Arkansas Gov. Mike Beebe has declared Baxter, Conway, Independence, Izard, Pope, Randolph, Sharp, Stone, Union and Van Buren Counties state disaster areas due to the damage caused by powerful tornadoes and violent thunderstorms on Feb. 5. Gov. Beebe toured damage …
California State Compensation Insurance Fund President Janet Frank and Board Chair Jeanne Cain testified Wednesday at an informational hearing of the Senate Banking, Finance and Insurance Committee that was held to review the findings released in December from the California …
San Jose-based Thoits Insurance Service, Inc., announces that Kathy Vowles has joined the company as vice president. Vowles brings 18 years of insurance industry experience to Thoits. Vowles started her insurance career as a claims adjuster. She quickly moved on …
Gramercy Insurance Company (GIC), a global property and casualty insurer, announced the expansion of its Commercial Auto division with the addition of truck liability insurance. GIC now provides a single source solution for those customers seeking physical damage, cargo and …
A bill that would limit insurance awards for uninsured drivers involved in an accident has passed an Oklahoma House of Representatives subcommittee. House Bill 3380 by Muskogee Republican George Faught was approved by the House Economic Development and Financial Services’ …
Michigan-based Burns & Wilcox promoted Angela Bruce to underwriting manager at its Tampa, Fla., office. Bruce joined the company in 2006 as a commercial underwriter and has more than 25 years of underwriting experience. Bruce holds the following designations: Associate …
SWBC Insurance Services, based in San Antonio, announced that it promoted Doug Barnes to vice president – Commercial Division and Joy Larson to vice president of Operations. Barnes has been with SWBC since 2001. He began as a senior account …
The 23-year-old son of Morgan County Sheriff Robert Garner has been sentenced to one year in prison on arson charges. Robert Jake Garner pleaded guilty in September to five charges in a series of suspicious fires since 2001 in Morgan …
Texas-based Swantner & Gordon Insurance Agency LLP, one of the nation’s largest independently owned agencies, announced that Howard Cantwell joined the company as Bond Department manager effective Feb.1, 2008. Cantwell has 35 years of experience in the bond industry. He …
More than two dozen tornadoes tore through the mid-South late Tuesday night, destroying homes, barns, and industrial buildings from Texas to Ohio. The severe thunderstorm outbreak, which included tornadoes, hail, heavy rain and lightning, killed more than 50 people and …
