Hub International Ltd. has acquired San Francisco, Calif.-based Sweet & Baker Insurance Brokers Inc. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Bruce Callander, president of Sweet & Baker, will join Hub California and report to Kirk Christ, president of Hub …
Bunker, a Hiscox and American Family-backed startup billing itself as the first contract-related insurance marketplace, has officially left startup mode and unveiled its first product. The target audience: independent contractors and small businesses. The San Francisco-based startup said it has …
Alabama motorists are getting a costly reminder to look out for deer while driving. State Farm, Alabama’s largest auto insurer, says in a statement that there were 28,794 insurance claims connected to deer collisions from July 2015 to the end …
A machinery rebuilding company in Houston was cited by federal safety regulators on Sept. 28 for exposing employees to workplace hazards. The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration proposed $155,139 in penalties against Machinery Maintenance Rebuilders Inc. …
A petition that would legalize medical marijuana in Oklahoma will go before voters in a future election after a 10-day period that allowed for challenges over the validity of the signatures expired this week. Supporters of State Question 788 gathered …
The aging transportation infrastructure in Arkansas needs $750 million to make critical repairs, according to a recent study that identified bridges in danger of collapse and once-paved roads that have been reduced to gravel paths. County judges, legislators and advocacy …
Council Bluffs, Iowa, officials are working to strengthen the levees protecting the western Iowa city before homeowners are forced to pay higher premiums for flood insurance. The Daily Nonpareil reports the city wants to complete the levee projects before the …
The governor’s office says the White House has issued a presidential disaster declaration for eight Iowa counties hit hard by several storms in late August. The office of Gov. Terry Branstad said the counties are Allamakee, Chickasaw, Clayton, Fayette, Floyd, …
A new rule governing the prescribing of opioids to treat Ohioans injured on the job took effect on Oct. 1, the Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation (BWC) reported. The changes target the prevention of opioid dependence by encouraging appropriate prescribing …
The WCIRB has submitted a pure premium rate filing to the California Department of Insurance proposing Jan. 1, 2017 advisory pure premium rates lower than the corresponding industry average and less than the average approved rates. In an original filing …
