Tokio Marine HCC announced that Susan Rivera has been appointed its next chief executive officer effective Sept. 1, 2018, replacing Christopher J.B. Williams, the current CEO. Williams is taking on a new role as managing executive officer and co-head of …
A police officer in Mississippi has been awarded $20,000 in damages after a federal jury ruled his police department retaliated against him for complaining about mold in his office. The Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal reported that Brandon Garrett was a …
A Texas construction contractor has been ordered to pay $250,000 in criminal and civil penalties an employee suffered a fatal fall at an apartment complex in Dallas, federal safety officials said. U.S. District Court Judge Ed Kinkeade ordered Design Plastering …
Recent hail damage to public buildings in Deadwood, South Dakota, is expected to exceed $2 million. Transportation and Facilities Director Tom Kruzel says a $1.8 million damage estimate involves only the 45 public structures in town, and doesn’t include city …
Richard Ingram has opened Brightway, The Ingram Agency in Baton Rouge, La. Michael Snow joins him as an agent in the new agency. A U.S. Army veteran who lost his left arm after being struck by a roadside bomb in …
A.M. Best has revised the outlooks to negative from stable and affirmed the Financial Strength Rating of A- (Excellent) and the Long-Term Issuer Credit Rating of “a-” for Wisconsin Municipal Mutual Insurance Co. (WMMIC) in Madison, Wisconsin. The company provides …
Integrity Insurance in Appleton, Wisconsin, has appointed Bobbie Collies vice president of Sales and Marketing. In her new role, Collies leads the development and execution of sales and marketing strategies that address business needs to deliver profitable growth and enhance …
A U.S. unit of Brazilian state-run company Petrobras agreed to pay $3.5 million to settle a lawsuit over alleged toxic emissions from its Pasadena, Texas, oil refinery, the company said. The settlement, which is subject to approval by a federal …
California Governor Jerry Brown issued a plan this week to help the state’s embattled utilities facing liabilities from wildfires. For PG&E Corp., it’s not good enough. “It’s insufficient,” PG&E Chief Executive Officer Geisha Williams said on the company’s second-quarter earnings …
Lawyers for an Oregon high school student who was disciplined for wearing a T-shirt promoting President Donald Trump’s effort to build a border wall say they have reached a settlement of his lawsuit. The lawyers say that settlement entails a …
