International insurance brokerage and risk management services firm Arthur J. Gallagher & Co., based in Itasca, Ill., has promoted James W. Durkin Jr. and William F. Ziebell in its employee benefit division. Durkin, president of Gallagher’s employee benefits division, assumes …
The number of opioid doses dispensed to Ohio patients decreased again last year, making 2016 the fourth year in a row that the number has dropped. A recent report from the State Board of Pharmacy’s Ohio Automated Rx Reporting System …
It takes a lot of capital for an insurance agency to grow, acquire, merge or partner with another agency, and increasingly, private equity firms are stepping up to the plate to supply that funding. Although the number of reported mergers …
Hundreds of insurance professionals and representatives from local nonprofits will convene on March 16 for the Insurance Industry Charitable Foundation’s annual Horizon Award Gala at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles. The IICF Western division will announce more than …
California-based Sierra Nevada Brewing Co. announced a recall on Jan. 22 of certain 12-ounce bottles of its pale ales, IPAs and other beers after detecting a packaging flaw that could cause a piece of glass to break off into the …
A former Washington state corrections officer accused of holding three jobs while claiming he was too disabled to work will serve seven days behind bars along with home detention. John J. Gruden, 44, late last month pleaded guilty to felony, …
A jury has awarded $1.25 million to a former San Diego, Calif., high schooler who was denied a bathroom break and forced to urinate in a bucket. The girl, then 14, used the bucket in a Patrick Henry High School …
San Francisco, Calif.-based Wells Fargo Insurance released its 2017 Insurance Market Outlook and Employee Benefits Outlook report in late January, which shows this year’s property/casualty insurance market will again be favorable to buyers. According to the surveys, most sectors will …
Hub International Northeast (Hub Northeast), a subsidiary of Hub International Limited, has promoted executive vice president and chief financial officer (CFO), Michael Sabanos, to the newly created position of chief operating officer (COO). First Vice President Harsh Bhasin will succeed …
A Massachusetts appeals court used a recent case to warn auto insurers about the importance of taking retail book value into consideration early in the settlement process. While the court ruled in favor of defendant Massachusetts Homeland Insurance Co. in …
