July 21, 2021
Six people were injured when a house in the Dallas suburb of Plano was destroyed in an explosion on July 19 that also left the two homes on either side of it with major damage, authorities said. Plano Fire-Rescue said …
July 21, 2021
SAN Group Adds 16 New Member Agencies Satellite Agency Network (SAN) Group Inc. added 16 independent member agencies to the group in the first half of 2021. SAN, the founding master agency of SIAA, is now comprised of more than …
July 21, 2021
Insured losses from natural disasters hit a 10-year high of $42 billion in the first half of 2021, with the biggest loss related to extreme cold in the United States in February, insurance broker Aon said on Wednesday. Overall economic …
July 21, 2021
Kenneth Murry Rossman, a certified public accountant and licensed insurance agent, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit wire fraud and mail fraud and aiding and assisting in the preparation and filing of a false income tax return, according to the …
July 21, 2021
Lockton Lockton has promoted Neil Metzheiser to President of the Atlanta office. Metzheiser specializes in the design and implementation of property and casualty and executive protection liability programs. In his expanded role, he will work closely with production and service …
July 21, 2021
A class-action lawsuit brought by thousands of nurses who said they weren’t properly paid for lunch and other breaks has settled with Kitsap County’s main health care system, Virginia Mason Franciscan Health. Under the $5.5 million settlement, nurses will receive …
July 21, 2021
Southern California-based Prime Healthcare Services and two of its doctors will pay $37.5 million to settle whistleblower lawsuits that claimed the hospital system paid kickbacks to one of the physicians and bought his practice for more than it was worth, …
July 21, 2021
Pacific Gas & Electric reported to California utility regulators that its equipment may have been involved in the start of a fire burning in the Sierra Nevada that is threatening hundreds of homes. PG&E said in a report Sunday to …
July 21, 2021
Two Boston, Mass.-based advisory and research firms for the insurance industry are now one. Aite Group and Novarica Inc. said they have merged to create Aite-Novarica Group. The move comes with an investment by Pamlico Capital, a Charlotte, North Carolina-based …
July 21, 2021
Virginia Tech says it was targeted in two recent cyberattacks but feels confident no data was stolen. Virginia Tech spokesman Mark Owczarski told the Roanoke Times that a few university units used Kaseya, a U.S. software company exploited in early …