The Insurance Educational Association has presented its Roger L. Smith Excellence in Education Award to San Francisco-based broker Woodruff-Sawyer & Co. The award is presented annually at the National Association of Insurance Women spring luncheon celebrating National NAIW Week. Candidates …
Washington’s Department of Labor and Industries (L&I) has issued an emergency rule, requiring employers to take precautions to prevent heat-related illness for anyone working outdoors in hot weather. This is the second summer in a row that L&I has adopted …
PWIB Texas announced that Teresa Hamm has joined the company as accounting manager. In this capacity she will be in charge of accounting and related activities for the firm’s Dallas and San Antonio offices. Hamm has eight years’ experience with …
The previously announced purchase of Wisconsin-based insurer General Casualty, its U.S. holding company, and sister company Unigard Insurance Group (Bellevue, Wash.) by Australia-based QBE Insurance Group was completed May 31st. QBE, based in Australia, announced completion of the $1.16 billion …
Lured by congressionally authorized tax credits and other financial incentives after Hurricane Katrina, a procession of developers announced plans to build high-rises in New Orleans. But 20 months after the storm, most have fallen by the wayside. The slow pace …
A state program to help Arkansans put safe rooms in their homes for protection from tornadoes and storms is becoming so popular officials say they have run out of money months before the budget year ends in July. The Arkansas …
Louisiana gained 69,500 seasonally adjusted nonfarm jobs between April 2006 and April 2007, bringing the total number of jobs in the state to 1,905,200, the Louisiana Department of Labor announced recently. Louisiana’s unemployment rate for April 2007 was 4.3 percent, …
Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services said today that it had revised its outlook on Taian Insurance Co. Ltd. (Taian Insurance) to positive from stable. At the same time, Standard & Poor’s affirmed the “BBB” insurer financial strength and counterparty credit …
Kansas City-based Westrope recently announced that it has added Joyce James as the Eastern Region Client manager, responsible for client relationships, service and account retention. According to the company statement, James has more than 20 years of insurance experience. Westrope …
A Neb. bill, LB573, passed by the Legislature would make adults who sell or give alcohol to underage drinkers liable for damages or injuries caused by intoxication. People who host so-called keggers or other social functions where alcohol is served …
