Texas based independent insurance firm, Higginbotham, hired Peter Clarke, as senior loss control consultant in its Corpus Christi office. The Corpus Christi loss control department serves customers throughout the state. The department helps businesses identify their property and liability exposures …
Kentucky Republican Gov. Matt Bevin has notified federal authorities he plans to dismantle the state’s health insurance exchange. Bevin campaigned on a pledge to get rid of the exchange, known as kynect. It was authorized by an executive order from …
Wallace Welch & Willingham (W3) has acquired Sondregger Insurance, an independent agency based in St. Petersburg, Fla. The acquisition was made final on December 9, 2015. Sondregger Insurance specializes in personal and business insurance. The agency brings one employee and …
Amerisure Mutual Insurance Co., based in Farmington Hills, Mich., announced Justin Roebuck has joined the company as director of Business Analysis & Quality Assurance. In this role, Roebuck directs and advises the Amerisure business analysis staff on best practices and …
C2 Solutions (C2), an organization formed by a group of independent employee benefits consulting firms, has added Iowa-based Holmes Murphy & Associates as a new member. Holmes Murphy has offices in Des Moines, Iowa; Dallas, Texas; and other cities across …
Oklahoma’s captive insurance industry grew in 2015 with the licensing of 26 captive insurers, the Oklahoma Insurance Department announced. With the addition of the 26 new captives, Oklahoma currently regulates 73 captive insurers. Captive insurers in general are insurance companies …
The Missouri Department of Insurance has issued a bulletin to Missouri insurers reminding them that the rating practice generally known as “price optimization” is prohibited in the state. “Price optimization” is the practice of measuring and modifying insurance prices based …
Leaders of the property/casualty insurance industry expect 2016 to be a profitable year much like 2015 but do not see any increase in profitability this year for most lines of insurance, and they do not expect the economy to stay …
A lawyer and a state chamber of commerce vice president says he is running for North Dakota insurance commissioner. Jon Godfread is a Republican. He is vying for the seat being vacated by Adam Hamm, who announced in December that …
Blue Bell Creameries is seeking to reassure customers that its ice cream in safe, even as the Texas company tries to determine whether listeria has again been found at one of its plants. Blue Bell is in in the midst …
