Victor O. Schinnerer & Co., a managing general underwriter, is adding to its professional liability offerings with a new miscellaneous professional liability (MPL) insurance program for small businesses. Schinnerer serves as the access point for retail agents and brokers on …
EMPLOYERS has entered into an agreement with Paychex Insurance Agency, Inc. to provide small businesses the opportunity to acquire and pay for workers’ compensation insurance when they process payroll through Paychex. The program will be available in 2013 in all …
Funding of $1.8 million for the completion of the Bayou Chene Flood Protection System in Louisiana has been approved by the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Economic Development Authority. St. Mary Levee District executive director Hillary Thibodeaux tells the Daily Review …
The Leavitt Group’s Sacramento, Calif. office named Chris Sindle as an adviser in the professional liability program. Sindle will provide risk management solutions for law firms, including malpractice audits, educational seminars, employee benefits programs and claim services. Most recently Sindle …
SullivanCurtisMonroe Insurance Services LLC named Randall Mitchell as a property-casualty consultant in its Irvine, Calif. office. Mitchell will focus on building out the firm’s real estate and food divisions. He has eight years of experience in the banking industry. Mitchell …
Democratic Senate hopeful Elizabeth Warren has launched two new television ads responding to criticism by Republican Sen. Scott Brown of her legal work in an asbestos-related case. Brown also released a new ad Monday, faulting Warren’s tax proposals. Warren’s ads …
Fire investigators say a woman making a late night snack of french fries sparked a fire in a Pittsfield, Maine, apartment building that left 12 people homeless. The fire, which started last Saturday night, began when a woman in a …
There’s one person not on this year’s ballot who is still getting his fair share of grief. And that’s Florida Gov. Rick Scott. Scott has been battling poor poll ratings most of his time in office. Now he is turning …
Wisconsin Department of Transportation officials say 2012 will be one of the deadliest years on record for motorcyclists. So far, 102 people have died in motorcycle crashes this year, compared to 85 for all of 2011. The figures show the …
The incoming Florida House speaker is asking the chairman of the state-backed Citizens Property Insurance Corp. to postpone a key depopulation strategy to give lawmakers a chance to review it. Speaker-designate Will Weatherford wrote Citizens’ board chairman Carlos Lacasa with …
