October 1, 2015
Stevens Point, Wis.-based Sentry Insurance has named Dewey Gantz vice president, chief financial officer and treasurer. Gantz joined Sentry in 2013 as assistant vice president, and chief accounting executive. He has 20 years of insurance industry experience, including time served …
October 1, 2015
In justifying a reluctance to purchase cyber insurance coverage for data breaches, many retailers insist they don’t store credit card information after a sale. But experts say the headline-generating data breaches at retailers across the country in the past few …
October 1, 2015
With a median rate index of 2.35 per $100 of payroll, Illinois has the seventh highest average workers’ comp premium rate of all U.S. states, according to the 2014 Oregon Workers’ Compensation Premium Ranking Study. The national median index rate …
September 30, 2015
The Ohio Senate is considering a bill that would create one set of statewide regulations for ridesharing services such as Uber and Lyft. The lawmakers’ work comes as Uber plans to expand its Ohio workforce by adding 10,000 more drivers …
September 30, 2015
Hub International Ltd. has named Carla Moradi executive vice president of operations and technology. Moradi will be based in Chicago, Ill. She will lead the implementation of strategic enterprise-wide customer technologies and operations, supporting HUB regional locations throughout the U.S. …
September 30, 2015
John Paul, president/treasurer of Western Iowa Mutual Insurance in Council Bluffs, Iowa, was presented the Chairman’s Award by the National Association of Mutual Insurance Company’s at its 120th Annual Convention in San Diego. The award was created to recognize leadership, …
September 30, 2015
In an opinion filed on Sept. 24, the Illinois Supreme Court upheld the decisions of two lower courts that an Illinois municipality must pay health insurance premiums for a policeman and his family after the police officer was “catastrophically injured” …
September 29, 2015
Chicago-based Hub International Limited (HUB), a global insurance brokerage, has added Carla Moradi as executive vice president of Operations and Technology. Moradi will lead the implementation of strategic enterprise-wide customer technologies and operations, supporting all HUB regional locations throughout the …
September 29, 2015
A Douglas County jury has awarded Omaha, Neb., software developer Baldwin Hackett & Meeks Inc. $43.8 million in a lawsuit that accused a rival software firm of violating antitrust laws and breaching a nondisclosure agreement. The recent award was the …
September 28, 2015
James Kennedy, CEO of the Ohio Mutual Insurance Group, was named the recipient of the 2015 Griffith Insurance Education Foundation Lifetime Achievement Award for his career-long dedication to education and support of the foundation. The award presentation took place Sept. …