The Hanover Insurance Group has opened a new branch office in Charlotte, N.C. As an independent agency company, The Hanover claims to offers a comprehensive solution, enabling its agents to provide a broad range of products and services to address

American International Group Inc. has acquired all outstanding shareholdings of Ascot Underwriting Holdings Ltd. not currently owned by AIG. Ascot is the managing agency of AIG's Lloyd's Syndicate 1414. AIG previously held a 40 percent

The National Conference of Insurance Legislators' resolution that supports state regulation of the use of credit information in personal insurance was adopted July 11 at the NCOIL Summer Meeting in New York. The NCOIL resolution, sponsored by

But those property-casualty writers that are geographically concentrated in the affected states--especially those focused on Indiana, Illinois, Iowa and Wisconsin--may have proportionately higher losses

The House has passed the Community Building Code Administration Grant Act, a national program that provides awards to local governments for building code administration and enforcement. It also allows local and state authority to maintain and enforce

Networks Financial Institute at Indiana State University has launched an online resource that addresses issues driving insurance regulation and reform. Their Web site, www.networksfinancialinstitute.org/, provides resources relevant to

Wells Fargo Insurance Services Inc., the insurance brokerage subsidiary of Wells Fargo & Company, has acquired American Med-Scan Inc. Financial terms were not released. Fred Day, one of the founders of American Med-Scan, and his team will

Leaning Birch Software announced Fountainhead, a new product that will allow insurance entities to construct personal or commercial products and deploy them in a fraction of the time normally spent. Features include an elegant and high