April 5, 2019
Elizabeth Delgado, of Pasco, Wash., was charged in Franklin County District Court with one count each of filing a false insurance claim and second-degree attempted theft after an investigation by Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler’s criminal investigations unit. According to the …
April 5, 2019
Laws intended to reduce malpractice litigation by protecting doctors who want to apologize don’t work, according to a new Vanderbilt analysis of proprietary insurance data. It turns out people sue for money and an apology doesn’t change that reality. In …
April 5, 2019
Representatives for a social justice center that trained the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and other civil rights leaders said Tuesday that a white-power symbol was spray-painted near the site of a fire that destroyed a building there. The fire …
April 5, 2019
Hub International Limited (Hub), a global insurance brokerage, has acquired the assets of M.B.I. Group, LLC. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. M.B.I. Group is an independent insurance firm based in Flowood, Mississippi, offering personal insurance products, including real …
April 5, 2019
The “Underwater Homeowners Association” sounds like a sad joke about the future of real estate in flood-prone Miami. It’s actually an earnest effort to turn neighbors into climate-change advocates, block-by-block. Starting in his affluent suburb of Pinecrest, artist Xavier Cortada …
April 4, 2019
CompWest has promoted Lila Morones to director of Claims. Morones has been with the company for 11 years. She has 28 years of insurance industry experience. In addition to CompWest, Intercare Insurance, Morones has worked at HIH Insurance, Cambridge Insurance …
April 4, 2019
A woman has been accused of setting fire to a bar she was buying in the central Nebraska town of Arnold. Custer County Court records say 54-year-old Jane Chestnutt is charged with three felonies: arson, criminal mischief and burning to …
April 4, 2019
The Texas Department of Insurance announced plans for a structured process to begin later this year to collect suggestions on departmental rules that need updating. The department said best practices, strong consumer protection, modernization, user-friendly processes and clear communication are …
April 4, 2019
The Louisiana Department of Insurance has served the owners and an employee of Scholars First LLC, a provider of bus transportation services to several New Orleans-area charter schools, with cease and desist (C&D) orders for their alleged roles in the …
April 4, 2019
Managing general agency and surplus lines broker, J.M. Wilson, has hired Nicole Lloyd as assistant transportation underwriter in its Westerville, Ohio, office. Lloyd is responsible for assisting underwriters on a wide variety of transportation risks, as well as quoting new …