July 9, 2015
Keystone Insurers Group added three new partners in Missouri. The partners are: Jerome L. Howe Inc. of St. Louis; Schroepfer Bauer Insurance Agency of Union; and Custom Insurance Services Inc. of Crystal City. Jerome L. Howe offers insurance and benefits …
July 9, 2015
The Red Cross says about 20 families have been displaced from their Indianapolis homes after heavy rains inundated parts of Indiana. The organization said in a news release that it’s working with fire officials to provide emergency housing for 50 …
July 9, 2015
The girlfriend of a man accused of blowing up an Indianapolis, Ind. house, devastating a subdivision and killing two neighbors, nearly doubled the insurance coverage for the contents of her home 11 months before the explosion, two insurance agents testified …
July 9, 2015
North Dakota officials are pushing the Army Corps of Engineers to make long-term flood protection for the Souris River Valley a priority. Local and state officials fear that any work they do on a proposed $1 billion protection plan might …
July 8, 2015
A North Dakota man was killed while working at an asphalt production plant in central South Dakota. Sully County Sherriff Bill Stahl told KCCR radio that 66-year-old Jerold Walth of Wishek, North Dakota, was performing maintenance on equipment at the …
July 7, 2015
FIRST Insurance Funding Corp. in Northbrook, Ill., has added Justin Berry as a senior vice president and regional sales manager. Berry will manage FIRST Insurance Funding Corp.’s Midwest sales team and assist with national accounts. He previously was with MarshBerry …
July 7, 2015
International insurance broker and risk management firm Integro Ltd. has acquired Lemme Insurance Group Inc., based in Arlington Heights, Ill. Details of the transaction were not disclosed. Lemme, a boutique insurance brokerage and consulting firm, was formed in 1998 by …
July 7, 2015
The Insurance Industry Charitable Foundation has named Mary Cummins executive director of its Midwest division. Cummins will be responsible for leading IICF’s philanthropic initiatives in the Midwestern region, including local nonprofit grant programs and the division’s annual series of fundraising, …
July 7, 2015
Officials say a project to extend a rail line in a DTE Energy Co. rail yard in suburban Detroit, Mich. is designed to improve safety and traffic flow. Work begins July 13 in Trenton. The yard holds trains delivering coal …
July 7, 2015
Sentry Insurance, headquartered in Stevens Point, Wis., and Edwardsville, Ill.-based Hortica Insurance (Florists’ Mutual Insurance Company) have joined forces. After review and approval by both the Wisconsin Office of the Commissioner of Insurance and Illinois Department of Insurance, Hortica is …