A Florida judge has ruled that a local school district had no responsibility to warn students and faculty at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School of the danger posed by a former student who would later be accused of a mass …
Core Specialty Insurance Holdings Inc. (Core Specialty), based in Cincinnati, Ohio, has appointed Mary Kotch as chief information officer and member of the company’s executive committee. Kotch has more than 20 years’ experience in strategic technology innovation, application shared services, …
XPT Partners, a national specialty insurance distribution company, has added excess transportation expert Alex Robles as vice president and senior broker in its Plano, Texas, office. Robles will concentrate on excess transportation brokerage while also contributing to XPT’s National Transportation …
European Union efforts to resolve a patent dispute between tech companies and carmakers have hit a roadblock after experts enlisted for advice failed to agree on the level of royalties or who should pay them. Tech firm Nokia and automaker …
Monterey, Calif.-based Capital Insurance Group has promoted Scott Cummins to assistant vice president in personal lines, and Pauleen Hepner to regional field executive. Cummins will oversee personal lines underwriting, product, and processing, as well as client services for all states …
South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem promised she will honor the will of voters to legalize pot for medical use, just not this year. The Republican governor announced a plan to delay legalization of medical marijuana until July 1, 2022, saying …
Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers has proposed legalizing marijuana and regulating and taxing it like the state does alcohol. Evers made the proposal in his 2021-23 biennial budget, which estimates that legal marijuana would generate more than $165 million annually beginning …
Additional charges of felony grand theft were filed this week against licensed California insurance agents Robert Farmer, 66, of Camarillo, and Marion Urcan, 68, of Agoura Hills. The additional charges were filed after Farmer and Urcan allegedly accepted more than …
A new commercial insurance product from SafeHerb, a division of Specialty Program Group, provides a full suite of insurance protection for the cannabis and hemp industries. SafeHerb’s Cannabis & Hemp Insurance offers “seed to sale” coverage, in-house loss control services …
With Valentine’s Day only a few days away, officials are warning about identity theft and cyber scams that leave hearts and bank accounts broken. Well-rehearsed criminals regularly search dating sites, apps, chat rooms and other social media networking sites attempting …
