Griffin Underwriting Services has named Cathy Heine personal lines manager. Heine will be responsible for underwriting a variety of personal lines programs as well as expanding relationships with agency and company partners. Heine has more than 26 years of underwriting …
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to take up another broad challenge to President Barack Obama’s signature healthcare law. The court rejected an appeal filed by the Association of American Physicians and Surgeons and the Alliance for Natural Health …
Pennsylvania’s Democratic Gov.-elect Tom Wolf today appointed Teresa Miller to be the state’s insurance commissioner in his incoming administration. Miller is an attorney and former administrator of Oregon Insurance Division. She will succeed Pennsylvania’s current insurance commissioner, Michael Consedine, who …
Over the past seven weeks, Sony Pictures’ chief executive has dealt with the fallout from a cyber attack he likens to having your house robbed and burned to the ground. But the devastating hack, he says, might end up being …
The Cooperative of American Physicians Inc. has named Sarah E. Pacini its new chief executive officer effective Feb. 1. Pacini most recently was vice president of risk management and insurance, president of Advocate Physician Partners Risk Purchasing Group, and chairperson …
Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. has acquired e3 Financial in Newport Beach, Calif. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. e3 provides employee benefits brokerage, human resource administration and financial benefits consultation services for middle market group clients and individuals …
California Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones ordered Mercury Insurance to pay a fine of $27.5 million because Mercury auto insurance consumers were allegedly charged unapproved broker fees. Mercury did not obtain Jones’ approval for the fees and so consumers paid more …
Andrea Garcia was named an agency specialist with Stone Creek Insurance Agency. Garcia’s focus will be to increase new personal and commercial lines business as well as help the service team accomplish a 95 percent retention. Garcia has been working …
IMA Inc. has named Tim Burke as the new director of cyber risk in its Denver, Colo. office. Burke expands IMA’s capabilities to address some of the most pressing issues facing companies regarding the ever changing cyber, data privacy, and …
Highway officials say the number of traffic fatalities in Delaware in 2014 was 20 percent higher than 2013. The Office of Highway Safety said in a news release on Friday, Jan. 9, that 125 people were killed in traffic incidents …
