Dallas, Texas-based The Republic Group introduced its multi-variant auto product, Republic RoadMasterSM, in Mississippi. The program matches drivers’ individual risk profiles to the appropriate rating tier. “With RoadMasterSM, we’re able to offer competitive rates for virtually all strata of customers …
U.S. Risk Insurance Group Inc. named Mark J. Siceloff as a senior broker with U.S Risk Brokers, the company’s wholesale excess and surplus lines insurance brokerage operations. He will be based in U.S. Risk’s Dallas office. Siceloff has more than …
A federal appeals court agreed to hear a lawsuit that Louisiana’s former attorney general filed against some of the nation’s largest insurance companies after Hurricane Katrina. The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans will consider whether the …
Lockton Companies recently named Kevin McDaniel as president of its St. Louis office. McDaniel succeeds Whity Meyer, who was named chairman. McDaniel joined Lockton more than 10 years ago as a producer and most recently has been an executive vice …
Minnesota transportation officials have cut off traffic at three busy river crossings since March, betting that motorists will put up with the hassle of lengthy detours to avoid a repeat of the deadly Minneapolis bridge collapse. The aggressive approach follows …
Doorley Insurance Agency in East Greenwich, R.I., has hired insurance veteran Stephen Brooks as marketing manager. Brooks will oversee the marketing of the agency’s commercial insurance lines. Brooks has worked in the specialty insurance markets for company and not-for-profit directors …
A Chicago police officer working with a tow company owner and another policeman allegedly scammed an insurance company, authorities said yesterday. According to a news account in the Chicago Sun-Times, Officer Joseph A. Grillo, 45, was arrested on June 5 …
A Connecticut prosecutor says he will seek a retrial after a jury deadlocked earlier this week in an insurance fraud case against the owner of a dump truck that caused a fatal wreck in Avon in 2005. Hartford Superior Court …
An insurance company unreasonably failed to pay for wind and other damage from Hurricane Katrina and must pay more than $21 million to the owner of a New Orleans grocery chain, a federal jury has found. “It’s the biggest Katrina …
Mississippi has a new tool to help residents avoid contractors who may take their money and run, especially families still rebuilding from Hurricane Katrina. Attorney General Jim Hood said his office’s Web site, www.agjimhood.com, now provides links that lists contractors …
