The Virginia Senate has passed a bill to allow police to pull over and ticket drivers for not wearing a seat belt. The bill passed 24-16 Wednesday and heads to the House, where similar efforts have died in past years. …
The Surplus Lines Association of California elected new officers and directors at its annual meeting. The officers are: Chairman Les Ross of Crump Insurance Services Inc.; Vice Chairman Pat Hanley of Socius Insurance Services Inc.; Secretary-Treasurer Davis Moore of Worldwide …
Maryland-based RPS-ISG International has appointed Estelle Cummings as the company’s area vice president of sales for its CCBsure technology program. Cummings oversees new business production in ISG’s technology program. She has been active in the insurance industry for most of …
Insurance Brokers and Agents of the West (IBA West), awarded the Ramsden/Sullivan Memorial Award to Robert B. Suhr and slated its officers and directors for 2010 at its annual meeting. Suhr is a Santa Clara, Calif., independent insurance agent and …
Outside Mississippi’s 3rd Judicial District, Henry Lackey is best known as the judge whose integrity and intrepidness led to the downfall of famed trial lawyer Dickie Scruggs and several colleagues. In his hometown of Calhoun City, they knew him first …
Andrew J. Lorin has joined the law firm Drinker Biddle & Reath as a partner in its insurance practice. Lorin, who will be based in the firm’s downtown New York office, most recently served as general counsel of the New …
Californians for Fair Auto Insurance Rates has gained enough support to place a voter initiative on the June 8, 2010 ballot, aimed at rewarding drivers who have had insurance for some time to be eligible for a “persistency discount,” even …
Liberty International Underwriters (LIU), a division of Liberty Mutual Group, restructured its U.S. Specialty Casualty unit. The following organizational changes are effective immediately: Carl Pursiano has been named chief underwriting officer, U.S. specialty casualty and senior vice president. In this …
Texas-based retail insurance and managing general agency, The Woodlands Financial Group Inc. (TWFG), has opened six additional branch locations. A new office in Houston is led by Jerome Magana, who has more than 17 years’ experience in the insurance industry. …
U.S. lawmakers challenged Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner’s credibility on Wednesday after he said he was not involved in a decision by bailed-out insurer AIG to withhold details about $62 billion paid to banks. Geithner held his ground at a hearing, …
