A Texas manufacturer has been cited for willful and serious safety violations after an employee reportedly suffered an amputation at the company’s facility in Waco. The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration cited Hobbs Bonded Fibers Inc. …
Delaware insurance regulators say failing to create a detailed home inventory can put homeowners at risk for inadequate home insurance coverage, should severe weather strike. The regulators pointed to a recent survey from the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC), …
Indiana Insurance Commissioner Stephen W. Robertson has ordered a public adjusting business to cease and desist from transacting insurance business for 90 days. The order came after department officials learned that the business, Disaster Adjusting, was soliciting business in devastated …
Build Assure, a trading name of the National Register of Warranted Builders, a subsidiary of the Federation of Master Builders (FMB), has launched a new insurance product to protect its members and general developers against financial loss arising from latent …
Louisiana Workers’ Compensation Corp. (LWCC) has filled two key management positions. Brent Toups is the company’s new business unit manager for large accounts and U.S. Longshore and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act coverage. Jody Horton is the new agency relations manager. …
Phoenix, Ariz.-based TriWest Healthcare Alliance has lost a $20.5 billion contract to manage health benefits for U.S. military families, and company officials say 1,000 jobs in Arizona are now at risk. The U.S. Department of Defense announced Friday that it …
Despite a contentious legislative session, Wisconsin lawmakers successfully passed many bills that will help consumers and improve the state’s business climate, according to the Property Casualty Insurers Association of America (PCI). “The 2011-2012 session featured filibusters, walkouts, recall elections and …
The Los Angeles Fire Commission has allocated emergency funds to fix glitches in the city’s emergency response system that are delaying the dispatch of firefighters and paramedics. The Los Angeles Times reported Sunday that a woman bled profusely for 45 …
Del Mar, Calif.-based Champion Risk & Insurance Services, L.P. an affiliate of Wood, Gutmann & Bogart Insurance Brokers, named Elizabeth Long as an employee benefits consultant. Long started her career in the import-export business as human resources manager. She has …
Illinois Workers’ Compensation Commission Chairman Mitch Weisz has made two new appointments to the Illinois Self-Insurers Advisory Board: David Henwood of CCMSI, a risk management company in Danville, and Deborah Stafford, of Archer Daniels Midland in Decatur. Weisz also renewed …
