Monthly Archives: <span>June 2015</span>

Dale Randol Takes Reins at San Antonio’s IBC Insurance

Dale Randol has been promoted to president and CEO of San Antonio-based IBC Insurance. He replaces his father, Edwin “Eddie” Randol, who becomes chairman of the agency. Both men began their IBC tenures in 2000 when IBC acquired Eddie M. …

Officials Seek Cause of $200K in Damage to Bismarck Event Center

Severe thunderstorms late last week caused about $200,000 of damage at the newly expanded Bismarck Event Center. A lobby area was flooded by several inches of muddy rainwater, and excess water also damaged six wooden doors and some electrical boxes, …

ACE Taps Mandeville to Lead Surety Operations in West

Scott Mandeville has joined the ACE Group as vice president, Surety Underwriting, and regional manager for the Surety division in the Western region. The division includes the states of Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Oregon, Utah, Washington …

Judge Won’t Budge on Start of Minnesota Levee Construction

Construction of a ring levee that’s related to a Red River diversion project around the Fargo and Moorhead, Minn., area must remain on hold, a federal judge from Minnesota has ruled. U.S. District Judge John Tunheim in May put levee …

Marriage Right Doesn’t Protect Gays in Employment, Commerce or Housing

The U.S. Supreme Court may have written the most consequential words in the history of gay rights with its recognition of same-sex marriage. But those words won’t be the last. While same-sex marriage was already legal in most of the …

Penn. Withdraws Its Healthcare Marketplace Plan After Supreme Court Ruling

Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf’s administration said Thursday that it will withdraw its application to take over some functions of the insurance marketplace created under the 2010 federal health care law now that the U.S. Supreme Court has upheld the law’s …

Synergy Professional Associates Expands Lawyers Program to Washington

Synergy Professional Associates has launched a new lawyers professional liability program focused on small law firms in the state of Washington, in partnership with AmTrust Underwriters Inc., an AmTrust Financial Company. The new facility targets small law firms from one …

Ironshore Launches Security Endorsement for High Net Worth Insureds

Ironshore Personal Lines is introducing a Home and Family Security Endorsement to its High Value Homeowner Program to broaden coverage for losses arising from random attacks or situations impacting high net worth families. Designed to meet the needs of high …

Louisiana Farmers, Ranchers Brace for Worst Year Since 2008

Flooded fields and fickle temperatures put Louisiana farmers and ranchers in a pensive mood as they gathered here for the Farm Bureau Federation Convention, the state’s largest annual celebration of agriculture. “I’m afraid this year is a nail-biter and a …

How Supreme Court Gay Marriage Ruling Affects Employee Benefit Plans

Following the historic Supreme Court decision that same-sex couples have a national right to marry, employers offering domestic partner benefits to unmarried couples may pull back on that offering since employees in all states will be able to marry. Meanwhile, …