SCF Arizona promoted directors Ginny Arnett Caro to vice president, Claims Services, and Dan Hernandez to vice president, Operations & Small Business Services. Arnett Caro oversees a division that brings together SCF’s claims adjusters with professionals performing medical review and …
This week’s post continues to discuss solutions for managing the work in small agencies in small towns. A number of the solutions that I have been and will be discussing work for small agencies anywhere and some of this apply …
Risk modelers say Hurricane Earl caused extremely minimal damage as it passed by the East Coast and agents in the hardest hit area of the United States, the Outer Banks of North Carolina, are receiving few claims. “We had very …
White Sutton & Company has hired Jeffrey F. Lang as chief sales officer. In addition to direct sales responsibilities, he will work with current producers, recruiting and developing new sales opportunities. He also will be responsible for managing carrier relationships. …
This past week I had the great fortune of speaking at the IIABO annual convention in Sunriver Oregon. Let me express my gratitude to Jim Perruca Executive Director of the IIAB of Oregon, and his staff for the incredible job …
Privately owned insurance and risk management firm, McQueary Henry Bowles Troy LLP (MHBT), announced that Steve DeLeon, Taylor Hargrave and Adam Sammons have joined the firm’s Dallas office, and Danny Cox has joined the firm’s Fort Worth office. DeLeon comes …
Oil giant BP said it is providing $10 million to the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to support a study of potential public health issues relating to the Gulf of Mexico oil disaster and other spill-related health research. The $10 …
Ohio-based Nationwide Insurance has announced it will end its title sponsorship of the PGA Tour’s developmental circuit when the contract expires in two years. Instead, Nationwide will stay involved in golf starting in 2011 as the presenting sponsor of the …
A flood-control project in the works for more than 20 years should be completed next year, removing 1,500 properties from Sioux Falls’ flood plain, a city official said. Once the flood-control measures are in place, probably by the end of …
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has released a draft report that calls for a better, if limited, flood-protection system in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. The Cedar River swamped the city in 2008, covering 10 square miles. The city’s existing system …
