Chris Kiah, President & CEO, Christianne Dostie, Executive Vice President and Tim Currie, Assistant Vice President, Allstate Canada, joined Sheldon Leiba, President & CEO, Mississauga Board of Trade, and Frank Dale, Councillor, City of Mississauga, for the official grand opening of a new Allstate Insurance Agency in Mississauga. Earlier today, the Allstate officials opened another [...]

Are you the poster child for safe driving, always leaving plenty of space between you and the car ahead? Or a business traveler who parks your car at the airport several days a week? Or maybe you have a car that you only take out for a spin on warm summer days. If so, your [...]

Today, Chris Kiah, President & CEO, Christianne Dostie, Executive Vice President, and Tim Currie, Assistant Vice President, Allstate Canada, joined his worship, Mayor Ted Salci, Kim Craitor, MPP, Niagara Falls, and Joyce Morocco, Director of Sales for Niagara Falls Tourism and a local member of the Liberal Party of Canada for the official grand opening [...]

With the continuous instability of the stock market and diminishing returns on real estate investments, American families are growing increasingly anxious as each day continues to eat away at their life savings and investments.
This trend has had an unexpected effect on the insurance industry. Grand Rapids-based Paul Goebel Group, administrators of a wide range of [...]

Explorer Insurance Company, the auto insurance carrier and member company of ICW Group Insurance Companies, announced a pledge of $5,000 to benefit Big Brothers Big Sisters this holiday season. Explorer was drawn to support Big Brothers Big Sisters, the largest youth-mentoring organization in the United States in part because of their effective use of partnership [...]

AIG Commercial Insurance, announced that it will service all casualty insurance coverage for the public sector through its Lexington Insurance Company unit. Specifically, effective as of January 1, 2009, Lexington’s Casualty Division will manage the public entity commercial umbrella and excess casualty portfolio of AIG Specialty Excess, a division of AIG Excess Casualty, which along [...]

Nationwide, one of the country’s largest insurance, financial services and investment management organizations, announced today an agreement to become the “Official Insurance Provider” of the Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association (CIAA). This is a multi-year agreement that includes Nationwide serving as presenting sponsor of the CIAA Football Championship Game, sponsorship of the CIAA Men’s Tournament
Most Valuable [...]

Industrial Alliance Insurance and Financial Services Inc. (”Industrial Alliance”) and DundeeWealth Inc. (”DundeeWealth”) today announced the completion of a transaction, whereby Industrial Alliance has acquired DundeeWealth’s mutual fund advisory and insurance network of financial advisors who are registered in the Province of Quebec with the MFDA and/or the AMF.
Industrial Alliance and DundeeWealth announced their intentions [...]

In the January 3, 2009 Fiesta Bowl Parade, Farmers Arizona will soar to new heights!
A Farmers Insurance Group of Companies-sponsored float or balloon has been in the annual Fiesta Bowl Parade for over 15 years. This year a new customized car-balloon will fly in the Parade, sponsored by Farmers Arizona and proudly displaying the Farmers [...]

A.M. Best Co. has assigned a financial strength rating (FSR) of B+ (Good) and an issuer credit rating (ICR) of “bbb-” to Waco Fire and Casualty Insurance Company (Waco) (Atlanta, GA). The outlook assigned to both ratings is stable.
The ratings and outlook reflect Waco’s solid risk-adjusted capitalization and management’s near-term projections, which call for continued [...]