A Georgia insurance agent from Pierce County has been arrested and charged with 28 counts of insurance fraud, according to a statement from Georgia Insurance Commissioner Ralph Hudgens. Dana Larson Bowen, 52, of Blackshear, Ga., is alleged to have misappropriated …
State officials have announced an online tool to join Kentucky’s fight against opioid drug abuse. Gov. Matt Bevin’s administration says the website – FindHelpNowKY.org – allows people to search in real-time for a local substance use disorder treatment center. The …
Eighteen states, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, national coal industry interests and more than a dozen other groups are urging an appeals court to overturn a coal ash cleanup order at a federal utility’s Tennessee plant, contending the decision will …
The Oregon State Senate has confirmed Cameron Smith as director for the Department of Consumer and Business Services. Smith has served as acting director for the department since Gov. Kate Brown nominated him in December 2017. Smith previously was director …
The U.K.’s exit from the European Union will be a watershed moment for the City of London and weaken its role as one of the world’s leading financial centers, Bundesbank Executive Board member Joachim Wuermeling said on Thursday. Speaking in …
A former insurance agent in Bettendorf, Iowa, has been sentenced to five years’ supervised probation for insurance fraud, the Iowa Insurance Division reported Billie J. Holmberg pleaded guilty in Scott County District Court to the charge of Ongoing Criminal Conduct, …
A federal lawsuit alleges a Prairie View A&M University coach helped a male student accused of sexual assault flee Texas to avoid arrest. An unidentified female athlete filed the lawsuit in Houston. It accuses the university of creating a hostile …
Everest Re Group Ltd. announced Shaun Safi has joined the Everest Insurance U.S. Property team as vice president based in Chicago. Safi will oversee the retail property portfolio in the central region as well as the continued development of trading …
A jury has awarded a couple $8 million after finding a San Antonio funeral home was negligent in the loss of their daughter’s body before she was to be cremated. Sharlotte and Timothy Mott were given $1.5 million each for …
Independent Lloyd’s broker AFL Insurance Brokers Ltd. hired re/insurance professionals Barry Rowland and Chris Cavani to augment its wholesale property team. Formerly a facilities and binder partner at JLT Re, Rowland joins AFL as director, Property & Casualty. Cavani joins …
