September 4, 2018
Texas Workers’ Compensation Commissioner Cassie Brown has turned in the keys to a secure warehouse that the Division of Workers’ Compensation (DWC) has used since 1992 to store injured employee claims. The 24,000-square-foot building that housed rows and rows of …
September 4, 2018
Keystone Insurers Group has named Shoreline Insurance of Muskegon and Combined Insurance Agencies of St. Joseph to its growing community of partners in Michigan. Since 1976, Shoreline Insurance has served clients in the West Michigan area with personal and commercial …
September 4, 2018
The Kansas Insurance Department (KID) has issued an emergency license suspension for a Smith Center, Kansas, insurance agent following an investigation of a complaint from an insurance company. Trisha A. Wiehl’s insurance license has been suspended after an insurance department …
September 4, 2018
Missouri Attorney General Josh Hawley on Aug. 31 sued the owners and operators of a tourist boat that sank in a Missouri lake, killing 17 people, alleging that the companies violated the state’s consumer protection law and put profits above …
September 4, 2018
More than a year after Hurricane Harvey slammed into the Texas coast, state environmental authorities have only just begun enforcement actions against a handful of companies deemed responsible for some of the most massive air and water pollution incidents reported …
September 4, 2018
Officials in Honolulu, Hawaii have agreed to a $2 million settlement to a woman who was hit by a car while crossing a street in 2014. The Honolulu Star-Advertiser reported the city approved the payment last month to Mariah Tinay, …
September 4, 2018
Rick Wong, based in San Francisco, Calif. has been named regional executive for Hiscox’ Northwest area. Wong is one of Hiscox three recent appointments to the Hiscox U.S. field and underwriting management teams, which are dedicated to providing commercial insurance …
September 4, 2018
Reno, Nev.-based LP Insurance Services Inc. has added Barbara Galgiani. Galgiani, who has been in marine insurance for more than 20 years, will continue to focus on both recreational and commercial marine risk and coverage. Galgiani most recently led a …
September 4, 2018
California lawmakers passed legislation to help utility giant PG&E Corp. pay for billions of dollars in potential liabilities from wildfires that ravaged Northern California wine country last year. The state Assembly and Senate approved a wide-ranging plan Friday that includes …
September 4, 2018
The Vermont Electric Co-Operative is getting a federal grant to help repair 54 transformers and nearly 2,900 miles of transmission and line poles damaged by a severe storm and flooding last October. The $1.7 million grant from the Federal Emergency …