The UK Supreme Court will hear an appeal on Nov. 16 of the Financial Conduct Authority’s (FCA) test case over which insurance companies should offer payouts to small businesses battered by the coronavirus pandemic. The hearing is expected to last …
Indianapolis, Ind.-based MJ Insurance has added risk management consultant, Dominique Norton, expanding its Commercial Insurance + Risk Management — Small Business department. Norton comes to MJ from a regional insurance brokerage, where he served as an advisor. He is an …
A Chicago-area sports fashion chain will pay $420,000 to settle a race and national origin discrimination lawsuit, federal officials say. The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) said City Sports has more than 15 locations in Chicago and the surrounding …
Rolling Meadows, Ill.-based Risk Placement Services (RPS), a specialty insurance distributor and Lloyd’s coverholder, has launched RPS Signature Programs, a new brand for its program administration division. Collectively, RPS Signature Programs offers industry-specific proprietary solutions on an admitted and non-admitted …
Insurance and financial services firm, Alera Group, has appointed Debra Martinez as the organization’s chief human resources officer (CHRO). Based in Houston, Martinez will lead the strategic direction of all aspects of talent management, including training and development, diversity and …
QBE North America has named Lucas Prahl senior vice president, regional underwriting leader, for the Western region. The company has also named Bobby Steinsdoerfer senior vice president, regional underwriting leader, in the Central region. Prahl, who joined QBE in 2017, …
Seeman Holtz Property & Casualty has expanded its management team for the Seeman Holtz Private Client Group, its high net worth personal lines insurance division. Joining Somtip Brunner, vice president of Sales for Private Client Group, is Terry Sgammato, national …
The California Division of Workers’ Compensation announced that the 2021 minimum and maximum temporary total disability rates will increase on Jan. 1, 2021. The minimum TTD rate will increase from $194.91 to $203.44 and the maximum TTD rate will increase …
R.E. Chaix & Associates Insurance Brokers Inc. has purchased the assets of National Advantage Insurance Services Inc. in Tustin, Calif. National Advantage Insurance Services specializes in commercial auto, property/casualty and personal lines. R.E. Chaix & Associates is headquartered in Orange …
Millions of people were without power and at least six were dead Thursday after Hurricane Zeta slammed into Louisiana and made a beeline across the South, leaving shattered buildings, thousands of downed trees and fresh anguish over a record-setting hurricane …
