Tokio Marine Holdings Inc., fresh from its biggest acquisition in the U.S., is now looking for opportunities in China. The insurer plans to utilize its ties with Citic Group Corp., China’s biggest conglomerate, to expand in the country, Tsuyoshi Nagano, …
All-Star Insurance Group Inc., a full service independent insurance agency headquartered in Gilmer, Texas, has promoted George Wolfe to vice president. Wolfe joined All-Star Insurance in March 2011 after eight years with Farm Bureau Insurance in Gilmer. He has 13 …
Phoenix, Ariz.-based surplus line wholesaler The Keating Group (tKg), has added Cal Rogers as assistant vice president, broker in its Springfield, Mo., office. Rogers will be responsible for property/casualty production in the Midwest region. Prior to joining tKg, Rogers was …
Police in Key West, Fla., have arrested an Uber driver following a crackdown on unlicensed vehicle-for-hire drivers. Spokeswoman Alyson Crean told the Miami Herald that 51-year-old Martin Maness was arrested July 10 on two misdemeanor counts of violating a city …
Augusta, Ga., commissioners are proposing a settlement with firefighters who have sued the city saying they’re owed overtime pay. The Augusta Chronicle reports commissioners voted to offer $58,455 to the group of approximately 85 firefighters who filed a class-action lawsuit …
North Carolina lawmakers want the state Department of Labor to study zip line safety following a fatal accident at a YMCA camp in the mountains last month. The bill was amended recently after a 12-year-old girl died when she fell …
Below is a list of insurance-related Florida legislation passed by lawmakers in the 2015 regular session. All legislation has been approved by Governor Rick Scott and became effective as of July 1, 2015. HB1133 – Florida Agent Licensing Aligns college …
California Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones on Thursday paid homage to the insurance industry for “tens of millions” of charitable dollars that came from the insurance industry as part of the California Organized Investment Network. Jones made his remarks at the …
Climate change reports and studies abound lately – as you will note from a previous column – but one recent report gives potentially the starkest prediction yet of what impacts climate change could have. The report from Lloyd’s of London, …
The New York State Department of Financial Services (NYDFS) has approved an average 5.9 percent increase in workers’ compensation loss costs for new and renewal business to become effective on Oct. 1, 2015. The approval was announced by the New …
