Many years ago when Mindy Hixon started working in the family trucking business in Carbon County, Wyo., she realized safety wasn’t a top priority. “I knew for a fact what we were doing was illegal, unsafe and not in compliance,” …
Arizona transportation officials say a lack of needed data forced cancellation of planned research on whether speed enforcement cameras deployed along Phoenix-area freeway cameras improved traffic safety. The state on July 16 concluded its groundbreaking and controversial two-year program that …
Honolulu-based Island Insurance Co. Ltd., Hawaii’s largest locally owned and managed property and casualty insurance carrier, has appointed Jeff Fabry as senior vice president and chief information officer and chief security officer. Fabry, who previously held the title of vice …
Texas independent insurance agent Gordon Sorrel, credits the power of niche marketing with contributing to the growth his agency has experienced during the last year, despite the soft market and general economic turmoil. Sorrel’s agency, Texas Insurance & Financial Services …
Kansas regulators have suspended the license of a Wichita insurance agent in a rare emergency order spurred by a federal investigation over alleged fraud linked to the trust of an elderly woman. The action was taken against former State Farm …
The Lake Delhi dam in eastern Iowa failed July 24 as rising floodwater from the Maquoketa River ate a 30-foot-wide hole in the earthen dam, causing water to drop 45 feet to the river below and threatening the small town …
Houston-based IMS Insurance Market Solutions announced that Mary E. Travis is joining the company as vice president of Contract Underwriting, effective Aug. 23, 2010. Travis is well known throughout the insurance industry having been a lead commercial underwriter in the …
Louisiana Insurance Commissioner Jim Donelon announced July 23 that he has appointed Richard Robertson, of Northville, Mich., as the new president of Louisiana Citizens Property Insurance Corp. Robertson has a broad-based property and casualty background including experience in claims, underwriting, …
Marsh has appointed Etet Deguia as a managing director in the firm’s San Diego office. She currently acts as a global client executive, where she manages client relationships. Deguia has been an integral part of the Marsh San Diego Office …
The Navigators Group, Inc.’s principal underwriting agency subsidiary, Navigators Management Co., Inc., has introduced the Contractor’s Environmental Risk Management (ERM) Toolkit II (“Toolkit II”), an enhanced suite of environmental liability coverage tailored specifically for contractors and consultants. The Contractor’s Toolkit …
