News For: Washington business Insurance23-09-2008: PacMas��� sale of insurance arm still on track KUALA LUMPUR: PacificMas Bhd is still keen on divesting its insurance business despite the failed talks with OSK Holdings Bhd. Negotiations between the two parties were called off last Friday because they could not agree on the pricing. Delos Insurance Group Appoints Shettle as Chairman Delos Insurance Group, a leader in program business insurance, today announced the appointment of John Shettle as Non-Executive Chairman of the Board of Directors, effective immediately. He succeeds Detlef Steiner whose retirement was announced in July 2008. Rising health insurance costs outpace income: report WASHINGTON Wisconsin workers who have trimmed family budgets to pay health insurance premiums already know the costs have risen, but they may be shocked to learn by how much. Brightway Insurance Earns a Spot on the INC 5000 The latest edition of the INC 5000 released by the New York-based business magazine Inc. has made it official -Brightway Insurance is one of the fastest growing privately held property and casualty insurance agency in the country. Delos Insurance Group Appoints Shettle as Chairman NEW YORK----Delos Insurance Group, a leader in program business insurance, today announced the appointment of John Shettle as Non-Executive Chairman of the Board of Directors, effective immediately. Ike Gives Insurance Locals Their Own Issues HOUSTON--Work is not easy for insurance people in Houston. It involves the juggling of personal crises, some dire, with clients' business exigencies, some just as dire. Maryland's IWIF Forms Public Entity, Direct Business Team Maryland's IWIF Workers' Compensation Insurance recently formed a strategic business team to support its public entity and direct business, which includes approximately 7,400 accounts. The 22-mem Genworth Financial Schedules U.S. Mortgage Insurance Investor Call Genworth Financial, Inc. will hold a conference call on September 25, 2008 at 4:30 p.m. to provide an update regarding its U.S. Mortgage Insurance business. The material for this call will be posted on the company's website at approximately 4:00 p.m. . WIBA board of directors decides to continue insurance offering, despite member concerns The Wichita Independent Business Association will continue to offer lines of business insurance through a member, even though a group of independent insurers say the offering is unfair and puts them in competition with WIBA. Insurance Broker/Charity Exec Quits; Lawyer Says He's Innocent The top executive of a Utah-based children's charity has resigned, the same day he was in court on felony charges related to his insurance business. James Larry Hall II was president and CEO of Chi |



