Metro Atlanta-based InsuranceHub has promoted industry veteran Ed Hemmer to the role of associate vice president in charge of the tech-driven insurance agency’s commercial transportation division. InsuranceHub launched the division in October 2017 to be solely devoted to the provision …
One moment she was having a sneezing fit and the next, her SUV had rear-ended a minivan. That’s what a 43-year Mississippi woman told officers in Athens, Georgia, after the sneeze-induced crash. Citing an Athens-Clarke County police report, The Athens …
Mississippi Insurance Commissioner Mike Chaney has announced he will run for re-election for a fourth term in 2019. Multiple media outlets reported 74-year-old Chaney’s announcement Wednesday, made at the Nashoba County Fair in Philadelphia, Miss., and a spokeswoman from the …
Willis Towers Watson has launched a digital tool to help organizations analyze financial feasibility and future profitability of their captive insurance strategies. The new system, Captive Quantified, is a web-based, interactive design that automates due diligence and financial analysis to …
A federal appeals court in Ohio on July 31 heard arguments by opposing attorneys in a class action involving whether agents working for an insurance carrier on an exclusive basis should be classified as independent contractors or as company employees. …
The U.S. District Court has approved a consent decree between Irvine, Calif.-based Alorica Inc. and the United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission for $3.5 million and remedial measures to resolve a sexual harassment lawsuit, the federal agency announced today. According …
Woodruff Sawyer has named Brian Cushard a senior vice president in its property/casualty practice in Southern California. He will help continue to build Woodruff Sawyer’s real estate and construction practice. Cushard has more than 20 years of P/C insurance experience …
California Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones announced on Wednesday he is taking actions he says will help protect thousands of wildfire survivors. His first action is a notice requesting insurers to expedite claims handling procedures for wildfire damage claims, including being …
The deductible is such a familiar part of insurance that everyone thinks that they know everything about them. Yet, our customers have a different perspective on them. Our customers think that the deductible is just a way for us to …
Some Louisiana homeowners with damage from the 2016 floods who received help from the state’s recovery program will be receiving checks for full reimbursement of their repairs. Louisiana officials announced Monday they received federal approval to reimburse additional homeowners the …
