March 5, 2010
The Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers (the Big “I”) has awarded Mississippi insurance agent Ronnie Tubertini with the Woodworth Memorial Award, the highest honor the association bestows on one of its members. Tubertini, who is CEO of SouthGroup Insurance Services …
March 5, 2010
Nebraska joins 14 other states in permitting the use of minitrucks on specific portions of the public road, effective Jan. 1, 2011. Minitrucks may travel on most roads at the posted speed limit, but they are not permitted on interstates, …
March 5, 2010
CRM Holdings Ltd., a specialty provider of workers’ compensation insurance products, announced it had a net loss of $19 million in the fourth quarter of 2009. In the same period in 2008, the compnay had a net loss of $6.2 …
March 5, 2010
The Washington State Senate has approved a flood insurance bill that would allow the insurance commissioner to create a market assistance plan and, if necessary, a joint underwriting association if the flood insurance market in state’s Green River Valley collapses. …
March 5, 2010
A bill that would have increased employer penalties for workplace safety violations died in the Wyoming State Senate. House Bill 93 had come out of a worker safety task force Gov. Dave Freudenthal appointed last year to address the state’s …
March 5, 2010
American International Group said it would sell its 13.8 percent stake in reinsurer Transatlantic Holdings Inc, worth about $500 million at Thursday’s closing stock price. AIG, nearly 80 percent owned by the U.S. government, said on Friday that its American …
March 5, 2010
The company that insured a historic inn in western North Carolina is refusing to pay for damages from a fire, saying someone associated with the owners is responsible for the blaze. The owner has accused former employees of the Richmond …
March 5, 2010
The staff of a board created to monitor legislation affecting Ohio’s massive injured worker insurance fund after a rare coin investment scandal has been fired, plunging its oversight role into chaos. The three fired employees have accused the director of …
March 5, 2010
Companies in Fort Wayne, Indianapolis and three other Indiana cities have been honored for their efforts to eliminate job-related accidents and illnesses. Indiana Commissioner of Labor Lori Torres presented Governor’s Workplace Safety Awards on Wednesday to Weigand Construction Co. and …
March 5, 2010
John Pilkington’s boss wouldn’t take no for an answer. During more than two years as a food runner at an upscale steakhouse in Scottsdale, Arizona, Pilkington says his male supervisor groped, fondled and otherwise sexually harassed him more than a …