USG Insurance Services Inc., a national wholesaler and managing general agent, announced the expansion of its Louisiana operations with the return of Gina Lee as a producer/broker based in Mandeville, La.. Lee most recently held the position of branch manager …
Mike Gerik, executive vice president of the Texas Farm Bureau Insurance Cos., has been elected president of the Association of Fire and Casualty Companies in Texas (AFACT). Gerik, whose term as AFACT president runs for two years, also chairs the …
CHS Insurance Services LLC is the new name for agribusiness insurance broker Ag States Group, which provides a full line of property/casualty insurance, surety bond products, group benefits, loss control and on-site safety programs, and employer services. CHS Insurance remains …
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo announced on Nov. 1 that individuals who drive drunk with a conditional license will now face a felony, which is the same penalty for those who drive drunk with a revoked license. Previously, driving drunk …
Many of the ills of the modern world — starvation, poverty, flooding, heat waves, droughts, war and disease — are likely to worsen as the world warms from man-made climate change, a leaked draft of an international scientific report forecasts. …
People living in flood-prone communities in the Dunloup Creek flood plain in West Virginia have another opportunity to sell their properties to the government. The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Natural Resources Conservation Service has launched the second phase of the …
Florida’s Office of Insurance Regulation recently issued a final order approving the rate increase of 0.7 percent for workers’ compensation rates in Florida. The approval was issued after the National Council on Compensation Insurance (NCCI) resubmitted a corrected rate filing …
A U.S. housing regulator said on Tuesday that it would ban some fees and commissions that borrowers are compelled to pay when their own home insurance coverage lapses. The Federal Housing Finance Agency said it was aiming to shield homeowners …
A Billings, Mont. woman is charged with drunken driving while taking her 13-year-old daughter and two friends Trick-or-Treating. The Billings Gazette reported 34-year-old Summer Breeze Merrill also is charged with three counts of felony child endangerment. She made an initial …
Alaska has implemented the State Based Systems, an electronic system owned by the National Association of Insurance Commissioners, it was announced on Monday. The purpose of NAIC’s SBS initiative is to provide a comprehensive, internet-based application for state regulators in …
