MJ Insurance, Mead & Company Property/casualty and employee benefits agency, MJ Insurance, has acquired Indianapolis-based Mead & Company. Mead & Company is a multi-generational family business operated by the Mead family and founded in the 1860s. The firm began as …
Nationwide, headquartered in Columbus, Ohio, has agreed to settle litigation related to its merger with Pennsylvania-based Harleysville Insurance. The $26 million settlement relates to In re Harleysville Mutual, a consolidated class action and derivative suit related to the merger of …
Marc S. Byrnes, chairman and chief executive officer of Cleveland, Ohio,-based Oswald Companies, will transition his role as CEO to Robert (Bob) J. Klonk on Jan. 1, 2013. Klonk is a 17-year veteran of the firm. David C. Jacobs remains …
There’s a lot of great information in this issue of Insurance Journal about social media and mobile technology, and how agencies can use these tools to help them grow. We aim to keep up with the times, do we not? …
Social media are changing the way insurance professionals do business. How can these forms of media, such as Pinterest, Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn, help make your business more successful? And how can you protect yourself from the risks these media …
Counterfeit Airbags “Anytime equipment that is critical to protecting drivers and passengers fails to operate properly, it is a serious safety concern.” —U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said testing has revealed problems with counterfeit …
TWFG Texas-based The Woodlands Financial Group (TWFG) announced a substantial expansion of its network, adding new branches in multiple states, from California to Virginia. Many of the new branch managers are former “captive agents,” who are joining TWFG as a …
The South Carolina Supreme Court has ruled a man’s privacy was not violated when his wife’s daughter-in-law managed to get into his email and find out the name of his lover because the messages remained in his inbox. In their …
An appellate court is urging the Florida Legislature to reconsider a state law that makes injured employees pay employers’ legal costs if they lose good faith workers’ compensation appeals. A three-judge panel of the 1st District Court of Appeal in …
A federal appeals court has asked parties involved in a personal injury lawsuit that challenged the constitutionality of Mississippi’s $1 million cap on non-economic damages to re-brief the issue. The 5th Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans filed the …
