Merle Scheiber, director of South Dakota’s Insurance Division, issued a reminder to workers’ compensation insurers that bona fide independent contractors are not required to carry workers’ comp insurance under state statute. Scheiber said the division has found that some workers’ …
Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn’s veto of legislation that would have implemented statewide regulation of commercial rideshare organizations, or transportation network companies (TNCs), put the spotlight on the Chicago rideshare ordinance that was passed by the city council in late May. …
That rain on the plain that saturated Montana’s malt barley crop in late August could be tears in the beer of American brewers in 2015. Heavy late-August rains have damaged crops in the nation’s largest malt-barley producing states, Montana and …
Isidro Santillan, 53, of Pacoima, Calif., has been arrested and charged with 13 counts of grand theft and three counts of commercial burglary. Santillan is alleged to have stolen more than $100,000 by selling insurance policies and bonds to licensed …
Rick Hudson was sitting at his booth at the California Workers’ Compensation & Risk Conference held earlier this month scanning emails on his smartphone during a slow period when he was asked what the most significant change to his job …
Southwest Insurance Agents Alliance has expanded its team with the addition of Nate Call and William R. Gordon as regional vice presidents for Arizona. Both Call and Gordon will be responsible for membership service, development and insurance company relations for …
Wildfires this summer in Washington have burned about 567 square miles. Last year wildfires burned about 156 square miles in the state. State Forester Aaron Everett said this year’s scorched acreage is about six times the five-year average of 95 …
Insurance broker and risk consultant Marsh reported that Thadd Wallace has joined the firm as a managing director in the Global Risk Management Practice in Atlanta. In this role, Wallace will work with Don Bailey, head of industry and sales …
The Mississippi Supreme Court is being asked to overturn a state judge’s ruling that a legislatively imposed cap on how much juries can award in non-economic damages is unconstitutional. Circuit Judge Charles Webster in Coahoma County issued the ruling in …
Penn National Insurance in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, said Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer Christine Sears has been elected president and CEO-elect by the company’s board of directors. She succeeds President and CEO Kenneth R. Shutts, who announced his planned …
