Utah

• Industry Applauds Nelson Selection at NAIC

  By Arthur D. Postal and Elizabeth D. Festa  |  January 22, 2013

  Insurance interests in Washington are both publicly and privately ecstatic over the decision of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners to name former Nebraska Sen. Ben Nelson as its new chief executive officer.

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  American Family Completes Buy of Direct-Auto Insurer, The General

  By Chad Hemenway, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  January 4, 2013

  Super-regional insurer American Family Insurance says it has closed on the acquisition of a “high decorated” direct auto insurance provider.

• Toyota Poised to Move Past Legal Troubles; Announces $1.1B Settlement over Acceleration Issue

  By Ben Klayman, Reuters, Casey Sullivan, Reuters  |  December 28, 2012

  Toyota Motor Corp eliminated a huge obstacle with a U.S. settlement over unintended acceleration in its cars and trucks, leaving it to fight smaller cases that will be harder for plaintiffs to prove and less likely to damage the company's growing sales.

• Kiser Named as Next Utah Insurance Commissioner

  By Arthur D. Postal, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  December 26, 2012

  Utah has named Todd Kiser, a retiring state legislator, as that state’s new insurance commissioner.

• Illinois Moves to Give Drivers' Licenses to Illegal Immigrants

  By Joanne von Alroth, Reuters  |  December 6, 2012

  Illinois took a major step on Tuesday toward granting drivers licenses to illegal immigrants, which would make it the most populous U.S. state to allow undocumented migrants to legally drive.

• The Continuum of Compliance

  By Kathy Donovan  |  November 30, 2012

  What's in store for the 2013 legislative and regulatory landscape? A quick recap of significant updates in 2012 may offer a glimpse to claims professionals.

• Hires and Promotions at Philadelphia, Zurich, Sterling, Markel and More - Around the Industry

  By Staff Writer  |  November 13, 2012

  IDP acquires NSU, Marsh & McLennan acquires The Protector Group. New programs from All Risks and Continental Underwriters. Certified Program Leader designations and 2011 Variance Prize winners announced. Applied Systems released TAM 12. Candy Holland appointed to deputy president of Chartered Institute of Loss Adjusters.

• NRRA Update: NIMA Clearinghouse Now Up and Operational in 6 Jurisdictions

  By Arthur D. Postal, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  October 15, 2012

  The Nonadmitted Insurance Multistate Agreement (NIMA), the surplus-lines revenue-sharing agreement supported by five states and Puerto Rico, began Phase 2 of its implementation schedule on Oct. 1.

• Bed & Breakfast Market Warms Up With New Coverage Opportunities

  By Bonnie Cavanaugh  |  September 17, 2012

  As B&B owners find new ways to differentiate themselves, they’re also creating new exposures and opening new business for savvy agents and brokers.

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  Top 5 and Bottom 5 Safest Driving Cities in the U.S.

  By Caterina Pontoriero, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  September 10, 2012

  Allstate ranks the 200 largest U.S. cities with the safest drivers.

• Onshore Captive Domiciles Gaining Ground

  By Anya Khalamayzer, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  August 27, 2012

  The years of dominance enjoyed by offshore captive domiciles may be coming to an end as more captive formations move onshore into the United States and Europe, says a report from the Insurance Information Institute (I.I.I.).

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  Insurance Captives Finding Home Onshore

  By Anya Khalamayzer, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  August 17, 2012

  The years of dominance enjoyed by off-shore captive domiciles may be coming to an end as more captive formations move onshore into the United States and Europe, says a report from the Insurance Information Institute.

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  Cruising: Top 10 Summer Cars Show America’s Love Affair with the Automobile

  By Laura Packard  |  August 15, 2012

  As summer winds down, take a look at favorite collector cars and how agents can start a prospect conversation about car collecting.

• A Pro-Business Revolution?

  By Joe Thesing  |  July 29, 2012

  2012 legislation lays the groundwork for the real work ahead

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  Insurance Claims Mount from Colorado Wildfires

  By Anya Khalamayzer, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  July 6, 2012

  The claims numbers are rolling in as insurers and homeowners begin the painful process of inspecting what remains of the devastation left from the Colorado wildfires that at their height forced 32,000 people to evacuate their homes and left one insurance executive describing his own brush with loss.

• AJG Leads Broker Acquisitions

  By Mark E. Ruquet, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  July 5, 2012

  Merger and acquisition activity for insurance brokers remained busy through the month of June as Arthur J. Gallagher led the way announcing three acquisitions.