February 5, 2020
The Tennessee Department of Commerce and Insurance (TDCI) has promoted Bill Huddleston to TDCI’ s director of the Insurance Division. Huddleston, a longtime Nashville resident, has served in the department since 2014 and has previous experience in banking, public accounting, …
February 4, 2020
Premium data from all surplus lines stamping offices for 2019 shows that California once again led the nation in total surplus line premiums, possibly boosted by construction spending and wildfires. The Surplus Line Association of California recorded $9.09 billion in …
February 4, 2020
The salvage team in charge of removing a cargo ship that overturned on the Georgia coast nearly five months ago wants to surround it with a giant mesh screen to contain any loose debris as the vessel gets cut into …
February 4, 2020
The Liberty Company Insurance Brokers has added Rob Bobyack to the firm as a partner at its Moody Insurance Group office. Bobyack began his career in the insurance industry in 1997 as a workers’ compensation specialist and since then has …
February 4, 2020
The Kansas Corporation Commission has approved opening general investigation dockets to allow the public access to information gathered during investigations into seismic activity in Reno and Rooks counties. The dockets will share all data and research gathered in the investigations …
February 4, 2020
A church bus and an SUV crashed on Feb. 2 in Ohio, and the bus driver died, the State Highway Patrol said. The patrol’s Lebanon post reported the crash occurred around 9:30 a.m. on Dixie Highway in Warren County’s Franklin …
February 4, 2020
While the market is hardening and rates are increasing for nearly every commercial insurance line, workers’ compensation remains stubbornly soft. That reality is something that W.R. Berkley’s CEO flagged recently as a cause for concern. “The reality is that workers’ …
February 4, 2020
A $15 million lawsuit filed by the family of a man who died at the Oregon State Penitentiary accuses prison staff of failing to treat the 54-year-old inmate for flu and then covering up his flu-related death. The Statesman Journal …
February 4, 2020
Risk Strategies has acquired Transport Risk Management Inc. in Denver, Colo. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Risk Strategies is a privately held, national insurance broker with offices across the country. Transport Risk is a national specialist in aviation-related …
February 4, 2020
AXA Liabilities Managers has agreed to acquire RenaissanceRe (UK) Limited, a company currently in runoff, from RenaissanceRe Holdings Ltd. Formerly known as Tokio Millennium Re (UK) Limited, the UK run-off business was acquired by RenaissanceRe as part of its purchase …