Golf-cart accidents rarely cause serious injury or death in Beaufort County — only about a half-dozen have been documented in the past decade. Yet a recent accident that killed a woman in Sun City Hilton Head has law enforcement officials, …
The Federal Emergency Management Agency has awarded $1.2 million to West Virginia’s Wayne County to acquire and tear down flood-prone homes. Rep. Nick Rahall announced the hazard mitigation grant. The West Virginia Democrat said the state will provide $500,000 for …
Investor Warren Buffett has donated another $1.78 billion to several charities, with the bulk going to the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, as part of his plan begun in 2006 to donate 99 percent of his wealth. According to a …
Patriot National Insurance Group, a workers’ compensation provider, said it has received $30 million in equity funding from Six Points Investment Partners LLC. Steven M. Mariano, chairman and chief executive officer of Patriot National Insurance Group said that with this …
Maryland’s IWIF Workers’ Compensation Insurance has named a new slate of officers for its board. Leonard Schuler Jr. will serve as chairman, Lewis C. Powell as vice chairman, Rocky V. Gonzalez as secretary and Joseph M. Coale will serve as …
Maran Corporate Risk Associates named Jiyun Yuh director of claims and risk control. Yuh has more than 20 years of experience in the insurance industry. She served for five years as vice president and senior claims consultant at Conner Strong …
Scott West, owner of Pathfinder Insurance Agency in Houston, was honored as the Paige Eiland Political Action Award winner by the Independent Insurance Agents of Texas. West has chaired his local association’s political action committee, helped drive both the agenda …
Texas Gov. Rick Perry in mid-June signed a measure backed by agents groups that requires regulatory approval of property and casualty certificate of insurance forms provided to insureds as proof of insurance coverage. The governor also signed a bill requiring …
Without proper quality management reports that are run on a regularly scheduled basis and reviewed properly, you have no real idea what is going on in your agency. You may think you know, but I assure you, you don’t know …
Chemical maker DuPont failed to promptly inform emergency crews about a phosgene leak that killed a worker last year, according to a U.S. government report released Thursday. The report by the Chemical Safety Board (CSB), a federal agency that investigates …
