Wholesale insurance broker Gemini Risk Partners, based in Chicago, has appointed Yosha DeLong as managing director. Prior to joining Gemini Risk Partners, DeLong was most recently the London regional executive for Ironshore Europe Limited, overseeing all IronPro product lines, the …
Fire departments in nearly every pocket of Iowa have members who were awarded nationally-recognized certifications by the state fire academy despite failing their tests, according to documents released. The Fire Service Training Bureau has sent letters to 560 departments, a …
Results from a monthly survey of business supply managers released Feb. 1 suggest economic conditions continue to improve in nine Midwest and Plains states, and that confidence in the regional economy is at its highest level in six years. The …
The Missouri Department of Insurance reminds Missouri high school seniors and current college students that the application deadline for Missouri Insurance Education Foundation (MIEF) scholarships is March 31. Four $1,500 scholarships will be awarded to graduating high school seniors who …
A Missouri-based utility said it will appeal a state judge’s award of more than $10 million to a man who said he developed permanent respiratory issues while working as a mechanic at one of the company’s sites. Circuit Judge William …
The Missouri Supreme Court has denied Johnson & Johnson’s bid to move out of a St. Louis state court thousands of lawsuits alleging the company’s talc-based products can increase the risk of ovarian cancer. The state high court in late …
Missouri consumers and small businesses received an additional $29 million from their insurance companies in 2016, exceeding the insurance department’s previous record of $27.4 million set in 2014. The monies were returned as a result of the Consumer Affairs Division’s …
Milwaukee, Wis.-based insurance brokerage Robertson Ryan & Associates has voted in two new shareholders and a new board member. Matt Cruise was voted to become a new shareholder. Cruise joined Robertson Ryan & Associates in 2002. He is a second-generation …
Bailey Family Insurance in Springfield, Ill., recently joined Valley Insurance Agency Alliance (VIAA), a network of 100 independent insurance agencies in Missouri and Illinois. Owned by Mark and Christine Bailey, Bailey Family Insurance is a full service insurance agency specializing …
Motorists venturing out onto snowy highways can now get a close-up look at the conditions they might encounter thanks to “plow cams” that the Minnesota Department of Transportation has mounted on some of its snowplows. The video cameras are mounted …
