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Huddleston Named Director of Tennessee Insurance Department’s Insurance Division

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, …

California Leads Nation in Surplus Lines Premiums on 5th Year of Record Growth

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 …

Crews Removing Overturned Cargo Ship in Georgia Port Rush to Beat Hurricane Season

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 …

The Liberty Company Insurance Brokers of Florida Add Bobyack as Partner

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 …

Kansas Offering Public Access to Earthquake Investigation Information

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 …

Driver Dies, Passengers Injured in Ohio Church Bus Crash

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 …

Berkley CEO Warns Against Overreaction to Workers’ Comp Rate Declines

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’ …

Family of Man Who Died of Flu in Oregon Prison Sues for $15M

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 …

Risk Strategies Acquires Transport Risk Management in Colorado

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 …

AXA Liabilities Managers to Acquire RenaissanceRe (UK) Limited in Runoff

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 …

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