MJ Insurance Names Braden Pitts as Vice President of Technology MJ Insurance, a risk management and employee benefits agency, has hired Braden Pitts as vice president of technology. Pitts joins MJ Insurance with more than a decade of technical leadership …
The Louisiana Department of Insurance has ordered a New Orleans insurance agent and her company to stop their insurance business after the agent allegedly failed to remit premiums she collected from clients. Vilia Ann Ragas and her company, Citywide Insurance …
In the past year, the southwestern Louisiana city of Lake Charles weathered two hurricanes, intense rainfall that sent water gushing down streets and a deep freeze that burst pipes. Yet Tommy Eastman may eventually drop coverage on his four-bedroom home …
For the first time in almost a decade, a new insurance carrier is wading into the troubled Florida waters, and is expected to make take-out offers to more than 42,000 Citizens Property Insurance policyholders. VYRD Insurance Co., based in St. …
One of the largest U.S. health insurance companies and its branches in Nevada were found liable for $60 million in punitive damages for underpaying out-of-network emergency medical providers. A state court jury said three plaintiffs headed by urgent care staffing …
A Snohomish, Washington, insurance agent was sentenced to two years in prison after pleading guilty to wire fraud in the theft of premium payments from clients. Vicki Boser, owner of InsuranceTek, Inc., pleaded guilty in August. At her sentencing Tuesday, …
Risk Strategies acquired Fournier Group in Portland, Oregon. Fournier Group is a commercial and personal lines retail insurance agency led by President Greg Kuhns. In 2018, Fournier Group acquired Aircraft & Marine, an aviation insurance agency in Washington. It acquired …
Liberty Mutual Insurance plans to appoint Kim Garland as president of State Auto Financial Corp. following the completion of Liberty Mutual’s pending acquisition of State Auto. The deal is expected to close in 2022. Garland is currently senior vice president …
This edition of International People Moves details appointments at brokers Willis Towers Watson and Tysers. A summary of these new hires follows here. WTW Promotes Rourke to UK Head of P/C Pricing, Product, Claims and Underwriting Willis Towers Watson has …
Maryland Insurance Commissioner Kathleen A. Birrane is warning Marylanders, particularly small transportation business owners, that Bethesda-based Phillip Johnson Family Insurance Agency LLC (PFI) and its lead agent Jackline Adedoyin are not authorized to market or sell insurance in the state. …
