Louisiana homeowners paid the third-highest home insurance rates in 2006, while Mississippi was hit with the sixth-highest average bill for coverage, according to a report by a national group of state insurance regulators. Although the report is the first since …
The Wyoming House of Representatives approved a bill to mandate in-car breathalyzers for some convicted drunken drivers. Senate File 88 was one of three DUI bills proposed during the session, but the only one to make it through both chambers. …
A bill making it clear that churches can house the homeless inside or outside passed the Washington House and was sent to the Senate. Rep. Brendan Williams of Olympia, Wash., sponsored the bill to counter a homeless ordinance approved last …
Independent insurance brokerage firm and Assurex Global partner, Dallas-based Roach Howard Smith & Barton (RHSB), appointed Douglas R. Jones as a vice president and principal. Jones, who specializes in insurance coverage for technology companies, will lead the expansion of the …
Portland, Ore.-based Liberty Northwest, a Liberty Mutual Agency Markets regional company, is offering commercial fleets in its five-state territory Onboard Advisor, a fleet management product that is designed to help companies improve fleet safety and save on commercial auto insurance …
The Woodlands Financial Group Inc. (TWFG), a retail and managing general agency headquartered in The Woodlands, Texas, has added Charles Locke as its new vice president of claims. Locke brings more than 35 years of insurance experience in claims management, …
Testimony by New York Insurance Superintendent Eric Dinallo to the United States Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Hearing on “American International Group: Examining What Went Wrong, Government Intervention, and Implications for Future regulaltion.” I would like to …
Manhattan Beach, Calif.-based Apollo Agencies Inc., Kinecta Federal Credit Union’s wholly owned property and casualty subsidiary, announced that John Greenlee has joined the organization as director of sales. Greenlee joins Apollo from Washington Mutual Insurance Services Inc., in Irvine, Calif., …
Kansas City-headquarted Ascension Insurance, Inc. has acquired Dennis Bartlett agency of Fort Lauderdale, Florida. The Bartlett agency specializes in medical malpractice coverage and will join Employers Mutual, Inc., a member of the Ascension group of companies based in Stuart, Florida. …
Charlotte, North Carolina-based insurance wholesale brokerage AmWINS Group, Inc. has acquired three medical stop loss wholesalers in three separate regions of the country. The firms acquired are American Stop Loss Insurance of Worcester, Mass.; Brokerage Services, Health Benefit Solutions of …
