Folsom, Calif.-based Edgewood Partners Insurance Center (EPIC) added Kate Crouch as an employee benefits consultant in its Folsom office. Crouch’s responsibilities will include the acquisition of new clients as well as the design, placement and management of employee and executive …
Texas Insurance Commissioner Eleanor Kitzman is hearing an earful from the coastal community as she listens to residents’ concerns in the Corpus Christi area. Coastal occupants are complaining about the cost of windstorm insurance policies provided by the Texas Windstorm …
SIAA Inc. announced master agency partner BGI Agency Network has signed its 50th member agency. BGI signed Matt Armstrong Insurance Agency of Coeur d’Alene, Idaho BGI Agency Network has been a partner Master Agency of SIAA since 2000. With territory …
Reno, Nev.-based EMPLOYERS named Bryan Ware senior vice president and chief actuary. Ware will be responsible for EMPLOYERS’ reserving, pricing, and risk analysis and will work with executive management to develop and implement strategies and initiatives that support operational and …
An estimated 2,900 clothes dryer fires in residential buildings are reported to U.S. fire departments each year and cause an estimated $35 million in property losses, according to a new government report. The report by the U.S. Fire Administration (USFA) …
A measure that Maryland lawmakers hoped would address liability concerns relating to a court ruling on dog bites by pit bulls has died in the recent special session on gambling. The House and Senate could not reconcile differences between the …
The Strategic Insurance Agency Alliance (SIAA), a national alliance of over 4,000 independent insurance agencies, has added six new agency members in the Northeastern region last month.These new SIAA members are: DeGiulio Insurance Group of Warwick, R.I.; Help U Insure …
The Business Owners Liability Team (BOLT) insurance agency is opening a regional office in Sarasota after acquiring two Florid agencies. BOLT has acquired the Sarasota-based PRG Insurance Agency and Florida Direct Insurance Agency. Robert Rizzo has been named the regional …
The California attorney general’s office is suing a Los Angeles County doctor over her practice of refusing to accept lower insurance company reimbursements and instead billing patients for the full amount. The lawsuit against South Pasadena physician Jeannette Martello is …
Gov. Sean Parnell is requesting that a federal disaster declaration be issued for Upper Cook Inlet salmon fisheries because of very weak Chinook salmon runs, which he said have left sport and commercial fishermen facing substantial economic losses. The governor …
