July 12, 2022
Vermont Governor Phil Scott has appointed Kevin Gaffney as commissioner of the Department of Financial Regulation (DFR) and Emily Brown as the department’s deputy commissioner of insurance. Both appointments are effective immediately. The DFR regulates banking, insurance, securities and captive …
July 12, 2022
New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham said the state is committing $1.7 million to repair a collapsed bridge in Roswell and implement additional flood mitigation strategies in the area. Lujan Grisham made the announcement Saturday next to the damaged bridge …
July 11, 2022
A wildfire threatening the largest grove of giant sequoias in Yosemite National Park more than doubled in size in a day, and firefighters were working in difficult terrain Sunday to protect the iconic trees and a small mountain town as …
July 11, 2022
BHSI Names Guinea to Customer Engagement Post in Spain Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance (BHSI) announced that Eduardo Guinea has joined the organization as head of customer and broker engagement in Spain. He will be based in Madrid. Guinea comes to …
July 11, 2022
Digital insurer Ranger said it just closed a $5.25 million seed round to further its development of a digital platform that promises to modernize the role of insurance agents, evolving their role into a home protection advisor. The round was …
July 11, 2022
\The operator of Texas’s power grid on Sunday called on state residents for the second time this year to conserve energy, warning of potential rolling blackouts amid predictions for record-high temperatures on Monday. The state faces a “potential reserve capacity …
July 11, 2022
Stephen Allen Allgood Jr., age 33, of Eddyville, was charged with one count of Insurance Fraud – Presenting False Information (Class D Felony) following an investigation by the Iowa Insurance Division’s Fraud Bureau.The charges against Allgood stem from an investigation …
July 11, 2022
Applied Underwriters on July 11 said it increased staff salaries across the board by 10% to keep up with inflation and its implications. The dramatic adjustment, far outpacing industry averages, came as predictions of inflation made by the company’s lead …
July 11, 2022
A worker died in an accident July 7 at a Gerber Products Co. plant in western Michigan, parent company Nestle said. The employee was working on repairs to a production line when the accident occurred around 2 p.m., the company …
July 11, 2022
The parents of a teenager wounded during a mass shooting at Oxford High School in Michigan are suing the shop that sold the handgun used to kill four students and injure six other people. The complaint filed last week in …