ICW Group Insurance Companies, which partners with 3,800 agents and brokers across the United States, is now offering workers’ compensation insurance in the state of Illinois.
The super-regional carrier’s industry-leading claims services and forward-thinking risk management has helped thousands of companies create a safe and productive work environment, while lowering the costs associated with workers’ compensation [...]

First Horizon Msaver has received the 2009 Model Bank Award in Healthcare Banking from Celent, a Boston-based financial research and consulting firm.
First Horizon Msaver was named a model healthcare bank for its Employer Funding Portal, which is used by employers to deposit employee payroll deductions and employer contributions into individual health savings accounts (HSAs).
The [...]

CS STARS LLC, the industry’s leading provider of risk management technology, announced that it has formed a strategic alliance with Gould & Lamb, a nationally acclaimed provider of Medicare Secondary Payer (MSP) compliance services and Mandatory Insurer Reporting (MIR) compliance.
Through its strategic alliance with Gould & Lamb, CS STARS now offers an end-to-end solution for [...]

PRNewswire For the third straight year, ProAssurance Corporation has been recognized by The Ward Group as one of the 50 top performing property/casualty insurance companies in America.
The Ward Group identified the best performing property-casualty insurance companies in America by analyzing the financial performance of more than 3,000 insurance companies during the years 2004 to [...]

Hughes Insurance, the largest independent broker for car insurance in Northern Ireland, has recorded a number of incidents where motorists have had their insurance policy renewal declined by their existing provider. The incidents indicate that certain insurance providers are ‘redlining’ specific areas in Northern Ireland – including Newry.
‘Redlining’ is the practice of denying services, such [...]

Drivers under 21 are frequently horrified by the huge premiums quoted by insurance companies when they buy their first car. A 17 year old male driver will pay up to nine times more than a 25 year old to insure a similar car, in the same post code area; and fourteen times more than a [...]

PartnerRe Ltd.announced that David Zwiener has been appointed to fill a vacancy on its Board of Directors effective July 7, 2009.
Mr. Zwiener, aged 54, is an experienced insurance industry executive. Between 2000 and 2007 Mr. Zwiener was President and Chief Operating Officer of the property and casualty operations at Hartford Financial Services Group Inc. In [...]

AssuranceAmerica Corporation announced that John M. Mongelli has joined AssuranceAmerica Corporation as its Senior Vice President of Finance. John will also assume the role of Chief Financial Officer on August 16, following the filing of the company’s June 30, 2009 Quarterly Report. John was formerly the Vice President and Corporate Treasurer of ChoicePoint, Inc.
According [...]

Fitch Ratings has affirmed its ratings on Flagstone Reinsurance Holdings, Ltd. and subsidiaries (collectively Flagstone) and removed the ratings from Rating Watch Negative. The Rating Outlook is Stable. (A full list of ratings is included at the end of this release.)
Fitch’s rating actions reflects its view that Flagstone is no longer actively pursuing the [...]

Olympus Managed Health Care Inc., a leading provider of health care claims administration and cost containment services, announced today that Steve Stoute, a veteran insurance industry executive, has been appointed to the company’s Board of Advisors. The Board establishes and manages the strategic direction of the company.
Stoute brings nearly 50 years of insurance industry experience [...]