LevelFirst, a wholesale broker and managing general agency based in Dallas, Texas, announced Ryan Taylor has joined the company as a senior underwriter/broker. Taylor brings 10 years of wholesale experience to the company. He will be responsible for underwriting all …
First Guard Insurance Co., a Venice, Fla.-based direct writer of physical damage and non-trucking liability insurance for leased owner operators, announced that Courtney M. Wilson has been named president. Wilson succeeds Donna Fortuna who was elected president in 2007. Fortuna …
Strained by the rapid expansion of natural gas drilling in Pennsylvania and limited resources, environmental regulators have failed to adequately monitor well safety or to provide clear and timely information to citizens, the state’s elected auditor said Tuesday. Eugene DePasquale …
Liberty Mutual Insurance, through its program administrator Trinity Transportation Services, LLC, is now offering coverage for towing companies. The Liberty Mutual Trinity Towing Program offers commercial auto, general liability, property, inland marine and excess/umbrella coverages for towing operations and vehicles. …
The Pennsylvania Insurance Fraud Prevention Authority (IFPA) in Mechanicsburg, Penn., has appointed Thomas A. Donahue III as executive director, effective August 5. Donahue succeeds current Executive Director Ralph Burnham who plans to retire.
Workers sifting through debris at the Oso mudslide in Washington are finding about 50 personal items a day. The Daily Herald reported they include books, photos, guns, computers and cameras. Some of the items belonged to the 43 people who …
A Memorial Day parade that led to a traffic jam blocking railroad tracks in a Milwaukee suburb did not amount to a specific hazard that could make the railroad company liable for striking a minivan, the Wisconsin Supreme Court has …
A Central California company has issued a voluntary nationwide recall of specific lots of its fresh peaches, plums, nectarines and pluots over concerns of possible listeria contamination. Wawona Packing says on its website that no illnesses have been reported and …
The city of Eddyville, Iowa, is getting more than $1 million to improve its stormwater handling system to protect the city from Des Moines River flooding. The funding, announced by U.S. Rep. Dave Loebsack, comes from the Federal Emergency Management …
A group of Louisiana tax assessors is advocating for a series of property valuation changes that, if approved, could significantly increase property tax rates for oil and gas well operators, as well as revenues for local governments. The proposed rules …
