Florida Highway Patrol Sgt. Mark Wysocky says it is hard to separate texting drivers from drunken drivers as he cruises down a suburban interstate highway. Both weave. They speed up and slow down for no obvious reason and get too …
Calabasas, Calif.-based Topa Insurance Group announced that Jim Schallert, president of Dorchester Insurance Co., retired effective Dec. 31, 2017. Theresa Fabela has assumed the role as president of Dorchester. Fabela joined Dorchester in 2016 as vice president of Caribbean operations. …
JLT Specialty USA has named Art Morgenstein senior vice president. Based in Los Angeles, Calif., Morgenstein will be primarily responsible for client servicing and growth initiatives in the West. Morgenstein has more than 38 years of insurance industry experience and …
The arrival of the new year in California brought with it broad legalization of marijuana, a much-anticipated change that comes two decades after the state was the first to allow pot for medical use. The nation’s most populous state joins …
Global property reinsurance prices have risen less than expected in the key Jan. 1 renewal season, with strong competition limiting increases to single digit percentages following a record year of losses, brokers said on Tuesday. Catastrophe bond managers are launching …
The founder of the Menards building supply stores doesn’t owe his former fiancée compensation for professional work she said she performed for his multibillion-dollar company and other business ventures during their nine-year relationship, the Wisconsin Supreme Court has ruled. Debra …
The Workers’ Compensation Commission (WCC) has updated its organizational chart and changed the names of an internal division and a working group. The commission reported that the changes reflect an effort to more accurately inform the public about the actual …
Central Ohio residents with emergencies will soon have the option to text 911 in addition to placing a call. Local governments in Delaware and Franklin counties plan to test technology in the first three months of 2018 allowing the emergency …
Boca Raton, Florida-based Seeman Holtz Property & Casualty Inc. has acquired Dash Insurance Agency, headquartered in Houston, Texas. Dash Insurance Agency provides full auto and liability insurance products and services in Houston, Dallas and Fort Worth, Texas, and surrounding areas. …
Two freight trains collided in rural Alabama, injuring four people on board. The Tuscaloosa News reports that that the collision happened Thursday afternoon in Pickens County. The sheriff’s office told the newspaper that four people were seriously injured and were …
