By Dustin Mitchell on 01-07-2011
Chicago, May 20, 2011 – Ryan Specialty Group, LLC announced today that it agreed to a trading partnership with Beazley Group under which Beazley will continue to offer insurance products to targeted long term care facilities in the U.S. through a program underwritten by RSG Underwriting Managers, and trading under the name Sapphire Blue. The company also announced that it has acquired from Beazley the renewal rights and certain related assets of Beazley’s U.S. long term care insurance portfolio. Adrian Cox, Head of Specialty Lines at Beazley, says, “We are pleased to enter into this long-term relationship with RSG and Patrick Ryan, whose long-standing ties with Lloyd’s are widely known. We look Read more…
By Dustin Mitchell on 23-06-2011
Atlanta, GA – June 7, 2011 – Starr Aviation Agency, Inc. , a member of Starr Companies, is pleased to announce that Brian McBride has joined the company as Senior Vice President of Underwriting. Brian is based in Atlanta and will assume leadership responsibility for Starr Aviation’s USA Airline portfolio for which he has long been a highly respected leading market underwriter for this core class of the aviation sector. Brian brings over 32 years of specialized aviation underwriting and senior level management experience to the company. Bill Eason, President of Starr Aviation, commented “we are happy to have Brian join our underwriting and management team as we continue to build our aviation portfolio. The essence of our organization’s success is leadership and commitment. Both qualities are demonstrated and exemplified by the people of our organization. We welcome Brian to our team and look forward to working more closely with our customers and brokers utilizing his experiences and talents to forge solutions to the challenges which confront our customers daily.” Starr Companies, comprised of C. V. Starr & Co., Inc. Read more…
By Dustin Mitchell on 23-06-2011
The Second City, Birmingham was always on the forefront of industrial development and is known as the cradle of technological revolution that has given us so many things we regard as obvious today. This beautiful city is still one of the leading industrial and commercial centers in the UK and it’s not a surprise that Birmingham car insurance is quite a sensitive topic for many people living in the City of Thousand Trades and the surrounding areas. With so many new cars appearing on the road these days it’s obvious that car insurance will get costlier in Birmingham and there are fair reasons for that.
You have certainly seen all those new cars coming out of numerous dealer centers in the city. Read more…
By Dustin Mitchell on 22-06-2011
Earlier this month, comScore, Inc. released its 2011 Online Auto Insurance Report, the results of which pointed to the stabilization of online auto insurance activity by consumers in 2010 after the big growth that was seen in the sector in 2009.
From 2008 to 2009, there was tremendous growth in consumer auto insurance activity online, as consumers submitted 21 percent more auto insurance quotes online and purchased 22 percent more policies year-over-year in that span.
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With all the illegal activity that is happening on the internet, you need to make sure that as you set out to find a cheap life insurance policy, you know what you need to do to avoid falling victim to scams. Here are some tips.
First off, you need to make sure that you would be checking the background of the company that is selling the policy. This is especially applicable if the company is a new or a small one. However, it does not necessarily follow that newer and smaller insurance companies are shady just as it does not automatically mean that if you would be buying a policy from a larger and more popular company, you would be getting the best policy in the market. Read more…
By Kathryn Green on 22-06-2011
Almost one in three Britons are worried about being made redundant in the next 12 months, but if you think your job is under threat, there are ways to prepare for the worst. According to research by HSBC, 29% of workers feel their jobs are not secure, rising to 37% of public sector workers over the age of 55.
Looking further ahead, unemployment fears worsen, with 37% of people concerned about their job security over the next three years.
Older workers are once more carrying the biggest worry burden, with almost half of public sector workers over the age of 55, and more than a third of their private sector peers, feeling their jobs are insecure over that timeframe.
Richard Brown at HSBC said: “Many people are feeling insecure about their job prospects.
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