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Missouri’s Denali Specialty Expands Investor Property Program to Include Student Housing

Denali, a wholesale insurance specialist, announced that its Investor Property Program has grown to include student housing. The expansion of Denali’s package insurance for investor properties is well timed. Limited housing supply and high demand at U.S. colleges and universities …

OneDigital Acquires Ohio’s RiskSOURCE

OneDigital, an insurance brokerage, financial services and HR consulting firm, has acquired RiskSOURCE Clark-Theders, a property & casualty firm based in Cincinnati, Ohio. RiskSOURCE, founded in 1977 and licensed in 46 states, specializes in customized risk management and insurance solutions …

People Moves: Society Insurance Promotes Haase and Saldana on Executive Team

Society Insurance, headquartered in Fond du Lac, Wis., named Ryan Haase as vice president – change management and marketing and Dennis Saldana as vice president – chief sales and underwriting officer on its executive team. Haase joined Society Insurance in …

Iowa Bail Bondsman Pleads Guilty to Insurance Fraud

An Iowa bail bondsman has pled guilty to insurance fraud and identity theft. David Mark Ellis of Spring Hill, Iowa, pled guilty in Polk County District Court to two counts of Identity Theft (Aggravated Misdemeanors) and one count of Insurance …

Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. Acquires Illinois’ Hunt Insurance Agency

Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. announced the acquisition of Palos Heights, Illinois-based Hunt Insurance Agency, Inc., dba Hunt Insurance Group. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Hunt Insurance Group is a retail property/casualty agency specializing in labor unions and …

Ohio Meat Processing Plant Faces $277,000 in Proposed Penalties for Safety Violations

A federal investigation into how a 35-year-old worker suffered severe leg burns, degloving of their foot and other injuries after falling into corrosive chemicals in May 2023 has found that an Ohio meat processing plant’s safety failures exposed employees to …

Adults in Ohio Can Legally Possess and Grow Marijuana – But There’s Nowhere to Buy It

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) – Ohioans woke up Thursday in a land of recreational marijuana limbo, in which adults can legally grow and possess cannabis at home, but cannot legally buy it. That combination of factors related to a citizen-initiated statue …

Son of North Dakota Senator Crashes During Police Chase, Killing Sheriff’s Deputy

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – The 42-year-old son of U.S. Sen. Kevin Cramer crashed into a North Dakota sheriff`s vehicle during a police chase, pushing it into a deputy and killing him, according to authorities and the Republican senator`s family. Ian …

Kansas Insurance Companies to See Reduced Surplus Lines Tax Rate in 2024

Insurance companies in Kansas will pay a reduced surplus lines tax rate beginning next year after the legislature passed a law lowering the surplus tax rate from 6% to 3% for tax years 2024 and after. Kansas insurance Commissioner Vicki …

WCRI: Wisconsin’s Medical Payments per Claim Remain Stable but Highest Among 17 States

Medical payments for treatment of injured Wisconsin workers were the highest of 17 study states, according to a recently released report from the Workers Compensation Research Institute (WCRI). The study, CompScope™ Medical Benchmarks for Wisconsin, 24th Edition, found that medical …

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