National Interstate Insurance Company Launches Commercial Vehicle Insurance.
RICHFIELD, Ohio, Nov. 15 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- National Interstate Corporation announced today that its principal insurance subsidiary National Interstate Insurance Company has added a commercial vehicle product to its offering. The new product line, initially launched in Ohio, is designed to insure vehicles used by small businesses and artisan contractors...

Detariffing to hit insurers' profits from underwriting.
Byline: Debjoy Sengupta KOLKATA: General insurers are set to witness a dip in underwriting profits as the industry is detariffed in January '07.Detariffing will allow insurers to price their own products. Result: downward price adjustments in categories like fire, engineering and passenger vehicles to protect market share....

Tiger Truck Introduces Largest Capacity Off-Road Truck.
DALLAS, Dec. 15 /PRNewswire/ -- Tiger Truck began deliveries of the Champ 4500 today. This full-sized truck has a true useful load of more than 3,300 lbs. The cargo bed of the 2-door standard cab model is a generous 103" x 62" with no wheel hump and is easily...

Irda may pull up insurers for cold-shouldering the elderly.
Byline: Priti Patnaik NEW DELHI: Senior citizens and their ilk who have so far been denied easy access to health insurance policies can now hope to get a fair deal, with the regulator planning to pull up PSU insurers for their alleged apathy towards them. ...

Govt general insurers seek to standardise medical care costs.
KOLKATA: Leading public sector general insurers are examining the possibility of nationally standardising the cost of medical care for known diseases, at least for patients covered under Mediclaim policies. For starters, they have advocated setting up of a regulator to standardise the cost of medical treatment. ...

Pointer Telocation Unveils Its Growth Strategy; In The Process to Expand Through Acquisitions.
Pointer Telocation Raises Guidance for Y2006 and Provides First Time Guidance for Y2007 Revenues and Profitability GIVATAYIM, Israel, December 21 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Pointer Telocation Ltd.(Nasdaq Capital Market: PNTR), announced today its growth strategy as well as its guidance for 2006 and 2007 annual financial results. ...

Maximize lubricant storage efficiency: five key factors form the foundation of efficient inventory management.
Maintaining an efficient inventory management strategy is a valuable way for fleet managers to save money and time. When addressing inventory management, you must consider several major factors. Perhaps the most important is recognizing that inventory costs extend well beyond the initial purchase price of materials. [ILLUSTRATION...

Canal Insurance Company Selects Trumbull Services to Provide Subrogation Management Solution.
COLUMBIA, S.C., Dec. 12 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Trumbull Services, a leading provider of insurance solutions to the property and casualty industry, today announced an agreement with Canal Insurance Company for Subrooutsource(R), a comprehensive outsourcing solution that will allow Canal to place their subrogation claims with Trumbull for resolution. ...

Nationwide Mutual Pursues Lawsuit Against Tri-Continental Exchange Ltd.
COLUMBUS, Ohio, Feb. 19 /PRNewswire/ -- Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company recently was granted a preliminary injunction in federal court against Robert Brown, Tri-Continental Exchange Ltd., Combines Services Ltd. and 11 other defendants, located in the United States and offshore, for trademark infringement and dilution. Following...

SiGEM and WirelessCar To Market Global Telematics Solution.
Alliance expected to further accelerate telematics growth OTTAWA, Canada, April 11 /PRNewswire/ - SiGEM Inc. (TSE:GPS), a world leader in GPS-based vehicle location tracking systems and WirelessCar, a global business- to-business provider of integrated telematics services, today announced their intention to form a strategic alliance...