Motorhome Hire NewsAustralia Regulator Blocks NAB's $12 Billion AXA Asia Pacific Bid
Australia's competition regulator has again blocked National Australia Bank's $12 billion bid for AXA Asia Pacific, dealing a blow to NAB's 9-month efforts to cement its dominance in the world's ... Aon Benfield Appoints Van Slooten to Head International Research Team
Aon Benfield has appointed Mike Van Slooten as head of the International Research team, which monitors and analyzes reinsurers and market trends.
He will be responsible for "organizing market ... Wylie Insurance Joins The Iroquois Group
Wylie Insurance of Modesto, Calif., has joined The Iroquois Group. According to agency principal Alisa Bierria-Wylie, Wylie Insurance was founded in 2007 and offers auto, home, life, health, ... Bolton & Co. Joins Benefit Advisors Network
Pasadena, Calif.-based Bolton & Co. has joined Benefit Advisors Network (BAN), a national network of independent benefit advisory and consulting companies.
To be admitted to BAN, firms go ... Car Booster Seats Make Gains in Insurance Testing
Car booster seats have made strides in ensuring a proper fit for children in the back seat, according to a review by the insurance industry.
The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety gave its top ... Departure of Insurer from Florida Points Up Fraud Problem
With a letter sent out a few weeks ago, Explorer Insurance announced that it will no longer write private automobile policies in Florida because there is too much fraud.
"The company is taking ... Lockton Names Cushard VP in San Francisco
Greg Cushard has joined Lockton in San Francisco as a vice president and producer, addition of an energy and transportation practice in that office.
Cushard has held business development and ... California Processes 15.5% Fewer Surplus Line Premiums
The Surplus Line Association of California has processed $1.9 billion in premium for the first six months of 2010, a decrease of 15.5 percent compared to the same period in 2009. The total number ... Fitch Revises U.S. P/C Industry Outlook to Stable
Fitch has revised its sector outlook on the U.S. property/casualty insurance industry to stable from negative for both the commercial lines and personal lines sectors. The ratings agency says that ... RLJ Companies Acquires Equity Stake in AV International
The RLJ Companies (RLJ) has entered into an equity arrangement with AV International LLC (AVI), a minority business insurance firm providing services for state government, municipal and corporate ... U.S. RE Analytics Names Kutsina as Managing Director
Anya Kutsina has been named managing director of U.S. RE Analytics LLC, a subsidiary of U.S. RE Companies Inc., an international financial services and reinsurance brokerage group.
Kutsina has ... Mayor Says Leesville, Louisiana Fire Protection Rating at Risk
Leesville, La., officials say one of the city's fire pumps is broken, the other was shut down after it burst a 12-inch pipe, and 17 hydrants need repairs or replacement.
Mayor Robert Rose says ... Arkansas Fire Chiefs: It's Harder to Get Volunteers
Rural fire chiefs in Arkansas say they are finding it harder to recruit younger members to be part of rural fire departments.
The time commitment coupled with the lack of financial benefits is ... Florida's Citizens Says Sinkhole Claims Forcing Proposed Rate Hike
At a hearing yesterday before the Florida Office of Insurance Regulation, Citizens Property Insurance Corp. officials blamed sinkholes as the major reason the public insurer needs a rate ... Marmarth, N.D., Dike Decertified by Feds
Federal officials have decertified a dike that for half a century has protected the southwest North Dakota town of Marmarth from flooding by the Little Missouri River.
That means Marmarth will be ... | 
