January 14, 2015
Prosecutors say a former insurance agent in Kansas has been sentenced to 42 months in prison for stealing from his clients. The U.S. attorney’s office said that 43-year-old Jason Matthew Pennington of Wichita pleaded guilty to two counts of wire …
January 14, 2015
Fidelis Group Holdings LLC (FGH) and its subsidiary, Continental Underwriters Ltd., a have formed an ocean cargo division and named Doug Fischer and Crystal Prout as managing directors of the unit. The new ocean cargo division will be based out …
January 13, 2015
The Michigan Department of Insurance and Financial Services (DIFS) has ordered Ray Coleman, Midwest Insurance Group and RPM Insurance Group (RPM) to cease and desist from selling, soliciting or negotiating insurance policies, regulators announced. According to the DIFS order, a …
January 13, 2015
No dangerous contaminants were released into the air by an explosion at an oil refinery that was felt 10 miles away and sparked a fire that burned for more than 14 hours, the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency said. Testing was …
January 13, 2015
Amerisure Mutual Insurance Co. based in Farmington Hills, Mich., has promoted Jim Flynn to assistant vice president of loss control and Anne Marie May to regional vice president of loss control. Both Flynn and May report to Kevin Clary, Amerisure’s …
January 13, 2015
The Michigan Department of Insurance and Financial Services (DIFS) announced it has suspended the licenses of father and son insurance agents Ali Ali and Adnan Ali-Aljadri and their insurance agencies AAS and ASA for violating numerous provisions of the Michigan …
January 12, 2015
Keystone Insurers Group announced its newest franchise partner in Illinois: Joseph M. Wiedemann & Sons, based in Arlington Heights. The firm, which has three offices in the Chicago-East Central Illinois area, is the eighteenth independent insurance agency in the state …
January 12, 2015
Authorities say fewer people died on Missouri’s roads and waterways last year. The Missouri State Highway Patrol says preliminary statistics count 753 traffic fatalities in 2014, compared with 757 fatalities in 2013 and 1,257 in 2005. Boating fatalities dropped to …
January 12, 2015
HNI, a non-traditional risk management firm based in New Berlin, Wis., announced that Matt Bucher has been named a partner in the firm. Bucher is a relationship manager at HNI. In his current role, Bucher drives sales of insurance, benefits …
January 12, 2015
South Dakota Labor and Regulation Secretary Marcia Hultman announced that Larry Deiter has been named the new director of the Division of Insurance. As director, Deiter will continue to be active at the national level in the National Association of …