The company that runs the West Virginia mine where an explosion killed at least 25 workers frequently sidesteps hefty fines by aggressively contesting safety violations, including recent problems with the ventilation system that clears away combustible methane gas. Bombarding federal …
Hundreds of rescue workers scrambled Thursday to find residents buried by a landslide near Rio de Janeiro as the death toll from heavy rains in Brazil’s second-largest city rose to 153. The heaviest rains in more than 40 years, which …
Representative of two Tennessee companies accused by authorities of selling phony medical insurance policies to thousands of people nationwide said Tuesday that they are not to blame for piles of unpaid medical bills. State officials filed a lawsuit against the …
Five more states are joining a Florida-led group of states in a lawsuit challenging President Barack Obama’s overhaul of the U.S. healthcare system, Florida’s attorney general said Wednesday. The joint lawsuit led by Florida and now grouping 18 states was …
Reno, Nev.-based Employers has promoted Barbara Giannini to vice president of strategy and management reporting. With 17 years of financial management and strategic consulting experience, Giannini previously served as the director of strategy at Employers. In her new role, Giannini …
Victoria H. Lovinggood, underwriting trainee at Zurich, has been named the 2008 – 2009 Region VIII Young Professional of the Year. Lovinggood is a member of the Insurance Women of San Gabriel Valley, a local affiliate of the National Association …
The Arizona House Commerce Committee has unanimously endorsed newly proposed legislation to require State Compensation Fund of Arizona (SCF Arizona) to become a private mutual insurance company owned by its policyholders. The bill states that the successor mutual insurer corporation …
Montgomery Insurance, a Liberty Mutual Agency Markets regional company, is expanding its school program in Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Tennessee. Currently insuring more than 240 public and private schools across these four states, Montgomery Insurance said it will …
Does this sound familiar? Your insurance agency is buying and generating a high volume of quality leads, you have a highly capable sales department, and yet your ROI ranges from decent to poor. At Leads360, we hear the above scenario …
Maine-based Acadia Insurance Co. has named Leonard J. Ryer as its new regional vice president for the insurer’s New Hampshire operations. Ryer will help to develop and monitor the overall underwriting, marketing, loss control and claims strategies for the New …
