Hawkeye-Security Insurance, a member of Liberty Mutual Group, recently announced the recent appointment of six new agencies to its group of independent agents in Missouri. The following appointments broaden Hawkeye-Security Insurance’s personal and small-to-medium size commercial lines business in the …
Seventy-six-year Florida resident, American Society of Safety Engineers’ professional member and chemist Edwin Granberry Jr., urged officials to provide the same level of workplace safety protection for the estimated 8.5 million state and local government workers that other U.S. workers …
Tens of thousands of Florida motorists will get compensation under a $50 million class-action settlement approved this week over the alleged illegal purchase of their motor vehicle records by a bank from the state government. U.S. District Judge Daniel T.K. …
The Atkins diet is protected by the First Amendment against the claims of a Florida man who said the low-carbohydrate meal plan was dangerous and to blame for his heart troubles, a federal judge in New York ruled this week. …
Airline pilots should be required to follow specific procedures to make sure their airplane takes off on the right runway, federal safety investigators said this week. The National Transportation Safety Board recommendation results from its investigation of an Aug. 27 …
The Independent Insurance Agents of Austin and the Texas Surplus Lines Association Inc. announced joined efforts recently to collect food and money for the Capital Area Food Bank in Austin, Texas. Food and money were collected at the IIAA Christmas …
MarketScout, the Dallas, Texas-based eInsurance Exchange, announced Neal Odom has joined the firm as vice president of Finance. Odom will direct MarketScout’s expanding finance and accounting operations and will work directly with MarketScout’s executive team in managing the distribution of …
The Texas Department of Insurance, Division of Workers’ Compensation announced it has approved new training for designated doctors in the Texas workers’ compensation system while improving the scheduling of doctor assignments with injured employees. Commissioner of Workers’ Compensation Albert Betts …
A homeowner has filed a lawsuit claiming that Louisiana Citizens Property Insurance Corp. is insolvent and should be barred from raising its rates. Calvin Gordon Sr., of New Orleans, said that because Citizens, the state’s insurer of last resort in …
Federal recovery czar Donald Powell says he plans to meet with St. Paul Travelers Companies Inc. about the company’s recent decision not to renew commercial property insurance policies in southern Louisiana. During a meeting at The Times-Picayune of New Orleans, …
