Federal workplace safety officials are investigating a western Kansas oil field explosion that injured five workers, two of them critically. The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration said the Dec. 12 accident near Sharon Springs in Wallace …
Wisconsin Insurance Commissioner Ted Nickel has been elected as president of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC). Created in 1871, the NAIC establishes standards and conducts peer reviews for insurance regulatory agencies across the nation. In addition to Nickel, …
Insurance broker HUB International announced the promotions of four executives in the Midwest region that become effective on Jan. 1. Neil Hughes, current president of HUB International Midwest, will assume the role as president of HUB International’s U.S. North Region, …
A state appeals court in Cleveland, Ohio, has ruled that the widow of a former Notre Dame football player can proceed with claims in a lawsuit that said her husband was disabled by and ultimately died from concussion-related head injuries …
Ten people were hospitalized for treatment of carbon monoxide poisoning after a gas leak occurred at a nursing home on Columbus, Ohio’s Near East Side. Fire Battalion Chief Steve Martin says firefighters were dispatched to Bryden Place just after 5 …
A handful of Democrats in a health oversight committee say they continue to have questions about the performance of Iowa’s Medicaid program, more than eight months after it switched to a privatized system run by three insurance companies. Democrats in …
The boards of Missouri-based mutual insurance companies, CFM Insurance Inc. and Farmers Mutual Insurance Company of Grundy County, have approved a plan to merge the two companies. Pending formal approval by Missouri Department of Insurance Director John Huff, all FMIC …
Farmington Hills, Mich.-based Amerisure Mutual Insurance Company has appointed Erin Buddie as director of Human Resource operations and Keith Maciejewski as director of Underwriting Consultative Services Buddie will lead HR operations with direct responsibility for compensation, benefits, employee relations, performance …
Maria Ruvalcaba has joined the Pardridge Insurance Agency in Sycamore, Ill. Ruvalcaba comes to the independent insurance agency after 20 years working for various direct writers including State Farm and American Family. Ruvalcaba has experience in both personal and commercial …
A Missouri woman who sued American Family Insurance for retaliation and age and sex discrimination has been awarded $20 million in punitive damages. Deborah Miller, 60, of Blue Springs, also was awarded $450,000 in actual damages by a Jackson County …
