Monthly Archives: <span>November 2020</span>

Rawlins to Succeed Moore as President, CEO at Missouri’s Shelter Mutual Insurance

The Shelter Insurance, based in Columbia, Mo., has named Randa Rawlins as president and CEO, effective Jan. 1, 2021. Rawlins will succeed current President and CEO Matt Moore, who will retire in June 2021. Upon Mr. Moore’s retirement, Rawlins will …

Michigan Car Insurance Fee for Medical Coverage to Go Down Again

Michigan drivers who want unlimited personal injury protection benefits will pay $86 per vehicle starting next summer, down from $100 currently. The fee was mandatory for decades but became optional beginning in July under a change in state law. The …

Tornado Causes Damage, Injuries in Arlington, Texas

A pre-Thanksgiving Day tornado swept through parts of the Dallas-area city of Arlington on Nov. 24, damaging several apartment complexes and other buildings, displacing 75 families and causing minor injuries to three people, officials said. The Arlington Fire Department said …

Montana Nursing Home Lawsuit Adding More Claims

A lawsuit against a long-term care facility in Whitefish, Mont., has been amended to add claims that it was part of a multi-state network of facilities that enriched corporate owners while residents received negligent care. The lawsuit was initially filed …

New Mexico Cracking Down on Drunken Drivers

New Mexico authorities will be cracking down on drunken drivers throughout the month of December. State police issued the warning this week, saying sobriety checkpoints will be set up around the state. Officers also will be asking for driver’s licenses, …

Minor Earthquake Reported in Massachusetts

A minor earthquake was registered Sunday in Massachusetts in roughly the same area where a more significant one struck earlier this month, the U.S. Geological Survey said. The agency’s National Earthquake Information Center reported a magnitude 2.0 earthquake about five …

Maryland’s Westminster American Insurance Company Hires Whelan

Westminster American Insurance Company (WAIC) has hired David Whelan as vice president of underwriting. In this new role, Whelan brings 31 years of commercial lines experience to the team. He joins WAIC from GNY Insurance Companies, where he was a …

HGTV’s ‘Property Brothers’ Sign With American Family Insurance as Spokesmen

American Family Insurance has chosen home renovation duo Drew and Jonathan Scott, the twin stars of HGTV’s “Property Brothers,” as the company’s newest brand ambassadors. The Scott brothers and American Family “share a passion for the places we call home. …

Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. Acquires Pennsylvania’s JP Warner Associates

Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. has acquired Wayne, Penn.-based JP Warner Associates Inc., doing business as Warner Benefits. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Founded in 1997, JP Warner Associates is a traditional employee benefits consultant with offices in …

Trials Delayed, Cases Pile Up as Too Few Jurors Show Up Amid Coronavirus

Jury duty notices have set Nicholas Philbrook’s home on edge with worries about him contracting the coronavirus and passing it on to his father-in-law, a cancer survivor with diabetes in his mid-70s who is at higher risk of developing serious …