Laurie Hoag-Winkler has been named senior vice president, employee benefits practice leader, for USI Colorado. USI Colorado is the firm formerly known as Van Gilder Insurance Corp. USI Insurance Services officially closed its previously announced acquisition of Van Gilder Insurance …
The city of Hoboken, New Jersey, was nearly swallowed by the Hudson River during Superstorm Sandy last year. Three of its electrical substations and most of its firehouses flooded, businesses and homes were submerged, and people were trapped in high-rises …
An eastern Indiana judge has dismissed two unions from a lawsuit against a transportation company, an insurance agency and several insurers filed by a man badly burned when he fell into a tank of chemicals heated to about 200 degrees. …
Lloyd’s has announced the appointment of Inga Beale as its new CEO. She will take over on the first of January, when current CEO Richard Ward steps down at the end of December, and will be the first woman to …
Imagine zooming from 200 feet in the sky onto a small green circle in the middle of a vast, dark ocean. Louisiana helicopter pilots do it daily, carrying workers to and from offshore oil rigs. It often takes more than …
A former New Jersey insurance broker who misappropriated more than $660,000 in premiums owed to insurers has been sentenced to five years in state prison. Brian Mohen and his wife, Lisa Stanko-Mohen, were also ordered last Friday to pay more …
The Florida Supreme Court refused last Thursday to adopt a state rule reflected in a law that creates restrictions on doctors who can testify during medical malpractice trials, agreeing it would have a chilling effect on the ability to find …
Three Biloxi residents have been arrested and charged with insurance fraud, Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood said. Hood’s news release said 47-year-old Rosemary Henderson, 38-year-old Lavon Donnell Cherry and 30-year-old Johnny Lewis were arrested last Thursday by investigators with the …
A Clarendon County jury has awarded $890,000 in damages to a man after members of the governing board at his condominium wrongly identified him as a registered sex offender. James E. King thinks the situation stemmed from a dispute with …
A former West Virginia insurance agent has admitted to his role in an arson scheme in Logan, according to a federal prosecutor. U.S. Attorney Booth Goodwin said 44-year-old William Janey Thompson pleaded guilty to wire fraud, aiding and abetting arson …
