In the year following the enactment of a Texas law aimed at reducing the volume of lawsuits filed by property owners against insurance companies following natural catastrophes, the number of those types of disputes has dropped, according to the lobbying …
Republican Dean Jeffries has been appointed to the West Virginia House of Delegates seat from Kanawha County vacated by the resignation of Tim Armstead. Gov. Jim Justice announced Jeffries’ appointment Wednesday. Jeffries is a State Farm insurance agent from Elkview. …
A lawsuit alleges that negligence by the owners of Wisconsin’s only oil refinery caused an explosion and fire that injured 36 people and caused a mandatory evacuation in the city of Superior. The class action lawsuit against Husky Energy says …
Do you love your agency? Is it a Best Place to Work For? If so, don’t forget to nominate your agency to be named as one of Insurance Journal’s Best Agencies to Work For in 2018. The extended deadline is …
John Neal has been appointed as the chief executive officer of Lloyd’s following a meeting of the Council of Lloyd’s, where his appointment as successor to Inga Beale was approved unanimously. Neal will take up his position at Lloyd’s on …
An explosive wildfire closed down dozens of miles of a major California freeway only weeks after a nearby blaze that left neighborhoods in ruins and killed eight people. The Delta Fire erupted Wednesday afternoon and within hours had devoured nearly …
Business Risk Partners (BRP), a Windsor, Conn.-based specialty insurance program administrator, has appointed Brad Lacey as a principal underwriter focused on management and professional liability products. Simultaneously, BRP has assumed the renewal rights to a management and professional liability portfolio …
A woman has filed a lawsuit against the University of Oregon over injuries she claims to have sustained while at a rock concert in 2016. The Register-Guard reporte Anne Holder filed the law suit last week in Lane County Circuit …
Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. has acquired United Dealer Services LLC. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Based in Highland Mills, N.Y., United Dealer Services LLC is a retail insurance broker and program administrator. It provides a range of …
Hub International Limited (Hub), the Chicago-based insurance broker, announced that it has acquired Access Insurance Brokers Inc. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Headquartered in Ottawa, Ontario, Access Insurance provides personal and commercial insurance solutions. Rico Saleh and Daniel …
