August 8, 2012
Insurance producers who assist group health insurance customers with coverage in Arkansas may collect a compensation fee from clients to make up for reduced commissions from health insurance companies, state regulators say. Producers who do wish to charge to charge …
August 8, 2012
The town offices and police department in a small southern Vermont town have reopened this week in their original home nearly a year after flooding from Tropical Storm Irene forced them to move.
August 8, 2012
The Kraft Sports Group in Massachusetts said this week it has named Cross Insurance, a subsidiary of Bangor, Maine-based Cross Financial Corp., as its official insurance brokerage firm.Under the deal, Cross Insurance will provide insurance brokerage and risk management services …
August 8, 2012
CRC|Crump announced that Delia Wright has joined its Dallas office as a property/casualty associate broker. Wright’s responsibilities will include underwriting MGA business and brokering for general commercial lines. Prior to CRC|Crump, Wright held positions with American Underwriting Managers, Swett & …
August 8, 2012
A St. Charles, Mo., man has been convicted of killing his auto insurance agent during a robbery prompted by a big loss at a casino. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports a jury deliberated less than three hours before finding 35-year-old …
August 8, 2012
Rain and cooler temperatures in the drought-stricken U.S. Midwest crop belt will provide relief for late-season soybeans, but the change in the weather is arriving too late to help the already severely damaged corn crop, an agricultural meteorologist said on …
August 8, 2012
Recent wildfires in Oklahoma have resulted in at least 340 insurance claims statewide, authorities say, but many victims don’t have homeowners insurance. The Oklahoma Insurance Department (OID) said it is working with other state agencies and charitable organizations to provide …
August 8, 2012
Weather officials have confirmed what many residents of a northeastern Ohio town suspected: A tornado touched down there over the weekend. The National Weather Service said severe weather that caused damage to a section of Girard, near Youngstown, was a …
August 8, 2012
A Milwaukee, Wis., plant supervisor was gunned down while meeting with a disgruntled employee who then killed himself, but police said they don’t yet know what specifically sparked the shooting. George Hites, 58, of Milwaukee, was shot multiple times about …
August 8, 2012
Despite the fact that car crashes are the leading cause of death for children older than three years in the U.S. and send more than 140,000 children to the emergency room each year, new research has found that low proportions …