Property/casualty insurance broker, Keystone Insurers Group (Keystone), has appointed Mark Maurer as its state vice president in Michigan. Maurer recently was vice president at Arlington/Roe. While there he established an office in Grand Rapids and created and coached a team …
A federal judge in Chicago has dismissed a wrongful death lawsuit filed by former NHL player Derek Boogard’s parents, who blamed the league for their son’s brain damage and addiction to prescription painkillers. Boogard, a feared enforcer during six seasons …
Rolling Meadows, Illinois-based Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. has acquired Ann Arbor, Michigan-based insurance brokerages Armstrong/Robitaille/Riegle Inc. and Ann Arbor Business Advisors LLC. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Armstrong/Robitaille/Riegle is a full-service insurance broker offering employee benefits, retirement …
A Columbus man on disability benefits for a workplace injury must reimburse the Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation (BWC) $35,000 after investigators found him collecting and selling 46 tons of scrap metal during a time he purported to be disabled. …
Authorities say seven people, including two firefighters, have been taken to hospitals for treatment following an ammonia leak at a food processing facility in suburban Chicago. Streamwood fire Chief Chris Clark says crews responded late Monday to the Fresh Express …
MJ Insurance recently hired Michaela Neal, Margaret Gloyeske and Jacob Jones in Indianapolis, Ind., where the independent agency is headquartered. Neal, an intern in the risk management department during the Spring semester, continues on with the MJ team as risk …
H.W. Kaufman Financial Group has acquired Grand Rapids, Mich.-based Chlystek & White Services (CWS) Inc. – a regional insurance premium audit services company. CWS will become part of Afirm, Kaufman’s international provider of premium audits, loss control, and risk services. …
Missouri lawmakers effectively eliminated funding for sobriety checkpoints for the fiscal year that begins in July, a move by a core group of critical conservative Republicans that officials say could hinder or end the manpower-intensive practice in some areas of …
The first of tens of thousands of U.S. lawsuits went to trial on Monday in Kansas against Swiss agribusiness giant Syngenta over its decision to introduce a genetically engineered corn seed variety to the U.S. market before China approved it …
President Donald Trump has declared an emergency exists in Missouri because of spring flooding. Trump signed the declaration on June 2. It allows federal aid to be used to help state and local response efforts to flooding and allows eligible …
