President Barack Obama approved a major disaster declaration for 33 Missouri counties damaged by severe weather and flooding in late December and early January. The declaration makes assistance programs available to eligible residents for such things as temporary housing and …
Michigan-based Downriver Community Services will pay $31,000 and provide equitable relief to settle a disability discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency announced. According to EEOC’s suit, Downriver refused to extend additional unpaid leave …
Clayton, Mo.-based independent insurance agency POWERS Insurance and Benefits hired Meaghan Dowd as personal account manager and Barb Walgren as insurance advisor. Dowd will assist producers in procuring new business. She also will handle risk management and day-to-day service for …
Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance (BHSI) has expanded its executive & professional lines appetite to private companies in the U.S., launching the Executive First Private Company Portfolio. The portfolio offers directors & officers liability, employment practices liability (EPL), fiduciary liability, employed …
Starkweather & Shepley Insurance Brokerage Inc., the largest independent insurance agency in Rhode Island, has announced a leadership succession plan.
States across the Southeast, including Kentucky, North Carolina, Tennessee and West Virginia, were hit by extreme winter weather this week and forecasters say it isn’t finished yet. Another two feet of snow is still expected across some of the Southeast …
Maryland’s attorney general and lawmakers are looking at ways to protect the public from bad deals offered by businesses that have bought legal settlements from lead poisoning victims, such as Baltimore’s Freddie Gray, at a steep discount. David Nitkin, a …
Risk Strategies Company, a privately held, national insurance brokerage and risk management firm, has hired Amy M. Landry as a property loss-control engineer. Landry is based in Risk Strategies’ Boston headquarters office. Landry is a certified fire protection specialist (CFPS) …
A coal miner in western Kentucky died after being pinned against a wall by a mobile digging machine in an underground mine, the first coal mining death in the state this year and the third nationally. The death prompted a …
Insurance Noodle, a membership-based online platform for insurance agents, has rolled out its new homeowner’s insurance quoting capabilities. Agents who join Insurance Noodle can now access homeowner’s quotes for standard, difficult-to-insure, and high-value homes, as well as for renter’s and …
