Allstate announced three senior leadership promotions in preparation for the retirement of Matt Winter, president of The Allstate Corp. The promotions include Steve Shebik to vice chairman of The Allstate Corp., Glenn Shapiro to president of Allstate Personal Lines and …
A fire caused by an explosion at a Miami marina has damaged two boats, and authorities say no one was hurt. The Miami Herald reports that firefighters responded to C&F Marine around 1:30 p.m. Tuesday and brought the fire under …
Vehicle thefts are on the rise again in North Carolina after a decade-long decline. The State Bureau of Investigation says 15,007 vehicles were stolen in North Carolina in 2016. That was nearly 4,000 more stolen vehicles than the year before, …
California Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones today released a report on the growing problem of homeowners fire insurance availability and affordability in many areas throughout the state. The report recommends changes in law that Jones believes the legislature should enact to …
The Republican-controlled Missouri Legislature is looking to complete some unfinished business in the 2018 session that began on Wednesday, including efforts to further regulate unions and enact more restrictions on lawsuits. This is the Missouri GOP’s second year with historic …
The Ohio State Highway Patrol says traffic deaths were down compared to last year during the just-concluded extended holiday weekends. The patrol says preliminary statistics show five deaths from five crashes in the state during the Dec. 22-25 Christmas holiday …
Arkansas agricultural regulators stuck with a proposal on Wednesday to prohibit sprayings of a controversial weed killer after mid-April, despite a lawsuit over the plan by manufacturer Monsanto Co. The state’s plant board decided to move forward with a ban …
A dispute over four words will cost an insurance company about $200,000. A federal appeals court in Michigan has ruled in favor of a man in the Grand Rapids area who suffered serious injuries during a motorbike crash in 2013. …
Ohio Insurance Agents Association (OIA) has added Craig Niess as business planning and valuation manager. Growing OIA’s vision to be a “change agent for agent change,” Niess will lead the association’s initiatives to build and develop business solutions in the …
Starr Surplus Lines Insurance Co. has become the first domestic surplus lines insurer (DSLI) in Texas, effective Jan. 1, 2018, the Surplus Lines Stamping Office of Texas (SLTX) reported. The company has been approved to redomesticate to Texas and authorized …
