Vermont’s new child safety law shifts the state’s priority in protecting children to their well-being from an imperative to reunite them with their families, officials said Monday during the governor’s bill-signing ceremony at his Statehouse office. The workings of Vermont’s …
Marsh has unveiled a new casualty cost diagnostic tool powered by its analytics that provides clients enhanced awareness of their casualty program costs and trends and shares strategies on how to further control their casualty total cost of risk (TCOR). …
The City Council in Lincoln, Neb., has approved a $1 million disaster assistance program to aid Lincoln residents whose homes were damage by raw sewage that backed up during heavy rains, but some of the victims are still considering suing …
A company passed over by the Jindal administration to run Louisiana’s self-insurance program claims it suffered bias in its losing bid. The Advocate reports that York Risk Services Group is challenging the award of the $80 million, three-year contract to …
Minnesota now has two new laws that allow civil actions against those who commit insurance fraud, the Coalition Against Insurance Fraud announced. The strong anti-fraud measures became law when Gov. Mark Dayton signed a larger omnibus bill containing the provisions …
Alliant Insurance Services, a specialty insurance brokerage based in Newport Beach, California, hired Jon Ostrau as senior vice president for its Alliant Americas division. Ostrau will be based in Alliant’s New York office. Ostrau will be responsible for the delivery …
Though Tropical Storm Bill has been downgraded to a tropical depression, as it moves across Texas its heavy rains are flooding streets and have left at least one person dead in the state where severe weather killed about 30 people …
The federal government has cited a Springfield, Mo.-based manufacturer after a worker at the company plant died in January. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration cited Ridewell Corp. with a willful violation after the employee died after he was hit …
An ex-claims worker at a Houston decor store has been sentenced to more than seven years in prison and must repay $2 million in an insurance scam. Sandra Johnson of Katy was sentenced on June 15 in Houston. The 48-year-old …
Santo Insurance & Financial Services, an independent insurance agency in Salem, New Hampshire, hired Michael Kimball as an insurance agent.
