Standing near the slab that’s all that is left of one family’s garage, President Donald Trump on Friday surveyed the devastation wrought by a powerful tornado that ripped through a rural Alabama town, uprooting trees, tearing homes from their foundations …
Prospects for a bill supported by bourbon producers and Mothers Against Drunk Driving improved Wednesday when Kentucky lawmakers reversed course to advance the proposal aimed at increasing the use of a device that blocks a vehicle from starting if the …
Fresno, Calif.-based United Valley Insurance Services Inc. has named Michael O’Dell assistant vice president of business analytics. He has been with United Valley for 19 years. He has had a range of responsibilities from information technology and software solutions to …
The number of tornadoes confirmed to have touched down in a deadly weekend outbreak across the Southeast has risen to at least 36. Survey teams for the National Weather Service found evidence of the twisters in Alabama, Georgia, Florida and …
Dallas-based CRC Group, a distributor of wholesale and specialty insurance products, has launched a new brand name for its exclusive products — Insurisk. Additionally, CRC Group has entered into an exclusive partnership with AMRISC LLC to build, develop and underwrite …
H.W. Kaufman Group and Burns & Wilcox Canada announced they have acquired Toronto-based TRU Transportation Risk Underwriters Ltd. (TRU), a Canadian managing general agent (MGA) with expertise in providing risk solutions for truck and taxi commercial fleets. TRU will become …
A medical-device manufacturer says it will stop sterilizing equipment at a Michigan facility as state regulators investigate the company for air pollution, including for the release of a known carcinogen. Viant Medical announced in a letter to residents this week …
Two companies have been indicted on federal charges after a mistake at a northeast Kansas distilling plant in 2016 released a noxious cloud of fumes that prosecutors say caused more than 140 people to seek medical treatment. The three-count indictment …
Pool Re, Britain’s terrorism reinsurer, is collaborating with UK government agencies to help businesses proactively protect against the risk of terrorism. The £10 million ($13.1 million) project is being funded by Pool Re, led by the UK Counter-Terrorism Police, in …
Phillip Hawley, president of Hawley & Associates in Bellevue, Wash., understands the power of referrals in the nonprofit insurance world. His entire agency’s book of business took root with nonprofit referrals – one right after the other. Hawley began his …
