Former South Dakota teacher and coach Andy Tate wants the Mitchell School District’s insurance to cover the $25,000 in legal bills he spent to defend himself in a lawsuit brought by a former student. Brittany Plamp said in her lawsuit …
Dallas-based independent insurance brokerage Roach Howard Smith & Barton added sales executive Scott Henderson to its Commercial Risk Management Insurance division. Henderson joins as vice president, bringing 18 years of sales experience to the firm. Henderson has extensive sales experience …
Texas Mutual Insurance Company recently began returning $150 million in policyholder dividends. About 38,000 policyholders will receive a dividend based on their premium size, loss ratio and history with Texas Mutual. The dividend plan, the largest in the company’s history, …
Catastrophe risk specialist RMS says the insurance bill for damage from Hurricane Dolly, which hit Southwest Texas on July 23, may go as high as $750 million, while Boston-based AIR Worldwide estimates damages to come in between $350 million and …
Target Markets Program Administrators Association – Wilmington, DE, July 2008. The Target Markets Program Administrators Association (TMPAA) has announced that Newt Gingrich, former Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, author of the “Contract with America,” and Time magazine’s 1995 …
North Carolina Insurance Commissioner Jim Long reached an agreement with insurance companies that want to charge more for mobile homeowner’s insurance. This is the first mobile homeowners rate case in 26 years, Long said. The North Carolina Rate Bureau, which …
Bermuda-based PartnerRe Ltd. will release its 2008 second quarter and half year results after the market close today, Monday, July 28. PartnerRe senior management will conduct a dial-in conference call, which will include a question and answer period, on Tuesday, …
U.S. Attorney Jim Greenlee has asked the court to dismiss remaining charges against attorney Richard “Dickie” Scruggs and two others ensnared in a judicial bribery scheme. One motion asks to dismiss the six-count indictment against Scruggs’ son Zach, who pleaded …
Several roofs were reported blown off houses and businesses on San Antonio’s south side as the remnants of Hurricane Dolly blew through. There were no initial reports of injuries. The National Weather Service sent a storm survey team to determine …
A group of northwestern Indiana farmers who say some of their cropland flooded this spring because state officials failed to repair a breached river bank are pushing for more local control over the region’s flood-prone waterways. Members of Farmers for …
