Monterey, Calif.-based Capital Insurance Group has named Andy Doll president and CEO. Doll will take the helm of CIG beginning Jan. 1, 2021. Doll currently serves as senior vice president and chief operating officer at CIG. The move follows the …
Texas will soon reach its 20th year of daily deaths on its roadways, according to the Texas Department of Transportation. On Nov. 7 Texas will mark the loss of more than 70,000 innocent lives to preventable fatal crashes during the …
A fraternity member was arrested on Nov. 2 on charges including hazing in connection with an incident that reportedly hospitalized a Louisiana State University freshman. University police arrested Phi Kappa Psi member Terry Pat Reynolds II on charges of criminal …
The U.S. has officially become the first nation to quit the Paris climate agreement, even as the outcome of the country’s presidential race remains undetermined. President Donald Trump, who’s fighting for re-election, moved to withdraw from the landmark environmental accord …
AM Best has upgraded the Long-Term Issuer Credit Rating (Long-Term ICR) to “bbb+” from “bbb” and affirmed the Financial Strength Rating (FSR) of B++ (Good) of Junction, Kansas-based Upland Mutual Insurance Inc. (Upland). The outlook of the Long-Term ICR has …
Specialty insurer RLI Corp., based in Peoria, Ill., has promoted Blake A. Ahrens to vice president, Inland Marine, and Bob W. Hartje to vice president, Excess Liability. Ahrens previously served as assistant vice president, Inland Marine. In his new role, …
A Louisiana man who admitted to burning down three predominantly African American churches to promote himself as a “black metal” musician has been sentenced to 25 years in prison and ordered to pay the churches $2.6 million. U.S. District Judge …
South Dakota Attorney General Jason Ravnsborg was distracted before he drove onto a highway shoulder where he struck and killed a pedestrian in September, state Secretary of Public Safety Craig Price said on Nov. 2. Price said 55-year-old Joseph Boever …
Hub International Ltd., the Chicago-based insurance broker, announced that it has acquired Stalco Insurance Ltd., a Canadian insurance broker. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. With locations in Wainwright, Provost and Kitscoty, Alberta, Canada, Stalco Insurance is a family-owned …
Women suing Goldman Sachs Group Inc. for gender discrimination are going after any internal documents with words like “babe,” “bimbo” or worse that they say would show bias by executives who administered the bank’s promotion and evaluation policies. The women …
