Monthly Archives: <span>June 2014</span>

CNA Promotes Szabo to Commercial Underwriting Officer in Chicago

CNA Financial Corporation promoted Matt Szabo to assistant vice president, commercial underwriting officer for the Chicago, Illinois and Wisconsin branches. Szabo will work with leadership to provide additional strategic underwriting support for all areas of CNA’s commercial offerings. This includes …

Terrell Joins Schinnerer in Texas as Regional Sales Manager

Underwriting manager Victor O. Schinnerer & Company Inc. announced that Jake Terrell joined the firm as vice president and sales manager for the Southeast and South Central United States. Terrell is based in Dallas and will report to Brian Hanuschak, …

Tennessee Unveils Plan to Curb Prescription Drug Abuse

Gov. Bill Haslam and Commissioner of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services Douglas Varney this week unveiled a multi-year plan to fight prescription drug abuse in Tennessee. The state estimates that in the past year, nearly 221,000 Tennesseans have used …

South Carolina Lawmakers Agree on Bill for Statewide Texting Ban

A joint state House and Senate committee has reached a compromise on legislation which would ban on texting while driving in South Carolina. Under the proposed ban, drivers must be fully parked to be able to text using a wireless …

Maine Man Sentenced to 1 Year in Jail, $50K Restitution for Comp Fraud

A Maine man was sentenced this week in Aroostook County Superior Court to serve 42 months in jail, with all but one year suspended for workers’ compensation fraud. Workers’ comp insurer MEMIC — whose special investigation unit had examined the …

Sales of Storm Shelters Surge in Mississippi

Before April 28, two suppliers of storm shelters reported an average of four to 10 orders a month in 2014. They say that since then they’ve each sold more than 100 and that it could be several months before they …

HUD OKs New Jersey’s Plan for Spending $1.46B in 2nd Round of Sandy Aid

New Jersey is a step closer to its goal of helping the thousands of people on waiting lists for Superstorm Sandy rebuilding assistance now that the federal government has approved its plans for spending $1.46 billion in the second round …

GM Top Executives Did Not Know About Ignition Defect: WSJ on GM Internal Probe

An internal probe of General Motors Co.’s delay in recalling cars with defective ignition switches linked to at least 13 deaths is expected to conclude there was no concerted coverup and clear senior management of blame, the Wall Street Journal …

Female-Named Hurricanes More Deadly But Less Feared

Which scares you more: Hurricane Victor or Hurricane Victoria? People are slightly less likely to flee an oncoming storm with a feminine name than a masculine one, a new study finds. But here is Victoria’s secret: Hurricanes with feminine names …

Opting Out of Texas Workers’ Comp Doesn’t Have to Mean Going Bare

While Oklahoma recently adopted legislation under which employers may choose an alternative to the statutory workers’ compensation system in certain circumstances, Texas still the only state in which participation in the workers’ compen­sation system is truly voluntary. As such, many …