Employers are struggling to hire workers in tightening U.S. job market. Marijuana is now legal in nine states and Washington, D.C., meaning more than one in five American adults can eat, drink, smoke or vape as they please. The result …
Major automakers on Monday joined forces with tech companies and a variety of interest groups to urge the U.S. Senate to take up, before the end of May, a stalled bill aimed at speeding the deployment and testing of self-driving …
SouthPoint Risk Advisors, an independent insurance agency based in Nashville, has announced it acquired two Tennessee agencies at the end of 2017. On Oct. 1, SouthPoint officially acquired Consolidated Insurance Services, located in Knoxville. CIS provides auto, home, business, liability, …
USI Affinity has entered into an agreement with The Hanover Insurance Company to provide an enhanced lawyer’s professional liability insurance product in the following states: N.J., Mass., D.C., Conn., Md., Va. and W.V., effective Sept. 1, 2018. The USI Affinity …
Risk Innovations, a national wholesaler that specializes in personal lines insurance and workers’ compensation, has made two promotions in its Atlanta office. Kathryn Powell Smith, who has led the Personal Lines team for the past four years, has been promoted …
After two high-profile Florida Supreme Court cases threatened to significantly impact workers’ compensation rates in Florida in 2016, many insurance industry experts anticipated quick legislative action in 2017. But, because of conflicting bills in the House and Senate, the 2017 …
A former insurance agent and former claims representative have been charged with felonies following separate investigations by the Iowa Insurance Division’s Fraud Bureau. Former insurance agent Nicholas Menough, 37, of Grimes, has been charged with fraudulent submissions, forgery and second-degree …
MJ Insurance has named Sean Evans an employee benefits consultant in its Phoenix, Ariz. office. Evans previously was a franchise owner and operator of Jimmy Johns – Cali Subs LLC in Santa Barbara, Calif. Indianapolis, Ind.-based MJ Insurance is a …
Pinnacol Assurance in Colorado has named Fiona Arnold, Brad Busse and Bill Lindsay to its board of directors for the term that began Jan. 1, 2018. All three were confirmed unanimously by the Colorado Senate after appointment by Gov. John …
The members of the Surplus Line Association of California have elected Robert Gilbert of Markel West Insurance Services as the new chair of the SLA Board of Directors. Gilbert’s election was finalized after the SLA tallied the final ballots from …
