The Board of Directors of Brown & Brown Inc. has elected Kenneth D. Kirk as regional president, responsible for the company’s retail and wholesale brokerage operations in the Western United States. Also, Kenneth Masters was elected a regional executive vice …
Western Security Surplus Insurance Brokers Inc., has finalized its 2007 restructuring plans, consolidating Contract Underwriting into a single unit in Dallas, and making personnel changes. Judy Hall, underwriting vice president, will be transferred to the new consolidated Dallas office. John …
New York Governor Eliot Spitzer has nominated long-time insurance legislative leader Alexander B. “Pete” Grannis to serve as Commissioner of the Department of Environmental Conservation. Grannis was first elected to the Assembly in 1974 and represents the Upper East Side …
The California Department of Food and Agriculture has taken steps to regulate leafy greens by initiating a plan that asks companies in the leafy greens industry to sign a Leafy Greens Marketing Agreement. The agreement would establish an inspection program …
Executive Liability Managers Insurance Brokers (E.L.M.), based in El Segundo, Calif., has launched a new Web site available at www.e-o.com or e-insurebynet.com, to improve the application and binding process for professional liability risks. The site provides sales tools, resources and …
Leigh Ann Page, vice president and partner of independent insurance brokerage firm Roach Howard Smith & Barton (RHSB) – Fort Worth, has been selected as a 2006 Great Women of Texas Woman of Influence by the Fort Worth Business Press, …
California’s State Compensation Insurance Fraud said it will be extending credit terms to policyholders who have suffered a financial loss or business disruption from the widespread freezing weather across the state aearlier this month, which sent temperatures plunging to the …
Privately owned insurance and risk management firm, McQueary Henry Bowles Troy L.L.P. (MHBT), announced that Mike Rutledge in MHBT’s Fort Worth, Texas, office has been named a partner in the firm. Rutledge’s career in the insurance field spans 30 years. …
Washington’s Department of Labor and Industries (L&I) said its fraud program collected $135 million in fiscal year 2006, a 29 percent increase over the previous year. In addition, the department recovered another $33 million in the first quarter of fiscal …
Oklahoma Gov. Brad Henry on Jan. 23 proposed expanding two health care programs – one that helps small businesses provide insurance for their workers and another that covers the health care needs of children. “One in five Oklahomans has no …
