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N.J. bill would require notice when life policy lapses for non-payment
Legislation introduced in the New Jersey General Assembly would require life insurance carriers to notify policyholders and insurance agents when a policy is ready to lapse due to non-payment.
Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. is set to purchase Short Hills, N.J.-based brokerage firm Bollinger Insurance.
Potomac Insurance Network (PIN) held its annual PIN Roundtable recently in Linthicum, Md., drawing member agents from Maryland and the greater Washington, D.C., area.
The DC Health Benefit Exchange Authority is seeking applications from community organizations to act as “navigators” to educate and enroll individuals and small businesses in health insurance plans offered through the government-run insurance marketplace beginning Oct. 1.
The following personnel and company announcements appeared in a recent print issue of Insurance & Financial Advisor’s Maryland/D.C. Edition.
Chambers of Commerce Service Corporation (CCSC) announced that Penn National Insurance declared an 11% dividend for CCSC’s ChamberChoice Business Insurance program’s first year, which ended April 30, 2012.
Man posing as insurance salesman guilty of assaulting Mennonite women
A man posing as an insurance salesman who gained entry into a rural Pennsylvania home, tied up three elderly Mennonite women while ransacking the home and spouting hate toward their faith, pleaded guilty to assault and robbery.
The following personnel and company announcements appeared in a recent print issue of Insurance & Financial Advisor’s Virginia Edition.
Va. small business summit touches on health care changes
At the Virginia Governor’s Small Business Summit, an air of uncertainty filled the room as speakers addressed the anticipated changes that small business owners will experience as the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) gets ready to take effect in the new year.
Nearly one of four insurance claims related to Hurricane Sandy went unpaid, according research from the Newark, N.J., Star-Ledger.
DC Exchange seeks community groups to become navigators
Va. small business summit touches on health care changes
BlueCross of Western New York launches new small group health plan
N.J. bill would require notice when life policy lapses for non-payment
Morgan Stanley sues to prohibit brokers from courting others
SaveDaily.com to sell life insurance online
Gallagher seeks to acquire Bollinger Insurance
After Hurricane Sandy, thousands of claims in N.J., N.Y. remain unpaid
Bank insurance brokerage income drops in 2012, big banks to blame
