Citing a steady decline in workload due to the poor economy in Northeast Washington, the state Department of Labor & Industries announced that it will close its service location in Colville, Wash., on May 27. The Colville office is one …
ZooMontana has reopened after reaching an agreement with its insurance company. The Billings, Mont., zoo closed May 9, 2011, after its liability insurance policy was canceled over a late payment. ZooMontana board chairman Ian McDonald says the zoo’s executive director …
California’s Assembly approved changes to the state’s safety net for injured workers that would prevent cuts to disability benefits based on race, sex or age. The 44-22 party-line vote on AB1155 came over the objections of Republican lawmakers. They said …
Wells Publishing Inc., publisher of Insurance Journal, Claims Journal and MyNewMarkets.com, recently hired Denise Johnson as associate editor of Claims Journal. Johnson’s background includes various claims positions, including serving as a senior claims examiner, field claims representative and a claims …
The opening of a key spillway to relieve flooding along the Mississippi River could create logistical headaches for big Gulf Coast refiners, but will likely spare the lion’s share of the area’s refining capacity from flooding danger. The U.S. Army …
Missouri Republicans came into this year’s legislative session with historic majorities and a pledge to push a pro-business agenda they said would improve the state’s economy and lower its stubbornly high unemployment rate. But businesses had gotten only mixed results …
Wholesaler broker Crump Insurance Services Inc. has acquired Self Funded Alternatives, an insurance intermediary specializing in self-insured workers’ compensation programs. SFA is based in Langhorne, Penn. and has associates in Las Vegas, Nev. and Woodland Hills, Calif. Crump said that …
Insurance agent Christopher A. Brassard has been elected president of Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of New York Inc. (IIABNY), heading a new slate of officers for the state trade group. Brassard — who recently spoke with Insurance Journal about …
USG Insurance Services Inc., a national wholesale broker of commercial insurance, has added Douglas MacLachlan as a property broker, out of the Palatine, Ill., office. MacLachlan most recently held a position as a property broker with Travis-Pedersen and Associates, where …
When he signed to buy a condo at Vermont’s Stowe Mountain Resort, Patrick Sullivan was told his share of fees charged by the resort developer for hotel-type services would be about $410 a year, not the roughly $8,000 a year …
