The U.S. Department of Labor reported a settlement with Triple B Cleaning Inc. in Houston to resolve U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) findings that the company illegally terminated an employee because of complaints about safety …
St. Louis, Mo.-based Stifel, Nicolaus & Company Incorporated announced that Scott Brewer has joined the firm’s Investment Banking Department as a managing director in its Financial Institutions Group. Brewer comes to Stifel from KeyBanc Capital Markets, where he headed the …
North America Group, a privately-held independent insurance agency headquartered in Oklahoma City, is bringing each of its insurance management partners together to form INSURICA, The Insurance Management Network. The company, celebrating its 50th anniversary, felt the time was right “to …
Webb Young Webb Liles & Tolentino, an Oklahoma City-based independent insurance agency since 1947, joined Bainswest Inc. as a member agency effective January 1, 2009. The announcement was made jointly by WYWLT principal, Bobby Young and Bainswest President Mike Loftis. …
Doctors say a Connecticut woman who was nearly killed by a chimpanzee suffered such damage to her eyes that she will be blind for life. Doctors say Charla Nash is improving, but faces two years of surgical procedures. Nash is …
The Main Street America Group has appointed Ron James as chief information officer and vice president of information technology. James, who is based in the company’s headquarters in Jacksonville, Florida, joined Main Street America in November 2008 as interim chief …
Mike Kerner has been named chief executive officer of Zurich’s Global Corporate in North America business unit. In his new position, which is effective June 1, he will oversee all Global Corporate business in North America. The 43-year-old currently serves …
More Mainers are buckling up while behind the wheel. According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, seat belt use in Maine rose to 83 percent of drivers last year. That was up from 79.8 percent in 2007. Five years …
The wife of a retired Pennsylvania Superior Court judge convicted of insurance fraud is challenging efforts by federal prosecutors to seize the judge’s home. Prosecutors claim former Judge Michael Joyce bought the home in Millcreek Township, near Erie, using some …
A hurricane insurance bill that would help Florida reduce its multibillion-dollar exposure in the state’s tenuous insurance market moved through a Senate committee Monday — with sparks flying. The Senate Banking and Insurance Committee approved the bill (SB 1950) on …
