Barney & Barney, a Marsh & McLennan Insurance Agency LLC company based in San Diego, Calif., has promoted nine senior executives to principals. The new principals in the firm’s San Diego office are David Freeman, Richard Hallett, LuAnn McSwiggen and …
Dallas-based B&H Risk Services has hired Lorna Greenwood as senior underwriter. Greenwood will be involved in day to day underwriting and broking, new business development, new product and program development, producer relations, market procurement and program creation. She has over …
Authorities say a weekend tornado that touched down in southwest Florida with winds up to 135 mph damaged several homes, left thousands without power for a time, but caused no serious injuries or deaths. Police say the tornado caused scattered …
Huntington Beach, Calif.-based Confie announced it has acquired the Duane Sammons Insurance Center Inc. of Bellingham, Wash. Duane Sammons has served the local community of Bellingham for 30 years and provides personal and small commercial insurance lines. The former owner …
The City Council in Montgomery, Ala., has voted to allow ridesharing companies such as Uber to begin operating within the city. Multiple media outlets report that city council approved the ordinance Jan. 5. Ridesharing services such as Uber and Lyft …
Among the more than 140 plaintiffs’ lawyers competing to lead private litigation against Volkswagen over its emissions cheating scandal is former U.S. Senator and Democratic Vice-Presidential candidate John Edwards. Edwards, who was a trial lawyer in North Carolina before his …
An instech startup looking to disrupt the property/casualty insurance industry with a new business model has turned to four seasoned insurance executives from traditional carriers AIG and ACE Insurance to round out its executive team. Lemonade, the peer-to-peer (P2P) insurance …
Bosses can snoop on workers’ e-mails including personal messages with loved ones during working hours, the European Court of Human Rights ruled in a case brought by a Romanian man who claimed he was unfairly fired after his employer spied …
About 15 state attorneys general have joined the Justice Department’s probe of two big insurance mergers, according to people familiar with the matter, increasing the scrutiny on proposed deals that would reduce the number of nationwide health insurers to three …
The U.S. government and a group of global automakers are set to unveil a voluntary agreement at the Detroit auto show on Friday aimed at improving auto industry safety and spurring culture changes, according to company and government officials. The …
