August 14, 2012
San Diego, Calif.-based Atlas General Insurance Services named Lance Daschle as senior network administrator. Daschle will oversee Atlas’ IT infrastructure. Prior to Atlas, he was the head system administrator for a large company datacenter. He also worked as a consultant …
August 14, 2012
MyNewMarkets.com is changing the way agents find products listed by markets on the site. We’re making the move over to tags instead of having companies choose specific categories. If you’ve not yet listed your products as an MGA, wholesale broker …
August 14, 2012
A businessman who owned fleets of commercial vehicles in New York is accused of defrauding insurers of at least $10 million.The defendant, Scott Sanders, is charged with submitting fraudulent insurance applications to get lower rates. He was arrested and arraigned …
August 14, 2012
AIR Worldwide (AIR) has expanded its offerings for commercial insurers with a capability for determining losses from natural catastrophes to buildings under construction. CLASIC/2Version 14.0 introduces the ability to model builder’s risk policies for the AIR earthquake and hurricane models …
August 14, 2012
A former Disneyland employee who says she was forbidden to wear a Muslim head scarf at work plans to sue the Walt Disney Co. for discrimination. The federal suit is expected to be filed Monday in Los Angeles on behalf …
August 14, 2012
A man has sued a security company after one of its guards pepper-sprayed him last month on the sidewalk in downtown Santa Fe, N.M. The Albuquerque Journal reported that 26-year-old Justin LeVan filed a lawsuit on July 31 against security …
August 14, 2012
Jessica Haller has joined Tustin, Calif.-based managing general agent Yates. Haller will work in Yates Tustin office. Haller spent the last few years at a national wholesale MGA/brokerage. She specializes in commercial transportation.
August 14, 2012
The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration has cited Hebco Products Inc. in Bucyrus, Ohio, with 14 safety violations, including two repeat violations for failing to guard machines to prevent amputation injuries as well as document and …
August 14, 2012
ACE USA, the U.S.-based retail operating division of the ACE Group, has appointed Caroline Clouser as executive vice president of the medical risk and life sciences business. She will be based in New Jersey. In this expanded role, Clouser will …
August 14, 2012
The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration has cited S.J. Louis Construction of Texas Ltd. with one serious and one repeat safety violation for exposing workers to trenching and excavation hazards at a job site in Hurst …