Commercial Lines

Michael L. Cotton has been named president, national health plans, at WellCare Health Plans, Inc.

Neither the Florida Senate nor the House seem able to achieve consensus on the numerous insuranced-related bills floating around Tallahassee.

Lewis & Clark LTC RRG, Inc., of Atlanta, a national provider of liability insurance to long-term care facilities, has merged with Sophia Palmer Nurses RRG, Inc.

The Florida Municipal Insurance Trust (FMIT), a nonprofit insurance provider for government entities in Florida, has released results of its 2009-2010 business cycle.

National Underwriter's Property & Casualty Web site has changed.The new URL is www.Property-Casualty.com--complete with enhanced options to give readers more opportunity to access NU content and offer feedback.

It's time for independent agencies that do an outstanding job selling insurance and providing risk management services for their clients to prepare their entries for the National Underwriter 2009 "Commercial Insurance Agency Of The Year" award program.