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PCF Insurance Acquires Illinois F&I Firm Direct Dealer Services

PCF Insurance Services (PCF) has acquired Direct Dealer Services (DDS), an automotive finance and insurance (F&I) firm providing industry-leading technologies, products, solutions and training. Headquartered in Hoffman Estates, Illinois, DDS offers national automotive dealers, agents, and lender partners innovative F&I …

TWFG Insurance Acquires Ohio’s American Insurance Strategies

The Woodlands Financial Group subsidiary TWFG Insurance Services LLC, announced its acquisition of American Insurance Strategies, located in the Dayton, Ohio and Milwaukee, Wisconsin areas. AIS has $18 million in written premium and was established in February 2009 by Craig …

AM Best Revises Outlooks to Negative for Wisconsin’s Badger Mutual

AM Best has revised the outlooks to negative from stable and affirmed the Financial Strength Rating of A- (Excellent) and the Long-Term Issuer Credit Rating of “a-” (Excellent) of Badger Mutual Insurance Company (Badger) (Milwaukee, WI). The Credit Ratings (ratings) …

Missouri Elementary School to File Claim After Antisemitic Vandalism Spree

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) – Police in Springfield, Missouri, are investigating after a swastika was sprayed on an elementary school during a vandalism spree. The vandalism at York Elementary School, which is under construction, was found on Saturday morning, police spokeswoman …

Mall of America Settles Lawsuit Over Boy Thrown From Balcony

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) – The Mall of America in suburban Minneapolis said Monday that it will toughen its trespassing policies as part of a settlement with the family of a boy who was severely injured when a man with a history …

South Dakota Social Services Agency Fined $320K

Rural Office of Community Services Inc., a Wagner, South Dakota-based social services agency, which serves low-income families and individuals across multiple locations in South Dakota, will pay $320,000 in monetary relief to a class of affected employees to voluntarily resolve …

Carbon Monoxide Leak at Chicago Church Sends 12 to Hospitals

CHICAGO (AP) – Twelve people were hospitalized after a carbon monoxide leak at a church on Chicago’s South Side, fire officials said. The Chicago Fire Department said that just after 1 p.m. it was called to the New Philadelphia Church …

Fire Damages Commercial Buildings in Indiana Town

A fire in downtown Columbus destroyed a commercial building containing offices and a photo studio and left three firefighters with minor injuries early Sunday. A passerby discovered the fire and called 911 around midnight. When firefighters arrived within minutes, they …

People Moves: Berkshire Hathaway Promotes Pair; Encova Foundation Adds Moore

Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance Promotes Two U.S. Executive & Professional Lines Leaders Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance has promoted two members on its U.S. executive and professional lines team in Chicago, Illinois. Shelley Norman has been named senior vice president, management …

Ohio Steel Manufacturer to Pay $990K Over Clear Air Act Violations

The Department of Justice and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced a proposed Clear Air Act settlement with Republic Steel, a steel manufacturer in Canton, Ohio, which will require the company to reduce its facility’s lead emissions that have caused …

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