PEMCO Mutual Insurance has named Chris Purcell to the executive team as vice president and chief information officer. Purcell will continue to advance the organization’s digital and technology strategies. Purcell previously spent more than 13 years as vice president of …
Embattled insurance investor Greg E. Lindberg has retained Louis Freeh, former federal judge and FBI director, and his firm Freeh, Sporkin & Sullivan to examine and render advice regarding financial aspects of Lindberg’s business entities, with respect to, among other …
Priority First Insurance & Investments in Jefferson City, Missouri, has hired Tina Woehr as an account executive. In this position, Woehr will handle daily service of all clients’ insurance needs, as well as pursue new business opportunities on behalf of …
LP Buddy Morris has launched Spire Risk Management (SRM), a full-service insurance consulting firm specializing in employee benefits, property/casualty and retirement planning, in San Antonio, Texas. Morris said the plan is to grow organically and through acquisitions adding great people …
West Texas has seen a dramatic increase in earthquakes, jumping from 19 in 2009 to 1,600 in 2017 alone, according to a new study published on Nov. 4 by the University of Texas at Austin. The study, which was published …
A Cincinnati, Ohio, woman must repay the Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation (BWC) nearly $41,000 after being convicted of workers’ compensation fraud. The BWC reported that Michelle D. Smith, 57, pleaded guilty to the fifth-degree felony in the Franklin County …
The City of Madison, Wisconsin, has issued a warning to water utility customers concerning letters being sent to homeowners by a company claiming to offer insurance coverage for water lines to the home. Madison Water Utility said it has received …
Authorities say a mother and son who worked for a Georgia alcohol distributor embezzled more than $3 million from their employer over a decade. Sheriff’s investigators in Bibb County, Georgia, arrested 72-year-old Eva Rebecca Wells and her son, 44-year-old Billy …
Program business premium rose 12.2% in 2018, reaching $40.5 billion from $36 billion in 2016, according to The 2019 State of Program Business Study published by the Target Markets Program Administrators Association (TMPAA). Program business again outpaced the total property/casualty …
Women engineers who claim Microsoft Corp. discriminates against them for pay and promotions faced tough questions from a federal appeals court weighing whether their ground-breaking lawsuit should become a class action. During arguments Monday in Portland, Oregon, the three-judge panel …
