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Washington Workplace Violence-Related Deaths Climbed in 2009
The slayings last year of six law enforcement officers, as well as several workplace suicides, caused deaths due to workplace violence to spike upward in Washington State, the Department of Labor …
Bithell Named Farmers Insurance VP and Chief Underwriting Officer
Los Angeles-based Farmers Insurance Group of Companies has appointed
Union General Insurance Offers Vacant Market to California Producers
Union General Insurance Services Inc.
Obama’s Budget Shows Only Modest Changes in Health Reforms
The Obama administration's latest spending plan calls for modest changes to the U.S. health care system but does little to incorporate sweeping moves called for Democrats' larger plan to increase …
USG Adds Two to Pennsylvania Staff
USG Insurance Services Inc, a national wholesale broker of commercial insurance, has promoted
Farm, Insurance Loss Estimates from Florida Freeze Still Weeks Away
It will still be weeks, into March and April, before the full extent of crop damage and insurance payments from Florida’s recent extended freeze will be known. While Florida’s citrus …
Massachusetts Woman Dies After Being Struck by Fire Hose
An 82-year-old Massachusetts woman struck by a fire hose that had come loose from a Cambridge fire engine that was responding to call has died.
Bermuda Signs Tax Pact with Japan
Bermuda's Minister of Finance, the Hon. Paula A
LWCC Promotes Mouton and Toups to Manager Positions
Louisiana Workers’ Compensation Corporation (LWCC) has promoted two of its experienced professionals to managerial positions. Brent Toups is the new agency relations manager, and Karen …
Catastrophe Declaration Clears Way for Emergency Adjusters in Oklahoma
In the wake of massive ice storms that virtually shut down the state of Oklahoma in late January, Insurance Commissioner Kim Holland has declared a state of emergency that allows the commissioner …
White House Budget Takes Small Steps on Health Care Reform
With plans to pass sweeping health care reform stalled in Congress, the White House is targeting smaller efforts to improve the nation's health care system, such as increasing use of cheaper, …
McDermott, Benner Head Florida Insurance Commissioner Media Staff
Florida Insurance Commissioner Kevin McCarty announced staff changes on the communications staff for the Office of Insurance Regulation. Jack McDermott has been appointed director of …
Chemical Leaks at West Virginia DuPont Plant Appear Unrelated
Three recent chemical leaks at a West Virginia DuPont plant, one of which killed a worker, don't appear to be related, a federal investigator said. U.S. Chemical Safety Board investigator Johnnie …
Torus Appoints Groth Group Chief Risk Officer
Torus has appointed Carl Groth as Group Chief Risk Officer with immediate effect. He is based in New Jersey and reports to Chief Executive Clive Tobin.
Maine Chicken Barn Fire Kills 72,000 Birds
Maine fire officials say they'll probably never know the cause of a fire that killed 72,000 chickens in a barn in Belfast. The fire early Thursday morning destroyed a three-story, 500-foot poultry …
Louisiana Insurance Department Appoints Cherry to Direct Public Affairs
Louisiana Commissioner of Insurance Jim Donelon has named Lori Joubert Cherry to serve as Deputy Commissioner of Public Affairs where she will manage the department’s public relations …
North Dakota’s Pomeroy Says He’d Decline Insurance Lobbying Post
North Dakota Rep. Earl Pomeroy, who has been mentioned as a potential president of a Washington organization that represents life insurance companies, said he would not accept the position. “If …
New York-based Equity Firm Invests $20M in Michigan Brokerage
Greenhill Capital Partners LLC announced it has invested $20 million in Acrisure LLC, a Midwest insurance brokerage company headquartered in Grand Rapids, Mich. Formed in 2005, Acrisure has …
Congress to Probe Toyota Recalls
Congressional investigators Thursday sought documents from Toyota Motor Corp and U.S. safety regulators about a pair of safety recalls the automaker was racing to address.
2010 Will Challenge Calif. Insurance Agents, But Bright Spots Ahead
In 2009, independent insurance agents and brokers faced a “perfect storm” of economic downturn, premiums were a fraction of what they used to be, unemployment and home foreclosure …
Mississppi Judge in Scruggs’ Downfall Looks Back on Career
Outside Mississippi's 3rd Judicial District, Henry Lackey is best known as the judge whose integrity and intrepidness led to the downfall of famed trial lawyer Dickie Scruggs and several …
IBA West Pacific Northwest Chapter Joins Big ‘I’ Washington
Insurance Brokers and Agents of the West (IBA West) has disbanded its Pacific Northwest Chapter and joined forces with the Independent Insurance Agents and Brokers of Washington (Big “I” …
Mandatory Seat Belt Bills Clear Virginia Senate
The Virginia Senate has passed a bill to allow police to pull over and ticket drivers for not wearing a seat belt.
Zurich Eyes Brazil Growth
Swiss Insurer Zurich Financial Services
Obama Job Drive Earns Business Plaudits at Davos
Wall Street executives welcomed U.S.
New York City Traffic Fatalities at Lowest Level Since 1910
Traffic fatalities in New York City fell to the lowest level last year in nearly a century. Mayor Michael Bloomberg said Wednesday there were 256 traffic deaths in 2009, the fewest since records …
Hales Reports Brokerage M&As Down 40% in 2009; Expects Better 2010
A prolonged soft market coupled with the worst economic period since the Great Depression as well as uncertainty related to national health care reform, caused insurance brokerage buyers and …
Political, Financial Risk Levels Continue High in 2010, Says Aon
Political and financial instability remain a feature of the business landscape as a result of the recession, according to Aon Risk Services, the global risk management and insurance brokerage …
Insurance Agents 40-and-Younger: What Are YOU Thinking? Exclusive Young Agents Survey
Young property/casualty insurance agents and brokers across the U.S.
Liberty International Underwriters Restructures U.S. Specialty Casualty Unit
Liberty International Underwriters (LIU), a division of Liberty Mutual Group, restructured its U.S. Specialty Casualty unit. The following organizational changes are effective immediately: Carl …
