A Florida court has thrown out a rule banning public adjusters from soliciting customers within 48 hours of a disaster or other insurance claims event. The First District Court of Appeal ruled that the restriction on solicitation violates commercial speech …
A Boston private equity firm has acquired a majority interest in New Jersey-based York Risk Services Group. ABRY Partners purchased the majority interest in York from another private equity firm, Odyssey Investment Partners, for an undisclosed sum, York said. York …
California Insurance Commissioner-Elect has appointed his executive team at the Department of Insurance. The team includes: Chief Deputy Commissioner Nettie Hoge; Deputy Commissioner, Health Policy Janice Rocco; Special Counsel and Deputy Commissioner Geoff Margolis; Deputy Commissioner and Legislative Director Michael …
The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration announced the arrest of two St. Louis, Mo., employers for failing to comply with court sanctions enforcing OSHA citations. Brian Andre, former owner of Andre Tuckpointing and Brickwork, and Regina …
Pennsylvania-based wholesaler USG Insurance Services has named Jason Holloman as property broker specializing in large commercial and CAT-exposed risks. Holloman most recently served as a wholesale property broker with Swett & Crawford. He has also held positions with Arch and …
Insurance Program Managers Group LLC of St. Charles, Ill., has opened a St. Louis, Mo., location. The office is operating under the name IPMG St. Louis. The company said the St. Louis office will greatly expand IPMG’s St. Charles location’s …
A federal judge in Pittsburgh has dismissed a lawsuit filed by a bar patron who claims he and another customer should have been searched for weapons before they shot one another in February. Forty-two-year-old Thomas Galloway, of Arnold, filed the …
A Connecticut bar has agreed to pay a $5,000 fine and have its license suspended for 10 days for serving two customers who were killed in a motorcycle crash after leaving the tavern. John Suchy, director of the state Liquor …
Stonetrust Commercial Insurance Co., a Louisiana-based workers’ compensation insurer, has added the following individuals to its management team: Dave Lorino has been named vice president of Claims for Stonetrust. Lorino, who has 24 years of claims experience, was most recently …
Texas Commissioner of Workers’ Compensation Rod Bordelon recently signed an emergency rule adopting amendments to the workers’ comp pharmacy fee guideline. According to industry representatives, the action averted a disruption in the delivery of health care benefits to injured employees. …
