Baldwin Risk Partners (BRP), a Tampa, Florida based insurance distribution holding company, has partnered with Foundation Insurance of Florida, a Boca Raton, Fla.-based insurance agency. Foundation Insurance of Florida was founded in Stuart, Fla., in 2009. Shortly after, the group …
The California Court of Appeal, Second Appellate District, has upheld the decision of a trial court ruling finding that fees rental car agencies charge for optional insurance need not be included in rate filings and are not regulated by the …
Renton, Wash.-based Bell-Anderson Agency Inc. has named Kathie Watson as chief operating officer. Watson has been the firm’s commercial lines manager since 2014. Other duties have included oversight of the agency’s administrative functions including claims, information technology and compliance. She …
The National Association of Insurance Commissioners has taken the first step in what stands to be a more than yearlong process to update the rules states use to police impermissible “rebates” offered by insurers and insurance producers. By a unanimous …
Medical marijuana is expected to start reaching select dispensaries in Louisiana on Tuesday, after the state agriculture department completed final testing and cleared therapeutic cannabis for release to patients. Agriculture Commissioner Mike Strain announced Thursday evening that GB Sciences, one …
A cyberattack on a suburban Omaha, Nebraska, school district touched off an FBI investigation and is proving to be a significant, and perhaps costly, inconvenience. Papillion-La Vista Community Schools officials said the district was forced to rebuild its servers after …
Houston will receive more than $7 million in grants as initial funding for a pair of flood control projects nearly two years after rain from Hurricane Harvey swamped parts of the city. Mayor Sylvester Turner on Friday announced the Federal …
An Ohio construction company owner has pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter after a worker lacking safety equipment fell to his death from the roof of a three-story apartment complex. Owner James Coon, of Akron, also recently pleaded guilty in Summit …
R-T Specialty LLC (RT Specialty), based in Chicago, has promoted Todd Mannschreck to president of Claims, chief claims officer. Mannschreck has been with RT Specialty since 2013 and has lead RT Specialty’s claims practice since that time. He is based …
Dallas-based property/casualty insurance wholesaler and managing general agent (MGA), U.S. Risk LLC, has acquired U.S. E&O Brokers (U.S. E&O), a wholesale broker and MGA. U.S. E&O is headquartered in Houston, Texas, with additional locations in Connecticut, Colorado and New Mexico. …
