San Antonio-based SWBC announced that Lori Flores has joined SWBC Insurance Services as senior commercial lines producer. Her focus will be construction risks and large accounts. Prior to joining SWBC, Flores worked for 10 years at Frost Insurance Agency. She …
What appeared to be a metal staple was found in a lollipop at a Florida elementary school, a day after a woman reported a blade-like piece of metal in another bag of the same product, made in China. It has …
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration has proposed $328,500 in fines for Tuscaloosa, Ala.-based Gilco Contracting Inc. The company allegedly exposed workers to serious and repeated safety hazards at two job sites in Lakeview and another in Northport, federal labor …
U.S. Senate and House committees are planning hearings on worker safety in the poultry industry following a report by The Charlotte Observer on House of Raeford, congressional leaders and aides said. “All Americans should be horrified at the conditions reported …
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts has launched a Web site that allows auto insurance customers to compare sample auto premiums – a move that the state says will help consumer find the best deals as managed competition shifts into high gear. …
Three Florida business owners have been convicted in Jacksonville in a workers compensation scheme. Authorities say all three face life in prison and fines totaling $17 million. They’ve been identified as 54-year-old Donald Touchet of El Cajon, Calif.; 59-year-old Robert …
A federal appeals court has upheld a judge’s ruling against the Sioux Falls man who held an insurance executive hostage in 1991. Eric Castaneira, who served 10 years for kidnapping, filed a lawsuit against the executive director and members of …
Florida Insurance Commissioner Kevin McCarty today announced that the Office of Insurance Regulation has filed an administrative complaint on a non-emergency basis seeking to suspend the certificates of authority of the Allstate Companies to write new insurance policies in Florida. …
A new report from Marsh’s London office focuses on the increasing problems of transport and logistics firms across Europe in coping with new categories of liability and an increasingly complex regulatory landscape. “Liability Insurance Buyers Report Europe 2007”, analyzes “the …
Lloyd’s has published its fourth annual underwriting survey, which reveals that “managing the insurance cycle remains the most important issue for the industry in 2008 with 93 percent of underwriters believing the industry is currently in a softening stage of …
