Mark Gibbons has joined the Intercare Holdings Insurance Services (Intercare) effective March 15, 2011 as Vice President of Business Development. His responsibilities will include sales development for the west coast and the national claim services market.
Gibbons brings over 20 years’ experience in the property and casualty business to his new role. His prior responsibilities have [...]

neBeacon Insurance Group today introduced OneBeacon Entertainment as the trade name for its entertainment, sports and leisure business. OneBeacon Entertainment also encompasses Entertainment Brokers International Insurance Services (”EBI”), a managing general agency that OneBeacon acquired in July 2008. The overall business segment has operated under the EBI name since the company’s inception in 1989.
“We [...]

Bakerjian Insurance Services (BIS) has announced the launch of a new insurance product designed to protect lenders against potential damage from repurchase demands. Called “Lenders Misrepresentation Insurance™” (LMI™), the policy compensates the lender if the loan is put back by their investor because of material financial misrepresentation in the borrower’s loan file.
“Lenders are vulnerable to [...]

Zurich North America Commercial’s Accident & Health (A&H) group and Presidio Reinsurance Group announced today their formation of a strategic relationship to provide a broad range of risk-relief programs to the health care market.
As industry leaders with a long-term commitment to the accident and health industry, Zurich and Presidio will leverage their extensive portfolio of [...]

Wells Fargo Insurance Services is proud to announce that its Indianapolis, Ind. office received the distinguished Gold Premier Partner status from Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield.
We’re truly honored to receive this award from Anthem,” said Pam Kirk, managing executive of benefits from the Indianapolis, Ind. office. “We want to personally thank Anthem for their [...]

This week, as congressional leaders debate legislation designed to reform the nation’s healthcare system, eHealth, Inc’s. Chairman and CEO Gary Lauer discussed the organization’s commitment to helping enroll the 47 million Americans who are uninsured. Additionally, eHealth released its policy recommendations, which are based on its proven success in connecting nearly two million Americans to [...]

Denver-based NetQuote announced today that it has selected Fairfax, Va.-based Latisys, a leading provider of data center, managed hosting and managed services, for the colocation of NetQuote’s business-critical Web infrastructure. NetQuote, a leading online insurance marketplace, provides pertinent insurance-related content, services and tools to consumers of insurance services to more than 25 million users spanning [...]

Insurance industry in the markets of South East Europe remains very fragmented and with numerous limitations to free flow of capital. However, it is bound to continue its astonishing development and is regarded to be one of the most important future markets for European companies. Insurance premium
growth rates, already double-double digit figures in most [...]

SeaBright Insurance Holdings, Inc. announced today that it plans to release financial results for the fourth quarter and year ended December 31, 2008, after the close of market trading on Tuesday, February 24, 2009. Management will host a conference call on the same day at 4:30 p.m. Eastern Time featuring remarks by John G. Pasqualetto, [...]

StanCorp Financial Group, Inc.reported net income for the fourth quarter of 2008 of $0.49 per diluted share, compared to $1.21 per diluted share for the fourth quarter of 2007. Net income for the same periods was $24.0 million and $60.5 million, respectively. After-tax net capital losses were $35.0 million for the fourth quarter of 2008, [...]