Some officials in Minot, N.D., are proposing that the city rewrites its flood-related regulations in an effort to ease any future hikes in flood insurance premiums for residents. The Minot Daily News reports the city’s Planning Commission is recommending the …
Cedar Rapids, Iowa-based property/casualty insurer, United Fire Group Inc. (UFG), has appointed Brian Frese as chief technology officer. He brings more than 17 years of experience to UFG, including operational leadership and new technology implementation in the financial services industry. …
Illinois law has required back-seat passengers to wear seat belts since 2012. An Illinois Department of Transportation survey shows nearly 85 percent of the state’s back-seat passengers are buckling up, an increase of 7 percentage points since 2013. But it’s …
Rockhill Insurance Group, based in Kansas City, Mo., announced it has realigned its organizational underwriting structure to better serve wholesale brokers. Chief Operating OfficerDoug Goodenow presides over three main product teams led by the following regional presidents: Mike Towell, regional …
H.W. Kaufman Financial Group, headquartered in Detroit/Farmington Hills, Mich., has hired Wayne Bates to serve as president of Atain Insurance Cos. and corporate senior vice president of Kaufman Financial Group. He will be responsible for leading Atain’s overarching growth strategy, …
Risk Strategies Co., a privately held, national insurance brokerage and risk management firm, has acquired Re-Solutions Intermediaries LLC, a reinsurance specialist focused on assisting healthcare organizations around the world manage risk. Headquartered in Minneapolis and founded by President Tony Plampton, …
The Horton Group, an insurance, employee benefits and risk advisory firm based in Chicago, has hired Jay Fortuna as director of Sales Training and Development. Prior to joining the Horton Group, Fortuna worked at Hub Insurance, where served as the …
Indiana’s high court has confirmed a lower court’s summary judgment favoring a property insurer that denied a homeowner’s claim after discovering that misleading information about the condition of the property had been submitted in the policy application. But in an …
Researchers are opposing a petition to allow all-terrain vehicles on Louisa County’s secondary roads, citing public safety. The proposal for roadway use was presented to the Louisa County Board of Supervisors on Nov. 24. Petition organizer Tim Gerst said that …
A St. Louis judge has dismissed a lawsuit against the ride-hailing service Lyft. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that a judge also lifted an injunction that barred Lyft from operating in St. Louis and St. Louis County. The St. Louis …
