March 21, 2021
A San Antonio hotel owner has been sued and accused the operator of price-gouging during last month’s storm that left millions of Texans without power and heat during sub-freezing temperatures, the state attorney general’s office said. The attorney general accuses …
March 21, 2021
A former Johnson County, Kansas, insurance agent has been sentenced to 24 months of probation on insurance fraud charges and ordered to repay nearly $86,000 in restitution, Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt said. Armond R. Peghee, 42, pleaded guilty in …
March 19, 2021
More than 200 guests joined the Insurance Industry Charitable Foundation Western Division for the virtual Horizon Award Gala on Thursday. Due to the pandemic, this year’s IICF gala, an event that often requires massive planning and volunteer efforts, was virtual. …
March 19, 2021
Five years ago, Evan Greenberg led ACE’s nearly $30 billion acquisition of Chubb, morphing Chubb into its current status as a global property/casualty insurance giant he continues to guide as CEO. Now, the insurer is gunning for even larger size …
March 19, 2021
While Chubb’s $23.2 billion opening bid for The Hartford appears to be mostly a commercial lines play to many observers, one experienced industry observer has a different take on it. Chubb CEO Evan Greenberg would certainly welcome what The Hartford …
March 19, 2021
Update: 12:23 pm EST – Storms that left splintered homes and broken trees across Alabama and Mississippi moved into Georgia and Florida on Thursday, rousing residents with early morning warnings as forecasters said the threat of dangerous weather would move …
March 19, 2021
State licensing boards and professional licenses holders need to be aware that scam callers are targeting Arkansans who hold a professional license, Attorney General Leslie Rutledge said in a statewide alert. Scam callers to professional license holders in the state …
March 19, 2021
Several bills responding to Texas’ February power outages including one mandating that power plants prepare facilities for extreme weather and another reforming the Electric Reliability Council of Texas board — were advanced by the Texas House State Affairs Committee on …
March 19, 2021
For the second time in a week, the U.S. government’s road safety agency is sending a team to investigate a Tesla crash in Michigan. This time, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is sending a special crash investigation team because …
March 19, 2021
Deerfield, Ill.-based insurance and financial services firm, Alera Group, has acquired Specialized Insurance Services Agency Inc. (SISA), an independent insurance agency headquartered in Milford, Michigan. SISA provides professional liability insurance for doctors, dentists and lawyers and protections such employment practices …