When he took the job 15 years ago, Horry County Emergency Manager Randy Webster figured his biggest disasters would be wind and surge rolling over his county’s beaches, South Carolina’s top tourist destination. Instead, his worries have shifted inland, where …
A jury in West Virginia has returned a nearly $17 million verdict after a woman was injured when staffers tried to detain a shoplifter in Walmart. Jurors in Wood County, West Virginia, issued the verdict Monday. A lawyer for 53-year-old …
Patriot Growth Insurance Services, LLC, a national retail insurance agency, has added Turner Insurance & Bonding Company to the Patriot platform. The addition of Turner deepens Patriot’s property and casualty insurance capabilities and further supports Patriot’s national expansion. Founded in …
Arrowhead General Insurance Agency has launched Quake Assist — a commercial earthquake program designed to help protect California business owners. Quake Assist is underwritten by Falls Lake National Insurance Co., and is available to producers on the Arrowhead Exchange platform. …
AmWINS Group, Inc., a global distributor of specialty insurance products and services, has formed a new Railroad practice group. Led by Darron Johnston, the new practice focuses on property coverage and is based out of AmWINS Brokerage of Georgia in …
Earthquake insurance underwriter SIU Managers is now EQ One. The new name and brand was announced on the Los Angeles firm’s 20-year anniversary. EQ One is a difference in conditions underwriter, providing earthquake and flood insurance combined with a range …
Professionals in the cyber arena could find themselves quite busy in the near future with the possibility of California consumers gaining even more power to sue corporations for mishandling personal data under two recently introduced bills in state Legislature. California …
The Idaho Supreme Court says individuals have the right to sue if they think someone implied – but didn’t outright say – something defamatory. The ruling was handed down this week in a lawsuit brought by former teacher James Verity …
Picking through the twisted debris that had been her Alabama mobile home, Carol Dean found her wedding dress and a Father’s Day note to her husband reading, “Daddy, I love you to pieces.” Her husband was “done and gone,” she …
The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited Bruce Foods Corp. – a Mexican food manufacturer based in El Paso, Texas – after an employee suffered an amputation. The company now faces $194,350 in fines. …
