of new laws have all been eating away at the restaurant
For Florida's professional employer organizations (PEOs), these are the worst of times - and the best of times. The faltering economy means many of the small firms the PEOs usually count on for
Founded in 1929, California Insurance Center Inc. is a retail insurance broker offering risk management and commercial property-casualty insurance services to its large institutional and middle market
Venture Insurance Programs has launched the SuiteLife program as an all-lines solution for resort properties. SuiteLife combines the Preferred Club Program for golf and country clubs and the Venture Hospitality program for hotels and resorts.