Cedar Rapids, Iowa-based UFG Insurance has appointed Corey Ruehle as chief claims officer, effective Feb.1. Ruehle will succeed current Chief Claims Officer Dave Conner, as he retires after a successful 20-year career with the company. Based in Cedar Rapids, Ruehle …
Jase Hamilton has been promoted to Surety Department manager at Cavignac & Associates, a San Diego-based risk management and insurance brokerage firm specializing in the design and construction industry. Hamilton joined Cavignac & Associates in 2013 as surety account manager. …
Texas state Sen. Kelly Hancock (R-North Richland Hills) has filed a legislative package addressing two significant concerns raised in the wake of Hurricane Harvey. Senate Bill 442 would require all homeowner’s insurance policies that do not provide flood coverage to …
Everest Insurance has expanded its life sciences product offering to include property, commercial auto, and workers’ compensation products for the life sciences segment. These products join the unit’s established primary product liability offering, as well as a suite of available …
Before the next Hurricane Harvey strikes, and thousands of homes are damaged or destroyed, some Texas lawmakers want to make sure communities statewide are better prepared for future floods. On Jan. 22, state Sen. Charles Perry, R-Lubbock, filed legislation to …
Worldwide Facilities Marine, a division of Worldwide Facilities, national wholesale insurance broker, managing general agent and program underwriter, has added Kelly Martinez to the Los Angeles team as a broker. Martinez brings more than 30 years of marine underwriting and …
With much of the property/casualty insurance industry’s attention focused on external threats from insurtechs and digital native companies, perhaps the greatest disruption is coming from within. Following the last decade of impressive growth driven by direct-to-consumer providers, Progressive heads into …
Oh, but we live in sour times. Next month’s Super Bowl will feature the Most Hated Team in Football against an opponent who got there because of the Worst Call in Playoff History. Of the hatred I have nothing at …
A federal jury has awarded $7 million in damages to a North Carolina trooper and his wife for when a passenger bus plowed into the trooper’s sport-utility vehicle as he responded to an Interstate 40 accident. Court documents show jurors …
AM Best has upgraded the Financial Strength Rating to B (Fair) from B- (Fair) and the Long-Term Issuer Credit Rating to “bb” from “bb-” of Greenville Casualty Insurance Co. of Greer, S.C. The outlook of these Credit Ratings (ratings) remains …
