Mark T. Conklin was named divisional president of Great American Professional Risk Insurance Services (GAPRIS), succeeding Frankie Honeycutt, who recently retired. Conklin has 22 years of industry experience. He joined the company in January 2015 as divisional senior vice president, …
Northern North Dakota – the Souris River, Devils Lake and the northernmost reaches of the Red River – has the greatest risk of major flooding this spring, while moderate flooding is possible over southern Idaho in the Snake River basin, …
Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback has signed a final disaster declaration covering 20 counties following last week’s wildfires that burned more than 1,000 square miles of the state. Brownback signed the declaration on March 13. He made an initial disaster declaration …
Some Kansas lawmakers want the state to take over the job of writing and enforcing workplace regulations, despite concerns by a labor rights group that the change could water down safety oversight. Lawmakers and some business groups say a state-run …
Ohio’s fund for injured workers wants to return more than $1 billion of its investment earnings to the state’s 200,000 private and public employers. The Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation proposed the rebate on March 13. It amounts to two-thirds …
The annual auto insurance fee Michigan drivers pay toward caring for people catastrophically injured in crashes is rising to $170, a $10 increase. The Michigan Catastrophic Claims Association announced the new per-car assessment for the 12 months starts July 1. …
Kenneth Cooksey has joined Newport Beach, Calif.-based Alliant Insurance Services Inc. as first vice president in the company’s Alliant Americas division. Cooksey will design and deploy a range of risk management and property/casualty insurance solutions to clients in the Minneapolis …
Nodak Mutual Insurance Co., based in Fargo, N.D., has completed its conversion from a mutual to stock insurance company and the formation of a mutual holding company Nodak Mutual Group Inc. and an intermediate stock holding company NI Holdings Inc. …
A South Dakota state judge has ordered ABC Broadcasting to face a potential $5.7 billion defamation lawsuit claiming it damaged Beef Products Inc. by referring in a series of reports to a meat product it sold as “pink slime.” Judge …
St. Louis, Mo.-based Safety National Casualty Corp. has promoted Cyndee Morton, Mitch Neuhaus and Keith Rogers to senior management positions. Morton has been promoted to senior vice president – Operations. Morton is responsible for senior management oversight of the Policy …
