Heritage Insurance Holdings Inc. has named Tim Johns as president and CEO of Zephyr Insurance Company Inc. in Hawaii. Johns will succeed President and CEO Richard Toyama. Johns was previously chief consumer officer at the Hawaii Medical Service Association. He …
Keating Inc. has named Lee Glaser as a partner in its property programs. Glaser will be based out of San Diego, Calif. Glaser has more than 10 years of industry experience specializing in excess and surplus property underwriting. Glaser was …
The Texas Department of Insurance announced that Workers’ Compensation Commissioner Ryan Brannan will leave his position effective May 1. Brannan was appointed to lead the Texas Department of Insurance’s, Division of Workers’ Compensation (DWC) in August 2014 by Gov. Rick …
Two leading Los Angeles-based national wholesale insurance businesses will be joining forces as Worldwide Facilities has agreed to acquire The Sullivan Group. Worldwide Facilities plans to acquire all of the outstanding capital stock of Sullivan. No other financial details were …
The owners of a former Sioux City, Iowa, riverboat casino have agreed to pay $1.5 million to a nonprofit group that had filed a lawsuit over unpaid revenue-sharing funds. The Community Action Agency of Siouxland and the Belle of Sioux …
A project meant to provide affordable housing for Minot, North Dakota, residents displaced by the 2011 Souris River flood or buyouts has been shelved. The City Council has rejected developer proposals and set the idea aside because of a slowed …
Hundreds of residents in Fort Bend County, Texas, have sued an engineering company alleging that it was negligent in the design of a stormwater management system for a community that flooded during Hurricane Harvey. The lawsuit was filed recently against …
The Surplus Lines Stamping Office of Texas (SLTX) has appointed three new members to its board of directors. Rosemarie Marshall serves as executive vice president for AmWINS Group in Dallas, Texas, where she manages the binding authority division. She is …
The Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation (BWC) has hired its first director of Inclusion & Diversity. Carolina Thatcher assumes the role following a similar stint with the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services, where she designed and implemented an …
Louisiana is set to receive $1.2 billion in grant funding from the federal government for flood control and prevention projects. Gov. John Bel Edwards and U.S. Rep. Garret Graves announced the funding on April 5. The Advocate reports that it …
