Florida emergency manager Craig Fugate would bring a lot with him if he takes over the Federal Emergency Management Agency: plenty of hurricane experience, a blunt style, and a belief that preparation begins on the local level. Former Gov. Jeb …
BrickStreet Mutual Workers’ compensation insurer BrickStreet Mutual Insurance Co. wants to expand into Kentucky, Virginia, Alabama, Pennsylvania and Illinois. President and Chief Executive Officer Greg Burton says the West Virginia-based company plans to apply in those states over the next …
Amidst all the gloom and doom, the failures and frustrations, the finger pointing and scapegoating, the drumbeat of negative economic news… we turn to two men wiser than ourselves for advice that lifts us up: Warren Buffett in his annual …
30,000 The number of Florida homeowners who could end up as part of a class action suit against German drywall maker Knauf Gips KG and other manufacturers of Chinese drywall. The plaintiffs allege that the plasterboard is contaminated and is …
Mary Squires, a former Democratic state lawmaker who now lobbies for the self-insurance industry, is running to be Georgia’s next insurance commissioner. Squires is the first candidate to enter the race to succeed John Oxendine, the Republican incumbent who is …
Bankruptcy No Barrier “It occurs to me that you’ve structured your affairs so that your creditors would have great difficulty in reaching into your income as a doctor.” —U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Thomas Bennett in ruling that former West Virginia physician …
Agents Should Act With Character and Integrity in Everything That They Do “I meant what I said, and said what I meant …” Although that quote was written in 1954 by Dr. Seuss in his book “Horton Hears a Who,” …
Forward looking agents can and will recognize the opportunities and new ways of thinking about risk that this new direction offers. The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, or the Stimulus Package, is the largest infusion of government funds …
Insurance broker Willis will become a new tenant of Sears Tower, and under an agreement with the building’s owners, the Chicago icon and tallest building in the Western Hemisphere will be renamed Willis Tower. Willis said it plans to consolidate …
Forward looking agents can and will recognize the opportunities and new ways of thinking about risk that this new direction offers. The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, or the Stimulus Package, is the largest infusion of government funds …
