September 5, 2019
A Rapides Parish, Louisiana, man wanted for livestock theft in Texas has been arrested in Louisiana, according to the Louisiana Department of Agriculture and Forestry (LDAF). Justin G. Thompson of 127 Pilgrim Road, Hineston, La., was arrested on Sept. 3, …
September 5, 2019
Florida-based AssuredPartners Inc. has acquired Houston Business Insurance Agency located in Houston, Texas. The acquired agency’s team of five will remain under the operational leadership of Dominique Renaud. Providing property/casualty insurance for businesses of all sizes, Houston Business Insurance Agency …
September 5, 2019
U.S. Risk, LLC, a property and casualty wholesaler and MGA, has acquired Regency Insurance Brokerage Services, a wholesale broker and MGA headquartered in Hallandale Beach, Fla., with additional locations in New York, New Jersey and South Carolina. The Regency team …
September 5, 2019
I had the opportunity recently to read two cyber liability policies and they honestly made my head spin a little. There were coverages that I hadn’t thought about and restrictions that didn’t make sense (at least for a while). The …
September 5, 2019
SAIF customers in Oregon will receive $160 million in dividends this year. The SAIF the board of directors declared a $120 million primary dividend to be paid to policyholders based on their premium, and a $40 million safety performance dividend …
September 5, 2019
Authorities say a woman stole a $28,000 diamond ring from a New Jersey Costco store by replacing it with a much cheaper ring she had stolen from a different Costco. Izaebela Kolano is facing a theft charge. Authorities say the …
September 5, 2019
The company that manufactured a helicopter that crashed and killed two Virginia state troopers monitoring a white nationalist rally says it’s not guilty of negligence and fraud. The Daily Progress reports widows Amanda Bates and Karen Cullen filed a lawsuit …
September 5, 2019
Starkweather & Shepley Insurance Brokerage Inc. (S&S) has acquired Revens-Gates Insurance Inc. of North Kingstown, R.I. Revens-Gates was founded in 1999 by Mark Revens and Peter Gates. Established in 1879, S&S is an independent agency in Rhode Island. The firm …
September 5, 2019
AssuredPartners Inc. has promoted Regional President Brian Bair into the newly formed Mid-Atlantic Region for AssuredPartners. Bair will report into Eastern Regions President Steve Deal while working within the existing operational structure to keep local operations in touch with their …
September 5, 2019
Some of the first financial relief the Bahamas receives in the aftermath of Hurricane Dorian may be a rapid insurance payout from a novel program just 12 years old. CCRIF, once short for the Caribbean Catastrophe Risk Insurance Facility, was …