The Fontainebleau Las Vegas LLC bankruptcy trustee may never win court approval for an $83.3 million settlement of lawsuits against former officers, directors and managers. U.S. Bankruptcy Judge A. Jay Cristol in Miami handed down an opinion on July 11 …
Ginny Majer has joined insurance wholesaler Risk Innovations as territory manager for Illinois. Based in Chicago, Majer will develop workers’ compensation and personal lines business with retail agents in Illinois. Majer has been in the insurance industry for over 20 …
The U.S. Geological Survey on July 13 recorded seven small earthquakes shaking central Oklahoma in a span of about 14 hours. The temblors are part of an increase in earthquakes across Oklahoma, Texas and Kansas that some scientists say could …
The Iowa Insurance Division is considering a possible change in the crop insurance filing deadline and is inviting informal comments to assist the division in its deliberation. The IID said it is mulling the crop insurance filing deadline after being …
Former West Virginia Governor W. Gaston Caperton, III, has been joined USI Insurance Services as a senior advisor to help the broker expand in West Virginia, Kentucky and Virginia. The 32nd governor of West Virginia will also help integrate USI’s …
Austin, Texas-based Service Lloyds Insurance Co. announced changes to its management team. G. Steven Collier has been named vice president of underwriting. Collier is a senior-level executive with over 34 years of success in all facets of insurance and risk …
Georgia Republican Senate candidates Jack Kingston and David Perdue sharpened their attacks on each other during a heated debate last Sunday with just over a week to go before their runoff election. Perdue, the former CEO of Dollar General and …
A former Des Moines, Iowa, insurance agent was sentenced to 41 months in prison for insurance fraud, the Iowa Insurance Division announced. Melissa Ilene Williams, of Dike, Iowa, also was ordered to pay restitution for fabricating and submitting life insurance …
A Southern Oregon wildfire destroyed six homes and 14 other buildings, and dozens of additional blazes ignited after thousands of lightning strikes lashed the state. The Moccasin Hill fire began Sunday near the ranching town of Sprague River, about 25 …
San Francisco, Calif.-based Woodruff-Sawyer & Co. named Anne Presson director of benefits innovation. Presson will focus on developing, piloting and implementing new strategies for the employee benefits practice. Prior to Woodruff-Sawyer, she was director of member relations at the Pacific …
