San Francisco, Calif.-based Woodruff Sawyer has named Dan Schmidt a senior vice president in the healthcare practice. Schmidt will be a member of the San Francisco team and will also be implementing an office based in Reno, Nevada. He has …
CIA-Leavitt Insurance Agency in Colorado Springs, Colo. Has named Gabe Rodriguez an owner/partner of the firm. Rodriguez has worked for the agency as an insurance consultant since 2014 and specializes in commercial insurance for contractors, recyclers, metal dealers, trash haulers, …
Restaurant workers miss about a month from work from a variety of injuries, on average, but for coffee shop workers, wrist injuries are the biggest danger. In fact, Barista Wrist, can keep café workers sidelined for more than a year. …
Michigan Governor-Elect Gretchen Whitmer has selected Anita Fox to head the Michigan Department of Insurance and Financial Services. Fox brings more than 30 years of experience in the legal field to the role, having specialized in litigating a wide range …
Some officials in one Florida Panhandle county are pushing for Hurricane Michael to be labelled a Category 5 storm. The News-Herald reports that some in Bay County – which was hit hard by the fierce October storm – want the …
Minnesota’s attorney general sued Comcast/Xfinity on Dec. 21, alleging that the company has overcharged thousands of consumers for cable TV packages, charged them for unordered equipment and services, and failed to deliver on promised Visa gift cards. Attorney General Lori …
Wells Fargo & Co. will pay $575 million to settle claims made by U.S. states that the bank created phony accounts and committed other customer abuses, according to a statement by the Iowa attorney general’s office. Two years ago, Wells …
Gov. Henry McMaster isn’t taking three once-in-a-lifetime floods in South Carolina in four years lightly. He created a commission of dozens of government officials, business leaders and academic experts and told them their job is to solve the problems for …
A Galveston, Texas, attorney is facing felony charges of insurance fraud, barratry, and money laundering related to several fraudulent hail claim lawsuits, the Texas Department of Insurance announced. Christopher Bertini surrendered to authorities this week and was released on $5,000 …
For the seventh consecutive year, commercial auto is losing money. Despite rate increases in 23 of the last 25 quarters, the combined ratio topped 111 percent in 2017. The line has been a weak spot for many insurers, forcing them …
