It took O’Charley’s regional operations director in Hattiesburg, Miss., most of a week to get in touch with the restaurant chain’s Nashville, Tenn. headquarters after Hurricane Katrina pounded the Gulf Coast two summers ago. This summer, though, Dan Hunter has …
A double whammy in the form of a sudden freeze followed by drought conditions has hit farms in Tennessee hard, according to agricultural officials. A line of thunderstorms last week wasn’t enough to alleviate the arid conditions. Rainfall in Middle …
Employers who lie about what their workers do to save money on insurance premiums would face fines and prison time under an agreement South Carolina legislators reached to overhaul the state’s workers’ compensation system. In addition to toughening fraud penalties, …
The Florida Ethics Commission voted 5-2 last week to drop a complaint against former Chief Financial Officer Tom Gallagher over his ownership of stock in insurance companies regulated by the department he once headed. Gallagher has not held public office …
Editor’s Note: An earlier version of this article quoted Chris Palmer of Aon. Palmer is no longer with Aon, but instead is employed by CMM Entertainment. Insurance Journal regrets the error. Economic and political situations in a number of countries …
Peggy Stromme has been named a partner in Alexander Morford & Woo Inc., an independently owned national wholesale insurance brokerage that specializes in the placement of difficult-to-place or complex commercial insurance coverage. Stromme joined AMW in 2002 as director of …
California Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the Bundesanstalt für Finanzdienstleistungsaufsicht (BaFin), the regulatory and supervisory body for all insurance business transacted in Germany. This is the first-ever MOU between the California Department of Insurance …
A lawsuit seeking class action status has been filed against a company that is voluntarily recalling a brand of contact lens solution. Nicole Lazar, a resident of Santa Clara County, Calif., was named as the plaintiff in the lawsuit, filed …
Officials urged thousands of Australians to flee their homes as rising floodwaters from three days of wild weather threatened to wash away their homes. Nine people have been killed since the storms began Friday near the port city of Newcastle, …
A southwest Iowa woman faces charges of arson, attempted murder and child endangerment in connection with a May 26 fire at her home. Iowa Department of Public Safety officials said Audrey Nicole Gilleland, 24, turned herself in to Montgomery County …
