Monthly Archives: <span>January 2021</span>

Core Specialty Partners, Lancer Launch Excess Transportation Program

Core Specialty Insurance Holdings and its subsidiaries have partnered with Lancer Management Co. to provide excess liability limits for qualified local, intermediate and long haul trucking accounts as well as general commercial and public automobile companies. The new excess facility …

Wisconsin Man Charged with 18th Drunk Driving Offense

A 73-year-old Green Bay, Wisconsin, man has been charged with his 18th drunken driving offense, after a crash on Jan. 8 that took out power lines and caused an outage. Wallace Bowers had 17 prior operating while intoxicated convictions between …

Army Corps Proposes $2B in Improvements South Louisiana Levees

A federal agency is proposing $2 billion in improvements to the levee system that protects against hurricane flooding along portions of seven parishes in south Louisiana. The Army Corps of Engineers planned virtual public meetings for Jan. 12 and 13 …

New Duck Boat Tours Planned for Missouri Lake Where 17 Drowned

A new company said it is planning to bring tours featuring “unsinkable” amphibious boats back to a Missouri lake where 17 people drowned when a duck boat sank in 2018. The owners of Branson Duck Tours LLC said they hope …

Cohen Promoted to Divisional Group President in Great American’s P/C Group

Great American Insurance Group, based in Cincinnati, Ohio, promoted Jason M. Cohen to divisional group president within its Property & Casualty Group. Cohen will continue as the divisional president of Strategic Comp, a leading provider of Workers’ Comp insurance, and …

Exceptional Risk Advisors Acquires International Specialty of North Carolina

Exceptional Risk Advisors, a Lloyd’s of London coverholder, has acquired assets of International Specialty Insurance Services. Headquartered in Winston-Salem, N.C., International Specialty Insurance designs insurance programs for entrepreneurs, executives, entertainers and athletes, including people in professional sports, entertainment and corporate …

Ebner Retires from North Carolina-Based McGriff

McGriff’s Tommy Ebner, leader of the company’s oil and gas practice, and former president and CEO of McGriff, Seibels & Williams, Inc., will retire after 28 years. The retirement will take place during the first quarter, although exact dates are …

Insurance Broker Aon Drops Trump Organization

Insurance broker Aon has ended its business relationship with the Trump Organization, Insurance Journal has learned. The Trump Organization is the hotel, luxury residence and golf course business of the Trump family that is run by President Donald Trump’s sons, …

Texas Hospitality Sector Hardest Hit in Pandemic; State Has $1B Budget Hole

The coronavirus pandemic has created a nearly $1 billion deficit in the Texas state budget as the nation’s energy hub remains hampered by a slow recovery and a half-million fewer jobs than a year ago. The forecast by state officials …

Washington Bill to Ban Insurers from Using Credit Scores Heads to Senate

Editor’s note: This article has been updated to remove life insurance from the list of lines of insurance that the bill covered. That language was removed from earlier versions of the bill, and no longer applies. Washington Insurance Commissioner Mike …