Willis Group Holdings, a global insurance broker, has appointed K.J. Wagner to regional partner, and president and CEO of Willis of Arizona, Inc., effective immediately. Wagner’s responsibilities will include leading the Arizona and Nevada operations and production team. Wagner brings …
World Trade Center developer Larry A. Silverstein and Willis Group Holdings said they have successfully placed workers’ compensation, general liability, excess liability, and specialty insurance programs for construction of three towers at the World Trade Center site. As the first …
The National Fraternal Congress of America has hired Joseph J. Annotti as its new president and CEO, effective March 24. Annotti replaces Frederick H. Grubbe, who resigned in May. Since that time, NFCA’s Director of Government Affairs Bob Huxel has …
Credit rating organization A.M. Best Co. issued a prediction for a stable outlook in the personal lines insurance segment this year, based on what it sees as continued operating profitability, strong balance sheets and anticipation of ongoing underwriting discipline. . …
California Attorney General Edmund G. Brown Jr. settled an antitrust lawsuit on Monday that charged Barr Pharmaceuticals with taking $20 million for keeping off the market a cheaper, generic version of the oral contraceptive Ovcon. “Barr illegally kept its generic …
Recognizing that a potential Screen Actors Guild (SAG) strike at the start of July is a significant risk of concern to production companies, Fireman’s Fund Insurance Co. has introduced strike expense coverage. This coverage extension is the first offered by …
A Floyd County, Ky., woman pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor insurance fraud charge after lying about her husband’s employment history during a workers’ compensation hearing, according to the Kentucky Office of Insurance. According to a KOI written statement, during an …
The Oklahoma Office of Juvenile Affairs aims to promote gun safety in a video focusing on two boys who died in accidental shootings. “We want to begin the debate and begin discussion so it doesn’t happen again,” Juvenile Affairs Director …
Forth Worth, Texas school officials say they found beef recalled from a California slaughterhouse in the district’s freezers and will destroy it. The Fort Worth district checked on the safety of 158,000 pounds of beef and discovered that it had …
A Cleveland doctor gave up his immunity defense in a wrongful death case after spending five years of a Bolivar County trial court’s time with motions and discovery, the Mississippi Supreme Court has ruled. The Supreme Court this past week …
