A court fight over use of a new Dow Chemical herbicide on genetically engineered U.S. corn and soybean crops is growing to encompass 15 Midwestern states after the company recently won federal approval for more widespread application. Conservationists, food safety …
Multiple hailstorms in Texas over the second half of April are expected to result in at least 60,000 auto insurance claims, the Insurance Council of Texas reported. “Hail and windstorm claims are still coming in from almost every corner of …
Kimberly El Amrani is the recipient of The Matt Wells Scholarship for The National Alliance Producer School on May 13-15 in Tallahassee, Fla. El Amrani is the principal owner/agent with Prime Insurance Group LLC, in Henrico, Va. Selected for her …
Portage, Mich.-based managing general agency and surplus lines broker J.M. Wilson has promoted Jennifer Councell to fleet transportation underwriter. Specializing in 11-15 power unit accounts, Councell is responsible for quoting new and renewal business for independent insurance agents in 21 …
Joanna M. Tollenaere joins Texas-based independent insurance brokerage firm Roach Howard Smith & Barton as a commercial sales executive. She will focus on developing new client relationships and strategic partnerships with companies in both the public and private sectors. Tollenaere …
Insurance brokerage Rutherfoord, a Marsh & McLennan Agency LLC company, hired Wrenna Armwood as senior private risk account manager. Armwood is based in Rutherfoord’s Alexandria, Virginia, office.
It’s an exceedingly rare thing that I’d ever point to anything my adoptive state of Florida does in the area of insurance markets as an example that others might want to copy. But in at least one important respect, recent …
A magnitude 3.4 earthquake hit Carson, Calif. early Thursday, but no damage was reported. The quake was widely felt from downtown Los Angeles to Long Beach. It hit at 7:01 a.m. at a depth of 9.1 miles, according to the …
Swiss Re, Europe’s second-biggest reinsurer, said regulators should prevent catastrophe bonds from being repackaged like subprime mortgages. “It’s important for traditional players like us and regulators that we make sure we don’t get into a situation where you start having …
Kimberly El Amrani is the recipient of The Matt Wells Scholarship for The National Alliance Producer School, which will be held May 13-15 in Tallahassee, Florida. She is the principal owner/agent with Prime Insurance Group, LLC, a Trusted Choice agency …
