Poms & Associates Insurance Brokers Inc., an insurance brokerage firm focusing on commercial insurance, employee benefits, corporate wellness, personal lines, and risk management and risk control, has announced that Debbie Gordon has joined the firm’s Northern California office in Walnut …
Public adjusting activity is not welcome or licensed in all states and even in some where it is, the practice is coming under close scrutiny. In particular, states are cracking down on roofing and other contractors who pass themselves off …
Illinois-based international insurance broker Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. has acquired Potter-Holden & Co. of Atlanta, Georgia. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Founded in 1918, Potter-Holden & Co. is a retail commercial lines insurance broker with a specialization …
The federal government is approving Montana’s request for disaster assistance. Gov. Brian Schweitzer says that he has been notified by the Federal Emergency Management Agency that areas his with flooding since April are now eligible for individual assistance. The help …
Officials in Gainesville, Florida have a message for residents and visitors. Please stop stealing stop signs. Since Jan. 1, the city has replaced 52 stops signs taken from 14 locations around the city. Officials say one location has been hit …
Insurance broker and risk services firm Aon Corp. reported that profit for the second quarter rose 69 percent to $258 million, as revenues were boosted by its $4.9 billion acquisition of Hewitt Associates last year. Total revenue increased 48 percent …
After a marathon mediation session that ended just before dawn Wednesday, mining company Massey Energy settled a 7-year-old lawsuit with hundreds of southern West Virginia residents who claim the company poisoned their drinking water supplies with coal slurry. Circuit Judge …
Canada’s Supreme Court will decide Friday whether the federal government should be partly liable for damages, possibly amounting to many billions of dollars, stemming from lawsuits against tobacco firms. The tobacco industry — facing suits from several provinces seeking to …
Authorities say two people were injured when their water scooter hit a sea wall near Cypress Cove Nudist Resort in Kissimmee. An Osceola County Fire Rescue spokeswoman said the crash happened just before 8 p.m. Sunday. A man and a …
Florida officials are investigating a spate of kitchen fires that have some wondering if they may have been started on purpose to receive money from insurance companies. State officials say what used to be a minor problem is now growing …
