MarketScout, an electronic insurance exchange and specialty MGA headquartered in Dallas, Texas, has hired construction industry underwriting veteran, Rhonda Lohmar. Lohmar joins the construction practice with more than 20 years of industry underwriting experience. Prior to joining MarketScout, Lohmar was …
Zenith Insurance Co. will serve as the workers’ compensation reinsurer and service provider for the California water system and water-related entities program recently formed by Alteris Insurance Services, Inc. and the California Association of Mutual Water Companies (CalMutuals). CalMutuals JPRIMA …
Eight lawsuits have been filed by people seeking damages from a Texas industrial services company that spilled about 12,500 gallons of crude oil in March along and into the Bayou Teche in Louisiana. The Advocate reports the suits against Houston-based …
The U.S. Postal Service says Cleveland ranks second in the country in the number of dog attacks on postal workers. The Plain Dealer reports the postal service’s announcement says there 58 dog attacks reported in the city last year, an …
Federal authorities are investigating a charter bus crash in far South Texas that killed eight people and injured 44 more in a single-vehicle rollover, officials said. Seven people died at the scene Saturday morning, May 14, on U.S. Highway 83, …
Designed to withstand tornadoes, earthquakes and even bomb blasts, a castle-like southwest Missouri home that was meant to last forever must be torn down and erected again, its owner argues in an ongoing lawsuit. Pensmore, a 72,000-square-foot home, might not …
State lawmakers hope to offer relief to thousands of Louisiana drivers who collectively owe millions of dollars to the Office of Motor Vehicles in unpaid fines from lapsed insurance coverage. It’s not clear yet what form that relief might take, …
An imprisoned Ohio cardiologist has been ordered to repay $5.5 million to people on whom he performed unnecessary heart procedures as part of a medical overbilling scheme. Cleveland.com reports that a federal judge ordered Dr. Harry Persaud to pay his …
Insurance broker Lockton’s Chicago employee benefits operation has added Arturo Fisher as a global total rewards consultant. Fisher has more than 27 years of experience in global HR consulting. In his various roles, he has developed compensation and benefits programs …
Several media organizations want a judge to make public sealed court records in a dispute between Penn State and an insurance company over settlement payments to people who said former Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky abused them as …
