Brad Gow joined Zurich North America to head the Specialty Errors & Omissions (E&O) group of its Specialties business unit. In this role, Gow will head a nationwide team in delivering professional liability protection to markets including engineering, media, technology, …
The Arkansas House of Representatives has approved a bill allowing concealed handguns in churches, despite hearing arguments that lawmakers should put their faith in God, not guns. The bill, which passed on a 57-42 vote and now heads to the …
Texas Mutual Insurance Company is one of 10 employers across the country that have won UnitedHealthcare’s Well Deserved Award. The award recognizes employers who demonstrate a commitment to improving their employees’ health. UnitedHealthcare provides health benefit plans and services to …
The Herbert H. Landy Insurance Agency based in Needham, Mass., introduced the Real Estate Express Application, an errors and omissions insurance product for independent real estate agents and brokers, real estate firms and real estate appraisal firms. The E&O program …
Florida Insurance Commissioner Kevin McCarty has offered a withdrawal plan for State Farm Florida Insurance Co. and its parent company with major conditions that were not in the original plan submitted by the insurer. In his plan, McCarty orders State …
A Continental Airlines flight out of Newark, New Jersey crashed late last night into a house in Buffalo, New York — bursting into flames and killing 44 passengers, four crew members and one person on the ground, according to reports. …
Police in a Philadelphia suburb say a 19-year-old woman accused of arson was caught on a surveillance camera singing, “The fire department is going to be mad at me.” Police say Amanda Gessner touched off 7 blazes in trash and …
North Dakota’s workers compensation insurance monopoly still has strong support in the state House. Representatives voted 86-7 this week to defeat a bill that would have allowed North Dakota employers to buy insurance from a private company. The legislation also …
A sweeping new food safety measure proposed in the wake of the salmonella outbreak easily passed its first key legislative hurdle this week as Georgia lawmakers sought to reassure antsy residents. The Senate Agriculture Committee unanimously approved a plan that …
A federal jury has awarded $50,000 to a North Carolina construction worker who says co-workers hurled racial epithets at him, shot nails toward him and even tried to hang him on a job site. The Asheville Citizen-Times reported that 29-year-old …
