The Texas Department of Insurance announced that selections have been made for two agency deputy commissioner positions. Mark Einfalt will serve as deputy commissioner of compliance beginning Sept. 23, 2013. He will lead the activities of the consumer protection, enforcement …
Managing general agency, J.M. Wilson, announced one promotion and one new hire in the Midwest. Amanda Montgomery has been promoted to transportation underwriter in the company’s Portage, Mich., office. Montgomery was hired at J.M. Wilson as an assistant property/casualty underwriter …
A $1.2 million deal in a federal lawsuit over the alcohol-withdrawal death of a woman who was in custody at the Lenawee County jail in Adrian, Mich., has been approved. Thirty-seven-year-old Brenda Sue Smith was arrested for parole violation in …
Fewer than a quarter of the parents of children in the Sioux Falls, S.D., school district who have received laptop computers have bought insurance, though officials say a change in the policy might prompt more to sign up. The insurance …
Forecasters says there’s a potential for flash flooding and river flooding as more rainfall is expected across much of northern and central New Mexico well into late this week. The National Weather Service says the potential for flooding is strongest …
Sept. 13 marked the fifth anniversary of the landfall of Hurricane Ike on the Texas coast. Despite its Category 2 ranking when it hit, Ike caused more than $30 billion in damage and the lessons learned from it could be …
More than 100 Kentucky bridges have advanced deterioration and are at risk of collapsing, federal records show, and the head of the state’s transportation agency blames the situation largely on increased, heavier traffic since the bridges were built. The Associated …
State highway officials say West Virginia’s bridges are safe despite dozens that are both in disrepair and at risk of collapse if hit hard enough in the wrong place. An Associated Press review of federal records found that 178 West …
Computer security experts have discovered a group of highly sophisticated computer hackers operating for hire, a U.S computer security firm said on Tuesday, and it linked the group to some of the best-known cyber-espionoge attacks out of China in recent …
Charlie Crist hopes that the hug that hurt him becomes the hug that now heals him. Democratic President Barack Obama embraced Crist, then Florida’s Republican governor, at a 2009 rally. Republican Marco Rubio used the image to successfully chase Crist …
