Patrick Wraight has been named the director of the Insurance Journal Academy of Insurance, a leading property/casualty insurance learning center that is part of the Wells Media Group. Wraight, an Army veteran, comes to the Academy with more than 12 …
Texas highways continue to be deadly, with an increase in traffic crashes involving injuries and fatalities. Last year, 3,390 traffic crashes resulted in 3,757 fatalities and 175,347 traffic crashes resulted in 263,536 people injures, the Insurance Council of Texas reports. …
At least six tornadoes blew through Central Texas overnight on Feb. 19 and 20, damaging more than 100 structures in the San Antonio area, just days after another six were reported near Houston. The mayor of San Antonio issued a …
A three-year-old Des Moines, Iowa-based business startup accelerator focused solely on the global insurance industry has developed into a streamlined organization with more applicants, more investors and more mentors than in past years, its managing director says. “We’ve matured as …
Texas Insurance Commissioner David Mattax has been reappointed to the post by Gov. Greg Abbott, the governor’s office announced. His term expires Feb. 1, 2019. Mattax has served as insurance commissioner since January 2015, when he was appointed by then-Gov. …
Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker’s administration has reversed itself and no longer plans to roll back a requirement for fire sprinklers in many new apartment buildings. The state Department of Safety and Professional Services recently advanced plans to end a requirement …
Reports of drone safety violations continued to increase during 2016, according to the Federal Aviation Administration. There were 1,274 reports from February through September last year, compared with 874 for the same period in 2015 — a 46 percent increase. …
Firefighting costs hit $1.5 million in the county hardest hit by a massive wildfire along the Kansas-Oklahoma border last year. Jerry McNamar, emergency management director for Kansas’ Barber County, said he’s optimistic that the Federal Emergency Management Agency will pay …
Gov. Eric Greitens has tapped Chlora Lindley-Myers to lead the Missouri Department of Insurance, Financial Institutions and Professional Registration. Her appointment is subject to approval by the Missouri Senate. Lindley-Myers currently serves as deputy commissioner at the Tennessee Department of …
Martin Hartley, executive vice president and chief operating officer of PURE Group of Insurance Cos., sees ample growth opportunities for mutual carriers despite a soft market. Some of those opportunities are in the form of increasing and measuring customer satisfaction, …
