July 23, 2012
Cary W. White joined San Jose, Calif.-based Thoits Insurance as vice president. White is responsible for new business production, client retention and relationship management. White has more than 25 years of experience in the insurance industry, including more than 15 …
July 23, 2012
Merriam-Webster defines marketing as an “aggregate of functions involved in moving goods from producer to consumer.” What if there was a way for you to truly help this process along while building a stronger relationship with your agents… Have you …
July 23, 2012
Managing general agent Aces Commercial Insurance Services Inc. named Ken Meeker as director of product development. His goals are on market development and expansion into the Southern California and Arizona markets. At Aces, Meeker will continue placing general liability, property, …
July 23, 2012
A top state official stunned lawmakers last Friday with the announcement that the Federal Emergency Management Agency apparently was backing away from funding assurances to help replace the Vermont State Hospital and rebuild the Waterbury state office complex that were …
July 23, 2012
State Farm has filed a lawsuit in Pennsylvania last Thursday against former Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky. In its complaint, State Farm asked a judge to declare that the insurer’s homeowners’ policy for Sandusky does not cover legal …
July 23, 2012
Brandon Boynton was named senior vice president of AH&T Insurance in the firm’s Seattle, Wash. office. Boynton will bolster AH&T’s employee benefits production team and, particularly for technology, life science, engineering and manufacturing companies. Leesburg, Va.-based AH&T is an insurance …
July 23, 2012
A 63-year-old Longview, Wash., man who acted as his own lawyer has won a $500,000 award in a personal injury lawsuit involving a 2008 traffic collision. A Cowlitz County Superior Court jury made that award to Lewis Lanham Jr. in …
July 23, 2012
A Hawaii company that provides home health care for seniors has been ordered to pay more than $193,000 to a woman fired for her age. The U.S. Equal Opportunity Commission announced a federal judge in Honolulu ruled against Hawaii Healthcare …
July 23, 2012
The federal government will temporarily take control of parts of Hawaii’s authority to regulate workplace safety. In response to federal concern to staff reductions in the Hawaii Occupational Safety and Health Division, the state has agreed to let the Occupational …
July 23, 2012
Jurors say California’s transportation agency is partly responsible for a dangerous stretch of highway dubbed “Blood Alley” and a severely injured motorcyclist should get more than $31 million. The San Bernardino County jury decided on Thursday that the California Department …