July 25, 2016
General Star Management Co. has added 50 classes for products liability offered by the Delegated Division, Contract P&C Unit. In addition, the gross receipts threshold for eligibility has been increased from $1.5 million to up to $5 million subject to …
July 25, 2016
An attorney in Miami has been arrested for alleged involvement in a personal injury protection (PIP) fraud scheme that accounted for nearly $1.5 million in financial loss, according to Florida Chief Financial Officer Jeff Atwater and the Department of Financial …
July 25, 2016
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. executives and directors persuaded a federal appeals court on Friday to reject shareholder claims that they permitted and then covered up pervasive bribery by officials at the world’s largest retailer’s Mexico unit. By a 3-0 vote, the …
July 25, 2016
Insureon, an online agency for small business insurance, has formed a new managing general agency (MGA), Insureon Underwriting Managers, which will operate as a division of Insurance Noodle, the company’s wholesale brokerage subsidiary. The new MGA will target hard-to-place coverage …
July 25, 2016
Anyone driving on Scenic Highway recently between Scenic Terrace and Park Place Apartments probably spotted rows of dark-colored shapes floating in Escambia Bay and wondered, “What are those?” The dark shapes round into focus July 15 as Donnie McMahon III …
July 25, 2016
ClearView Risk Holdings, LLC has expanded into Florida and hired Keith Driggers and Barbara Glennon to join its subsidiary Southwest Risk, LP. Both will serve as vice president and broker in the Tallahassee office, which will be branded as ClearView …
July 25, 2016
Some 48 people were uninjured after a charter bus erupted into flames on an interstate near the Mall of Georgia. Gwinnett Fire spokesman Capt. Tommy Rutledge says the fire started near the engine compartment toward the back of the bus …
July 25, 2016
Ohio Insurance Institute President Dan Kelso is retiring and senior staffer Dean Fadel has been named the OII’s new president. Formerly vice president of Government Relations, Fadel joined OII in 1988. He previously held legislative and public affairs positions at …
July 25, 2016
Illinois insurance regulators are seeking the rehabilitation of a failing health insurance co-op that the department previously attempted to rescue. Anne Melissa Dowling, Acting Director of the Illinois Department of Insurance, has asked the Illinois Attorney General to petition the …
July 25, 2016
The Cincinnati Insurance Companies’ property/casualty group expects second-quarter catastrophe losses of roughly $160 million to $170 million. That loss amount represents an impact on the second-quarter 2016 combined ratio of approximately 14.4 to 15.3 percentage points, based on estimated property/casualty …