A federal appeals court on March 3 refused to revive a Louisiana levee board’s lawsuit blaming dozens of oil and gas companies for damage to the state’s fragile coast, a major victory for energy companies and their political supporters who …
A new report by the Rutgers Center for Risk and Responsibility at Rutgers Law School in Camden, N.J., in cooperation with United Policyholders, offers recommendations to state lawmakers in terms of how homeowners insurance claims are addressed by insurance companies …
Specialty wholesale insurance broker AmWINS Group Inc. announced the election of W.H. “Skip” Cooper as vice chairman of its board of directors. Cooper has served as president of AmWINS since May 2007 and he is continuing in that role. Prior …
When the floodwaters rushed in last month in San Jose, a firefighter hauled Hien Nguyen to safety. She left behind the two-bedroom apartment she shared with a roommate for $1,000 a month, managing only to take her identification and her …
New York legislation to relax one of the nation’s most restrictive statutes of limitations on child molestation victims continues to stall under pressure from the Roman Catholic Church and other opponents. The bill has circled the drain in Albany for …
The first driverless shuttles in the nation to be operating on public roads made a debut at a San Francisco Bay Area business park. The East Bay Times reporte the shuttles get around using lasers on all four corners, GPS …
United Insurance Services has added KJ Stephens and Adam Terpstra to its Granite Bay, Calif. location. Stephens is an employee benefits agent and Terpstra is a commercial agent. Terpstra specializes in member-owned group captives and alternative risk programs, while Stephens …
The insurance industry could soon have a new acronym: WSIA. Introducing the Wholesale and Specialty Insurance Association (WSIA). That’s the name and acronym for the new wholesale, specialty and surplus lines insurance trade association that would be formed by the …
A Massachusetts man who served time in prison for defrauding Home Depot has been sentenced to more than a year behind bars for doing it again. Robert Dooley pleaded guilty to 10 counts of wire fraud. The Salem News reports …
Five homes in Wilmington, Del., have been condemned following a fire over the weekend that displaced a dozen residents. It happened Sunday afternoon. The News Journal of Wilmington reports that city fire spokesman James Jobes says arriving firefighters found heavy …
