San Diego, Calif.-based Atlas General Insurance Services LLC has named Charles Lasher senior vice president of commercial operations. Lasher will be responsible for development, implementation and distribution of small-to-medium sized niche managed programs for various commercial segments nationwide. Lasher has …
Berkley Life Sciences, a W. R. Berkley Co., has launched Corporate Lifeline, a new coverage for life science companies seeking to effectively address increased government scrutiny of company practices under the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act. In 2009 the Criminal Division …
Reinstating Arkansas’ voter ID law, imposing new restrictions on lawsuit damages and eliminating the lieutenant governor’s office are among the dozens of ideas lawmakers would like to put on the ballot in 2016. With about 40 proposed constitutional amendments filed …
Sagamore Insurance Co., a subsidiary of Baldwin & Lyons Inc., is expanding its mono-line workers’ compensation program into six new states: Tennessee, Kentucky, Oklahoma, Mississippi, Kansas and Arkansas. The program, which offers coverage for a variety of class codes, has …
The Missouri Department of Insurance announced it recovered approximately $11.7 million for consumers who filed complaints against their insurance companies and an additional $12.7 million for Missourians through regulatory, market conduct settlements in 2014. The department’s consumer affairs division handled …
The end of Target’s Canadian operations is having a financial impact on businesses in Minnesota that supplied the retailer. Target’s Canadian division filed for bankruptcy protection last month and owes nearly $5 million to Minnesota suppliers and service providers, including …
The mood in the community of Lennox, S.D., is somber and likely will remain that way for a while, as residents prepare for the funeral of a man killed in a workplace shooting. The funeral for Jon Richter, 45, is …
A man from India who was slammed to the ground by a police officer had been singled out by police after a caller said a “skinny black guy” with a toboggan hat was walking in the neighborhood and peering into …
A recent slide in oil prices is leading to fewer jobs in the western North Dakota oil patch, but officials there and in northwestern South Dakota say the regional industry is resilient and will ride out the slump. Openings posted …
Conner Strong & Buckelew, an insurance brokerage and consulting firm with headquarters in Marlton, New Jersey, and Philadelphia, hired Timothy Gosnear as managing director/senior vice president, Major Accounts and a co-practice leader of the Life Sciences Group. He will be …
