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Article: Cedar Rapids, Iowa-Based Insurer Closes New Orleans Location.
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- Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
- Article date:
- March 31, 2004
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By George C. Ford, The Gazette, Cedar Rapids, Iowa Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
Mar. 31--United Fire & Casualty Co. is closing a regional office in New Orleans and consolidating its business with the company's regional office in Galveston, Texas.
The Cedar Rapids-based insurer said Tuesday that the administrative and underwriting operations of the New Orleans office will be transferred to Galveston.
United Fire plans to maintain a regional claims office in New Orleans.
The New Orleans regional office employs 81 and serves agents in Alabama, Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi and Tennessee. United Fire plans to offer 23 ...