Minnesota Commerce Commissioner Mike Rothman says fraudsters have been operating a large-scale fraud scheme in the state using a fake insurance agency as a cover. The commerce department said recently that it has received five complaints and inquiries from Minnesotans …
Professional Endodontics P.C., a dental surgery practice based in Southfield, Mich., with three locations, has been sued by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) for allegedly firing an employee because of her age. According to the EEOC lawsuit, Karen …
Authorities are blaming a manure runoff from a dairy farm for killing about 60,000 fish in eastern Iowa. The farm is situated about three miles east of New Vienna. The fish kill was reported Oct. 9 after fish carcasses were …
MJ Insurance has added Eric Spencer and Dennis Nash to the risk management and employee benefits teams as consultants in the company’s Indianapolis, Indiana, office. In their respective departments, Spencer and Nash will be responsible for proactively driving sales and …
Okemos, Michigan-based insurance industry software provider, NetRate Systems, has hired Jeff Lewis as director of Client Services. Lewis has more than 15 years of industry experience, which includes heading multiple software support groups. He has also served as head of …
A Missouri educator awarded $500,000 over claims that she was sexually harassed by her superintendent is suing again, alleging that school board members poisoned her effort to find a new job. Jodi Heckler was principal of an intermediate school in …
County officials in Ohio’s Cuyahoga County are suing several large prescription drug companies saying they intentionally misled the public about the dangers of opioids. The lawsuit filed by Cuyahoga County says the drugmakers and distributors sought to increase sales of …
Deerfield, Illinois-based Alera Group, a national employee benefits, property/casualty, risk management and wealth management firm, has appointed Bill Doucette as vice president of Human Resources and Organization Development. Doucette will focus on uniting the best practices of Alera Group firms …
The Hilb Group LLC (THG) has acquired BKC Insurance Agency (BKC), based in Cheboygan, Michigan. In addition to Cheboygan, BKC has an additional location in Indian River, Michigan. The agency provides a wide array of property/casualty and employee benefits solutions …
Swiss Re, a reinsurance company, says it plans to move its headquarters and 400 jobs from Overland Park, Kansas, to downtown Kansas City. The move is expected in late 2018. President and CEO Eric Smith says the move will bring …
