San Diego, Calif.-based ICW Group Insurance Companies is now offering workers’ compensation insurance in Illinois. The ICW’s Illinois workers’ compensation office is led by Suzanne Lysak. Lysak has more than 16 years of experience in the workers’ compensation insurance industry, …
Grinnell Mutual Reinsurance Company, through its independent agency force, has recently awarded 50 Road to Success scholarships to high school seniors throughout its 10-state writing area including Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Wisconsin, Ohio, Minnesota, Missouri, North Dakota, Nebraska and South Dakota. …
The Texas Supreme Court recently upheld an appeals court ruling that favors the insured in a dispute over the scope of an appraisal clause in a homeowners insurance policy. Delivering the written opinion of the Court in State Farm Lloyds …
Oklahoma’s new electronic verification system for vehicle insurance is now online and fully operational. Oklahoma Tax Commission spokeswoman Paula Ross says validating insurance electronically gives immediate confirmation that a driver has a valid policy. The system is designed to help …
Louisiana’s state-backed property insurance company will probably seek another rate hike for next year, roughly a 10 percent statewide average increase, on top of this year’s 7 percent increase, the firm’s chief executive said. Louisiana Citizens Property Insurance Corporation CEO …
Legislation that would temporarily extend the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) until March 31, 2010, was introduced into Congress yesterday. House Financial Services Housing Subcommittee Chairwoman Maxine Waters, D-Calif., and Committee Chairman Barney Frank, D-Mass., introduced the extension bill, which …
Repeat drunken-drivers in North Carolina who get their license revoked could get their permit back after a clean criminal and traffic record for 10 years in legislation approved by the Senate. The measure approved this week would allow a person …
Georgia Insurance Commissioner John Oxendine has returned $120,000 that was funneled into his gubernatorial campaign by two insurance firms. The Republican detailed the returns in a campaign filing submitted this week. The move comes after The Atlanta Journal-Constitution found that …
Today marks the four-year anniversary of Hurricane Dennis, a Category 3 storm that slammed into the panhandle of Florida with sustained winds of 120 m.p.h. While Dennis inflicted more than $2.2 billion in damage in 2005 and was the first …
A plan to increase maximum monetary penalties for businesses that break North Carolina’s child labor and some workplace safety laws is one vote away from final passage. The Senate voted unanimously this week to double many fines for youth employment …
