Members of the 1980s rock band whose pyrotechnics sparked a nightclub fire that killed 100 people have agreed to pay $1 million to survivors and victims’ relatives, according to court papers filed Tuesday. The settlement offer from Great White is …
The Connecticut Supreme Court has declined to rule on a Florida company’s efforts to block state Attorney General Richard Blumenthal from disclosing information he obtained while investigating the insurance industry. The lawsuit by Brown & Brown Insurance Inc., which is …
A federal grand jury has indicted a 53-year-old Bedford, N.H., man on charges he defrauded clients of his insurance agency. Prosecutors say from October 2001 to September 2003, Raymond Douville operated an insurance agency that catered to small, independently owned …
Hallmark Financial Services Inc. acquired 80 percent of the outstanding membership interests in Heath XS LLC and Hardscrabble Data Solutions LLC (collectively referred to as “Heath Group”) for cash consideration of $15 million. The transaction was completed using existing holding …
After more than 24 hours on road, a 25-vehicle convoy from the Missouri National Guard arrived on Monday, September 1 in northern Louisiana only hours after Hurricane Gustav hit land farther south, skirting much of New Orleans but still posing …
Indiana Insurance, a Liberty Mutual Agency Markets regional company, recently announced that it will present its Safer Schools Seminars in Indiana during the month of September. According to Indiana Insurance, the free, half-day seminar is especially created for school superintendents, …
Farmington Hills, Mich.-based Burns & Wilcox, recently announced that Marla Donovan has joined the company as vice president of product development. Donovan has more than 25 years of insurance industry experience. Previously, she was regional vice president, excess casualty division, …
New Orleans can get back to its comeback. Traumatized after losing their homes when Hurricane Katrina’s floodwaters broke through the levees that protect this city, Hurricane Gustav ended up a mere interruption in rebuilding. The fragile levees survived their first …
Cedar Rapids city officials said address-by-address flood damage data is not public record, despite a U.S. Circuit Court ruling in Florida in 2007 that said the data is public. An assistant city attorney in Cedar Rapids said the city denied …
A team of 350 catastrophe adjusters and support personnel with USAA are headed to areas of Louisiana affected by Hurricane Gustav. The company’s catastrophe headquarters are planned for Baton Rouge and two satellite offices in Lake Charles, La. and Mobile, …
