Appleton, Wisconsin-based SECURA Insurance has promoted Marty Arnold to senior vice president and chief underwriting officer, and Garth Wicinsky to senior vice president and chief administrative officer. Arnold joined SECURA in 2000 as chief actuary and added the role of …
Hundreds more firefighters than initially known were improperly issued nationally-recognized certifications despite failing their exams at Iowa’s statewide fire academy, authorities said on March 8. The Iowa Department of Public Safety has notified 739 more firefighters in 94 departments that …
Maximum, an independent, Chicago-based excess and surplus lines wholesaler, has added Bria Christensen as a producer in its Omaha, Neb., office. Christensen most recently held a wholesale brokerage position at Ascension Risk Services. Getting her start in North Dakota before …
The Grinnell Mutual board of directors has selected Jeff Menary to succeed Larry Jansen as president and chief executive officer of Grinnell Mutual Reinsurance Co. located in Grinnell, Iowa. Menary will replace Jansen upon Jansen’s retirement in December 2017. Since …
A severe storm system has pummeled parts of the Midwest with tornadoes, huge hailstones and powerful winds, damaging nearly 500 buildings and injuring a dozen people in one Missouri city. The Storm Prediction Center in Norman, Oklahoma, received reports of …
Emergency crews on March 7 struggled to contain deadly wildfires that have scorched hundreds of square miles of land in four states and forced thousands of people to flee their homes ahead of the wind-whipped flames. The fires were burning …
AHL Insurance Agency, located in St. Charles, Missouri, has joined Valley Insurance Agency Alliance (VIAA), a network of more than 100 independent insurance agencies in Missouri and Illinois. AHL Insurance Agency is a full-service insurance agency founded in 1996 that …
WestCongress Insurance Services LLC, a newly formed managing general agent headquartered in Detroit, Mich., has hired three senior underwriting professionals — Richard “Dick” Barrett, Dan Barrett and Michael Horn — to lead the firm’s efforts in the specialty commercial insurance …
Missouri lawmakers are considering a bill that would raise the standard for workers to sue their employers for discrimination, a proposal that’s drawn support from pro-business groups and backlash from advocacy groups who say the change will allow intolerance to …
Johnson & Johnson said that a state court jury in Missouri had returned a verdict in its favor in the latest trial to arise out of thousands of lawsuits alleging the company’s talc-based products can increase the risk of ovarian …
