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  • Intellectual Property Risk Strategy for Startups and Small Companies: InventProâ„¢ Abatement Insurance

    Louisville, KY (March 7, 2013) – Intellectual Property Insurance Services Corporation (IPISC) has launched its latest IP insurance product, InventProâ„¢ Abatement Insurance, an affordable IP insurance starter plan, designed specifically to help inventors and small companies enforce their IP rights and to protect their innovations from the predatory business practices of some companies.

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  • General Star Launches High Value Homeowners Program

    March 6, 2013 – General Star Management Co. has launched a high value homeowners program. Effective March 1, the product is offered through All Risks, Ltd, the program administrator for this new facility.

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  • SPARTA Insurance Announces Ralph Jones as Chief Executive Officer and Brian First as President and Chief Operating Officer

    Hartford, Connecticut – February 25, 2013. SPARTA Insurance Holdings, Inc. is pleased to announce the appointments of Ralph E. Jones, III as Chief Executive Officer and Brian D. First as President and Chief Operating Officer effective today.

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  • Zurich North America names Roger Brunner Head of Programs

    Schaumburg, Ill., February 26, 2013 – Zurich, a leading commercial property and casualty insurer, globally and in North America, announced the appointment of Roger Brunner as Head of Programs, a key component of the company’s Programs & Direct Markets business.

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  • Mechanic Group News: New Liability Program

    Pearl River, NY (February 25, 2013) – Allied World U.S. and The Mechanic Group, Inc. have entered into an agreement to provide primary and excess liability insurance products to private security, electronic security-alarm and investigation firms.

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  • Trinity Underwriting Managers Announces Commercial Auto Program

    February 26, 2013 – Trinity Underwriting Managers, Inc. (TUMI), a Georgia-based program administrator, has expanded its commercial auto capabilities. TUMI has established a relationship with an “A” rated carrier that underwrites business auto classes including, but not limited to: garbage trucks, cement mixers, dump trucks, contractors, food & beverage distributors, lunch trucks, catering operations, household…

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  • PPIB Taps Schoenthal as Underwriting and Production Manager

    February 21, 2013 – Professional Program Insurance Brokerage (PPIB) has promoted Jennifer Schoenthal to the position of Underwriting and Production Manager for their agency.

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  • GMI Insurance Hires Seasoned Transportation Underwriter – Angela Milks Joins Valley Forge-Based GMI as Underwriting Director

    Valley Forge, PA, January 23, 2013 – GMI Insurance, a leading managing general agency specializing in commercial transportation exposures, has named Angela Milks as its Underwriting Director. Milks has more than a decade of experience writing and evaluating transportation risks for National Interstate Insurance Company.

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  • David Richard Named President of FARA

    PARSIPPANY, N.J., (February 13, 2013) – York Risk Services Group. Inc. (York), a premier national provider of claims-management, specialized loss adjusting, insurance pool administration and other insurance services, today announced that David Richard will assume the position of President of F.A. Richard and Associates (FARA), a York Risk Services Company.

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  • Swett & Crawford Acquires Southern Hospitality Underwriters of Georgia

    February 11, 2013 – In an expansion of its specialized program business, Swett & Crawford has acquired the assets of Griffin, Georgia -based Southern Hospitality Underwriters Inc. (SHU), a regional firm specializing in business insurance for the limited service hotel/motel space.

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  • Cyber Threats among issues to be addressed by Former US Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman at TMPAA Mid Year Meeting

    Wilmington, DE (January 2013) — Admiral Mike Mullen, USN (Ret.) will address the Target Markets Program Administrators Association (TMPAA) at their Mid Year Meeting and discuss his belief that the nation’s financial health is directly related to our national security.  Mullen will discuss the range of threats that the U.S. faces, including the vulnerability to…

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  • Aceco Launches a Newly Designed Website

    Denver, CO (January 17, 2013)—ACECO Hole-in-One Insurance, a program of OnPoint Underwriting, announced today the launch of its newly redesigned website; www.ACECOinsurance.com.

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