How Workers’ Compensation Politics Shut Maine Government 20 Years Ago June 28, 2011 By Glenn Adams The hallways of Maine’s State House were jammed with irate, screaming protesters, and scores of state workers pitched a tent...
Court Revives Banks’ Suit Against Bond Insurer MBIA June 28, 2011 By Ben Berkowitz and Jonathan Stempel New York’s highest court Tuesday revived a lawsuit by several large banks challenging bond insurer MBIA Inc.’s 2009 restructuring, which...
Insurers’ Ratings Won’t Be Penalized for Catastrophe Losses: Demotech June 28, 2011 The fact that U.S. property/casualty insurers’ earnings have taken a hit due to recent catastrophe losses should not by itself...
Former Ohio Insurance Agent Sentenced for $12,000 Theft June 28, 2011 Ohio Lieutenant Governor and Department of Insurance Director Mary Taylor announced that former insurance agent Alexis Prokup, of Perrysburg, Ohio,...
Hickey Named Workers’ Comp Director at Missouri Labor Department June 28, 2011 Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon appointed Labor and Industrial Relations Commissioner John J. Hickey to serve as director of the Division...
Crashes Increase at New York State’s Roundabouts June 28, 2011 By Tim O'Brien Drivers entering a roundabout who fear they’re about to crash are not paranoid. Although the rotaries are built to ease...
Esurance, Security First to Sell Homeowners Insurance in Florida June 28, 2011 Esurance, the online car insurance company, said that it is partnering with Security First Insurance Co. as an underwriter to...
Broker Lockton Opens Memphis Office June 28, 2011 Global insurance broker Lockton has opened a Memphis risk management and employee benefits operation. Joe Lammel, a long time insurance...
Roth Joins XS Brokers to Head New Connecticut Office June 28, 2011 Patricia Roth has joined XS Brokers Insurance Agency Inc., a Northeast excess and surplus lines wholesale brokerage and managing general...
MIssissippi Judge Orders Tear Gas Maker Pay $1 Million in Mom’s Death June 28, 2011 A judge has ruled that the maker of tear gas used in a 2006 Jackson police raid must pay $1.1...