Many people who complained a federal insurance program shortchanged them after Superstorm Sandy swamped their homes are getting some validation three years later in the form of cash. A Federal Emergency Management Agency review launched in the spring has been …
A North Platte, Neb., man accused of driving his car into a canal so he could collect on his insurance has been sent to prison. Court records say 32-year-old Josh Salisbury was sentenced to 18 to 36 months for insurance …
The Hanover Insurance Group Inc. reported $78.3 million net income for its 2015 third quarter, a 42.6 percent increase from $54.9 million net income reported a year earlier. The Worcester, Massachusetts-based insurer said the latest quarterly results were helped by …
A top state fire official says the changing landscape of Texas, driven by millions of new residents and the spread of exurbia, has coincided with an unprecedented wave of large wildfires that are occurring more regularly. Texas A&M Forest Service …
Conroe, Texas-based independent insurance wholesaler, Ashley General Agency, has added Adam Arnold to its underwriting team. Arnold has extensive experience in the insurance industry that includes a background with a well-respected managing general agency and a national insurance carrier specializing …
The fall marks a new administrative year for Insurance Agents & Brokers Service Group in Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania, and its partnership of agents’ associations in Delaware, Maryland and Pennsylvania. The organization held elections for directors at its annual meeting on Oct. …
National Tire and Battery (NTB) will pay $22,500 to a former employee to resolve a national origin and religious harassment lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced. According to EEOC’s suit, an Arab and …
North Dakota’s congressional delegation and others from the state say a proposed $3 billion cut to crop insurance is unacceptable. A two-year budget deal in Congress would reduce federal subsidies to companies that sell crop insurance to farmers, saving $3 …
Yesterday, I published a paper about, and titled, “The troublesome legacy of Prop 103.” Shortly thereafter, an organization called Consumer Watchdog published a startlingly quick response. The speed of their response, while impressive, is no surprise. Consumer Watchdog owes its …
A judge has ordered a Cheyenne, Wyo. restaurant to pay a Nebraska couple nearly $11.4 million after the husband contracted salmonella poisoning. The Casper Star-Tribune reported Christopher Gage and his wife, Heather, sued the Old Country Buffet and its operator …
