Market research firm, Market Strategies International, has added insurance industry veteran Jeremy Bowler as a senior vice president of research and consulting in the Financial Services division in Detroit. Bowler brings more than 25 years of experience in marketing and …
Euclid Insurance Services Inc. (Euclid), based in Itasca, Ill., has formed Euclid Financial Institution Underwriters LLC (Euclid Financial) and hired David McDonald and Jim Thomas to lead the new operation. Euclid Financial is a program administrator specializing in professional lines …
Tropical Storm Bill wrung out almost 12 inches of rain over parts of eastern Texas, was downgraded to a depression and then handed off from the National Hurricane Center to the Weather Prediction Center. That doesn’t mean the U.S. is …
The City Council in Lincoln, Neb., has approved a $1 million disaster assistance program to aid Lincoln residents whose homes were damage by raw sewage that backed up during heavy rains, but some of the victims are still considering suing …
Minnesota now has two new laws that allow civil actions against those who commit insurance fraud, the Coalition Against Insurance Fraud announced. The strong anti-fraud measures became law when Gov. Mark Dayton signed a larger omnibus bill containing the provisions …
The federal government has cited a Springfield, Mo.-based manufacturer after a worker at the company plant died in January. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration cited Ridewell Corp. with a willful violation after the employee died after he was hit …
Lawrence, Kan., officials are considering tougher fire codes at pet businesses after a fire last month at a pet store and an earlier blaze at a boarding business killed several animals. A proposal that commissioners have received would require pet …
USI Insurance Services (USI) has acquired Indiana-based First Merchants Insurance Group, a retail property/casualty and employee benefits insurance brokerage operation, from First Merchants Corp. (First Merchants). This acquisition further strengthens USI’s presence as one of the leading middle market insurance …
A state server containing information from North Dakota’s workers’ compensation agency was breached, but it’s unlikely any personal information was stolen, state officials announced. Mike Ressler, the chief information officer at the state Information Technology Department, said unusual activity was …
The indictment of a South Dakota man for falsely claiming he lost more than a hundred cattle during the autumn blizzard of 2013 could be the first such case from the storm, which devastated ranchers in the western part of …
