Violent storms that tore through the southern Plains on May 10 killed five people and injured dozens more, leaving behind flattened homes, toppled semitrailers and downed power lines. Several tornadoes were reported in Oklahoma and Kansas as the storms moved …
The year 2010 might be considered revolutionary, as it is ushering in more changes for those who provide insurance for truckers than the industry has seen in a decade. Motor carriers, defined as anyone who uses a vehicle that has …
Sports, leisure and entertainment risks insurance provider Francis L. Dean & Associates Inc. has opened a new location in Fort Wayne, Ind. Francis L. Dean & Associates of Indiana LLC is the company’s sixth location. It will provide underwriting, product …
Small U.S. business owners are slightly less pessimistic about their outlook, and in the face of continuing weak sales do not plan to boost capital spending or employment, a monthly survey of small businesses showed. The National Federation of Independent …
Boston-based Liberty Mutual Group today announced that its subsidiary, Liberty Mutual Agency Corp. (LMAC), consisting of substantially all of the operations currently conducted by its Agency Markets strategic business unit, has filed a registration statement with the U.S. Securities and …
A Deerfield Beach, Florida woman who was left partially paralyzed after a botched steroid injection has won a $36 million malpractice verdict. A Palm Beach County jury ordered former pain management doctor Andrew Weiss to pay 52-year-old Kathleen Ramey millions. …
The Iowa Division of Workers’ Compensation has named Jennifer Gerrish-Lampe and Erica Elliott as new Deputy Workers’ Compensation Commissioners. Gerrish-Lampe will be joining the division from her current position with the Office of the Iowa Attorney General. Elliott has previously …
Gov. Joe Manchin announced the creation of a hotline that West Virginians can call if they feel threatened by workplace safety issues. “I want every miner and every worker in the state of West Virginia to be empowered,” Manchin said. …
Western National Insurance Group, headquartered in Edina, Minn., has hired Daniel E. Stein to lead the group’s upcoming entry into surety business. Stein joins Western National with more than a decade of surety-related underwriting and leadership experience. He began his …
The blame game for the recent British Petroleum (BP) oil rig accident and subsequent oil spill is just getting started as are the insurance implications of this disastrous event, according to underwriters and other observers. “It’s going to take several …
