Burns & Wilcox, a Farmington Hills, Mich.-based national specialty insurance wholesaler, underwriter and managing general agent, has added Megan Medrano as underwriter in the company’s Los Angeles office. Medrano has expertise in sales and specializes in personal umbrella, homeowners insurance, …
Irvine, Calif.-based SullivanCurtisMonroe Insurance Services LLC has appointed Dan Vaughan senior vice president. Prior to joining the company, Vaughan was the senior vice president of Marsh Risk & Insurance Services in Newport Beach, Calif., and vice president of Willis Risk …
The Ohio state’s scandal-plagued fund for injured workers failed to aggressively investigate allegations of kickbacks and other schemes by managed care providers, The (Toledo) Blade reported recently. Since 2004, the Bureau of Workers’ Compensation has led 30 investigations, the newspaper …
Smith, Frank & Partners, a Dallas-based firm specializing in financial planning, wealth strategies, investment advisory services and human resource outsourcing services for high net worth individuals and mid-market companies, announced a joint venture with Dallas/Fort Worth-based Roach Howard Smith & …
Oklahoma Attorney General Drew Edmondson recently issued a consumer alert warning customers of First State Bank in Ketchum about a scam currently being perpetrated in the area. Edmondson issued the warning after the bank received about 10 complaints from customers …
Hurricanes and flu outbreaks wouldn’t seem to have much in common. But Florida officials say that if a global outbreak of influenza emerges, sickening millions, many of the lessons learned responding to storms would help them deal with the pandemic. …
Consumers should be reminded to update their homeowners insurance policies to cover any big-ticket items they may receive as holiday gifts, Pennsylvania Insurance Commissioner Diane Koken recently advised. “Standard homeowners, renters and condominium insurance policies often include only limited coverage …
Vermont officials are looking to ride the latest wave in captive insurance company formations– companies looking to reinsure life insurance policies. The Vermont Department of Banking, Insurance, Securities and Health Care Administration has scheduled a Jan. 4 hearing in Montpelier …
Driver death rates in minicars are higher than in any other vehicle category and more than double the death rates in midsize and large cars, a new study shows. For the first time, the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety has …
John Campbell and Mark Bradway have joined PWIB, a wholesale insurance broker headquartered in Atlanta. Both will be located in the New York, N.Y. office. Campbell has been named assistant vice president in the property department and Bradway has been …
