Western National Insurance Group (WNIG), headquartered in Minnesota, has partially realigned its management team. The following members of WNIG’s management team have assumed new roles: Jeff Couchman, formerly vice president – Corporate at Western National Mutual Insurance Co. (WNM) and …
Rocklin, Calif.-based Intercare Specialty Risk Insurance Services Inc. and PRM Insurance Services Inc. have inked a contractual agreement for the companies to work together under the management of newly formed Phoenix Risk Management Insurance Services. The objective, mutually agreed by …
Russell Consulting Group, a Midwest-based risk management and financial planning firm, and its majority owner Country Hedging Inc., commodity brokerage subsidiary of leading grains, energy and foods company CHS Inc., has made two appointments to the Russell Consulting sales team. …
Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer has appointed Ken Kirk to succeed Brett Jones on the SCF Arizona board of directors. Kirk has a background in finance and insurance. He began his career as an audit manager with Arthur Andersen. He also …
Austin, Texas-based medical professional liability insurance carrier, Medicus Insurance Co., has added Kevin Wier as marketing manager. Prior to joining Medicus, Wier managed brand and communication efforts at The University of Texas at Austin’s Division of Continuing & Innovative Education. …
Monster Insurance, a new Bermuda-based licensed underwriting facility, has partnered with an A XV insurance company to offer workers’ compensation, general liability and automobile coverages for all facets of the onshore energy sector. Monster Insurance is writing coverage in 48 …
Texas lawmakers are considering eliminating a program that requires those charged with offenses including driving while intoxicated and failure to have insurance to pay state surcharges. Nearly 60 percent of those with the surcharges – about 1.2 million drivers – …
Cracks have formed in a Cocodrie, La., levee, one of the newest to be constructed as part of the Morganza-to-the-Gulf hurricane-protection system. Levee officials say the cracks aren’t serious enough to cause a failure in the levee, but the district …
The Bruce Gendelman Insurance Co. (BGI), an insurance advisory firm headquartered in Milwaukee, Wis., has promoted Angela Engebretson to chief operating officer (COO) and Isabel Collazo to vice president of Commercial Lines. Engebretson previously served as vice president of Operations; …
The southwestern Pennsylvania township where a major concert amphitheater is located plans to charge a 5 percent tax on tickets so it can afford a police force to patrol the venue. The Hanover Township supervisors last year voted to disband …
