Oregon Gov. Ted Kulongoski is renewing a once-defeated legislative proposal to impose a new sales tax on Oregon drivers that will raise auto insurance premiums by millions of dollars, according to Kenton Brine, Northwest Regional manager for the Property Casualty …
Risk Management Solutions, Newark, Calif., announced that Mary Lou Zoback has joined the firm as vice president of earthquake risk applications. A 28-year veteran of the United States Geological Survey (USGS), Zoback is a geophysicist recognized for her work on …
The Iroquois Group announced that Edwin Knott has joined the company as a regional manager to serve member agents in Colorado and the Rocky Mountain Region. Previously, he was a business consultant at Ernst & Young and BearingPoint. After 15 …
Oklahoma State University officials are considering a proposal to ban all tobacco products at the school. Smoking is already banned with 25 feet of buildings on the Stillwater campus, but university leaders are looking for ways to promote health, slow …
Higginbotham & Associates announced it has added Account Executive Cynthia Brown to its Austin, Texas, office to provide commercial clients with employee benefit plan brokerage and account support. Brown, who is maintaining her Waco, Texas, residence of 19 years, serves …
Colemont Insurance Brokers-Texas announced the recent addition of Larry Caudill as the company’s marketing manager. Caudill will work to strengthen existing agent partnerships and foster new business relationships. Caudill has nearly 30 years of varied experience in the insurance industry. …
Bank of the West recently announced its wholly-owned subsidiary, BW Insurance Agency, Inc., (BWIA) has acquired St. Paul Agency, Inc., a full service insurance agency involved in insurance, risk management and asset protection, based in St. Paul, Minn. The St. …
General Motors Corp. unveiled a new $10 million crash test facility this week that will help the automaker study rollover crashes. The Detroit-based company also said that by 2012 it will make rollover-enabled air bags a standard feature on all …
North Pointe Holdings Corp. announced that Paul B. Deemer has been promoted to the newly-created position of vice president and chief actuary. Deemer will be responsible for planning and directing actuarial services for North Pointe’s specialty insurance coverages. “Paul has …
State Insurance Commissioner Walter Bell is about to become the first Alabamian to lead the National Association of Insurance Commissioners. Bell takes over as president on Sunday during the NAIC’s meeting in San Antonio, Texas. No Alabama insurance commissioner has …
