Apple Inc. could be facing up to $862 million in damages after a U.S. jury on Oct. 13 found the iPhone maker used technology owned by the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s licensing arm without permission in chips found in many of …
Almost a quarter of the insurance industry is set to retire by 2022, and Butler University’s College of Business in Indianapolis is preparing its graduates to fill those voids by establishing its own student-run insurance company. As a “captive insurance …
Wholesale insurance broker, J.M. Wilson, has added Andrew Hamilton as sales and agency relations specialist in its Carmel, Ind., office. With a focus on Indiana and Ohio, Hamilton will be the primary resource and liaison for insurance agents, listening to …
Data from the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration show Ohio with the second-highest number of workers killed on the job in the agency’s Midwest region this past fiscal year, behind Illinois. A previous report indicated Ohio was the leader …
Wholesale insurance broker, J.M. Wilson, has added Kristin Bolhuis as a property and casualty underwriter in its Portage, Mich., office. Bolhuis is responsible for quoting new and renewal property and casualty business, and serving independent insurance agents in Michigan. She …
Great American Insurance Group, based in Cincinnati, Ohio, has named Chad D. Stewart senior vice president and chief information officer of its Annuity Group. Stewart joined the Great American in 2011. Since that time, he has held roles of increasing …
The Capacity Group of Companies (Capacity) has acquired an ownership stake in Shriver Insurance Agency, headquartered in Elmhurst, Ill. As a result, Shriver has been renamed Shriver-Capacity Insurance Agency LLC (Shriver-Capacity). Shriver-Capacity, led by Charlie Shriver, specializes in insurance for …
Eydent Insurance Services LLC, a Mt. Pleasant, Mich.-based program administrator specializing in niche markets, announced that Jim Swearingen, chief underwriting officer, will retire effective Nov. 15. Swearingen began his career with St. Paul Fire and Marine and successfully worked his …
A Roman Catholic religious order has agreed to pay $300,000 to a former student at a suburban St. Louis, Mo., high school to settle claims that a teacher at the school sexually abused him. The settlement was announced on Oct. …
Minnesota insurers have routed thousands of customers away from MNsure, a financial boon for the companies but one that creates enrollment and revenue headaches for an exchange already confronting concerns about long-term solvency. After signing up customers on plans through …
