McGriff has promoted Patrick Dessauer to regional insurance president for McGriff’s West Region. He will be based in McGriff’s Houston office. Dessauer replaces Doug Hodo who has announced his retirement. Dessauer, a 30-plus year veteran of the insurance brokerage industry, …
SUNZ Holdings, LLC has announced that funds managed by Blackstone Tactical Opportunities have acquired a significant stake in the company to help fuel SUNZ’s continued expansion. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. SUNZ , a Florida-based a provider of …
Atlanta-based INSUREtrust has added Tara Burke as an account manager. Before joining INSUREtrust, Burke worked as a Risk Management Consultant at USI, focusing on small to mid-size businesses. Her tasks included developing new client relationships, reviewing client liability exposures and …
The body of a second worker killed in a power plant collapse in southern Ohio has been recovered, his employer said on Jan. 9. Relatives of 47-year-old Jamie Fitzgerald of Boyd County, Kentucky, had been notified of the removal of …
The Kansas Supreme Court has upheld a state law that governs how much money workers who are injured on the job can collect. The court ruled that an amendment to the Kansas Workers’ Compensation Act was constitutional because it did …
South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem has issued an executive order to officially direct a lawsuit challenging a voter-approved constitutional amendment to legalize recreational marijuana. The order ensures that Highway Patrol Superintendent Col. Rick Miller has legal standing to sue in …
An Oklahoma judge has extended a temporary restraining order allowing bars and restaurants across Oklahoma to stay open past an 11 p.m. curfew issued in November by Gov. Kevin Stitt in an effort to slow the spread of the coronavirus. …
Texas regulators have denied a request for a 5% rate increase by the state’s insurer of last resort for wind and hail for properties along the Texas coast. The Texas Department of Insurance (TDI) has rejected the Texas Windstorm Insurance …
One Lake Charles, La., woman credits the power of social media in getting one step closer to having her hurricane-damaged home repaired after weeks of roadblocks with her insurance claim. Tara Parks recently posted several videos on the social media …
The group behind a global cyber-espionage campaign discovered last month deployed malicious computer code with links to spying tools previously used by suspected Russian hackers, researchers said on Monday. Investigators at Moscow-based cyber security firm Kaspersky said the “backdoor” used …
