Risk Strategies Co., a national insurance brokerage and risk management firm has completed its acquisition of GSM Insurance Services in Irvine, Calif. GSM is a specialty insurance organization with a focus on construction services, environmental and professional liability. Gary Martinez, …
Resolving what could have been a four-month delay to a crucial piece of the levee system around St. Bernard Parish, Louisiana, the Plaquemines Parish Council has approved a plan for a small stretch of the project to cross into Plaquemines. …
Arrowhead General Insurance Agency Inc. of San Diego has a market for commercial surety and fidelity bonds available in Arizona, California, Nevada, Oregon and Washington. Coverage is being provided on an admitted basis by Capitol Indemnity/Platte River Insurance Co., rated …
The Insurance Council of Texas (ICT) and the College Station Police Department are expanding a crime prevention campaign aimed at preventing auto thefts and auto burglaries. The program involves the funding and distribution of signs that read, “LOCK your car, …
San Francisco-based Woodruff-Sawyer & Co. announced that Bruce Okrepkie has joined the firm as vice president for the Construction Practice in the North Bay. His focus will be client development and management of surety and property casualty insurance for Woodruff-Sawyer …
Zenith National Insurance Corp. plans to release fourth quarter and year end 2009 financial results on Jan. 28, 2010 at the end of its business day. Also, the Woodland Hills, Calif.-based company announced that Judge Pamela Foust has joined the …
A North Carolina appeals court is weighing whether to freeze or even reverse homeowners’ insurance premiums that soared by up to almost 30 percent along the coast while sliding by a third in counties farthest from the shore. A three-judge …
Workers 65 years old and older tend to have lower indemnity costs for workers’ compensation than do younger workers, largely because of their lower weekly wages. That information from a new industry study could be good news for insurers as …
Union General Insurance Services of Concord, Calif., has a property market available to California agents. Property coverage is provided by an “A+” rated carrier for all types of small- and medium-sized commercial risks. Coverage is also available for vacant dwellings …
Missouri’s top judges questioned Jan. 14 whether a 2005 law limiting medical malpractice lawsuits is being wrongly applied to people retroactively and is discriminating against the spouses of those injured. Attorneys for patients argued to the state Supreme Court that …
