The newly formed healthcare venture of Amazon.com Inc, Berkshire Hathaway Inc. and JPMorgan Chase & Co. on Tuesday hired Jack Stoddard as chief operating officer. Stoddard was previously general manager for digital health at Comcast Corp. His appointment is effective …
One of the sports world’s biggest advertisers, State Farm doubled down this week, buying the naming rights for the home venues of the Atlanta Hawks and Arizona Cardinals. State Farm Arena and State Farm Stadium, commitments of 20 and 18 …
A Mississippi woman whose uterus ruptured during childbirth has been awarded more than $2 million in a medical malpractice lawsuit against an OB-GYN. The Columbus Dispatch reports a jury awarded Talanda Blevins the funds on Friday. She sued Dr. James …
XL Catlin has added Kimberly Hans to its Broker & Client Management team as Southeast Regional leader. Hans is based in Atlanta and reports to Robert Peretti, XL Catlin’s Head of Broker & Client Management in North America. Hans joins …
NSI Insurance Group has expanded its South Florida operations through a merger with Weinstein Insurance Services, an independent agency in Coral Gables, Fla. Weinstein Insurance Services President Jay Weinstein and his team will join NSI Insurance Group’s Miami Lakes office, …
The family of a man who was killed in August in a shooting at a Houston-area food warehouse has filed a lawsuit asking for $25 million in damages from his employer. The lawsuit was filed in state civil court in …
Bowling pins topple, teeter, spin and fly. But this summer in Wisconsin, they’ve also been charred by flames and soaked with floodwater, while others are headed into retirement. In July, fire destroyed the Friendship Bar & Bowl in Adams County. …
Cost savings in the California worker’s compensation system from reforms made five years ago are far more massive than projected, according to David Lanier, secretary of the California Labor and Workforce Development Agency. Lanier on Thursday said that $1.3 billion …
California Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones on Thursday announced that insured residential and commercial losses from the Carr and Mendocino Complex fires topped $845 million and are now counted among the most destructive wildfires in the state’s history. Jones also provided …
Tropical Depression Gordon moved north on Thursday, threatening central U.S. states with heavy rain, while Hurricane Florence churned toward Bermuda, packing maximum sustained winds of 115 miles per hour (185 kph), forecasters said. Some parts of northwest Mississippi and much …
