Bellevue, Wash.-based FIT Insurance has named Cynthia Morales a personal account manager. Morales has more than five years of experience in the private client insurance industry. She comes to FIT from Pacific Northwest Insurance. FIT Insurance is a boutique insurance …
EPIC Insurance Brokers and Consultants has added Philip Westphal to its commercial property/casualty team in Sacramento, Calif., as a risk advisor/broker in the healthcare practice. Westphal will report to Tom McCready, managing principal and healthcare practice co-leader. He will be …
Registration opens today for eligible homeowners to receive grants of up to $3,000 for seismic retrofits of their older homes. Homeowners have until Feb. 23 to apply for a grant from California’s Earthquake Brace + Bolt program. EBB is expanding …
Kentucky’s attorney general on Monday accused drug distributor McKesson Corp of helping fuel the opioid epidemic by failing to halt shipments of suspiciously large or frequent orders by pharmacies of prescription painkillers. The complaint by Kentucky Attorney General Andy Beshear …
Texas is suing a vegetation management company that it alleges caused the 2011 Bastrop County Complex Fire, the most destructive wildfire in Texas history. The lawsuit filed on Jan. 19 by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton alleges the Asplundh Tree …
Thousands of people are without electricity in Arkansas after strong storms moved through the state. Entergy Arkansas says crews are working to restore electricity to the 7,000 homes and businesses that lost power in the storms late Sunday and early …
In a tack to the left in an election year, Wisconsin Republican Gov. Scott Walker announced Sunday that he wants a state law that would bar insurers from denying a person health coverage due to a pre-existing condition. He also …
Former Arkansas Insurance Commissioner Allan W. “Dick” Horne has passed away, according to the Arkansas Insurance Department. Horne led the department for three years, from 1968 through 1970. In a statement, Arkansas Insurance Commissioner Allen Kerr commented: “The Arkansas Insurance …
Experienced lawyers and insurance professionals David Kramer and Theodore Nittis have launched Gemini Risk Partners as an independent professional liability insurance brokerage in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan. The firm will focus on serving law firms, as it did when it was …
The Missouri Department of Insurance announced that high school seniors and college students who are Missouri residents are eligible to apply for Missouri Insurance Education Foundation (MIEF) scholarships. The deadline is March 31. Four, $1,500 scholarships are awarded to graduating …
