Texas needs $61-plus billion in federal funding just to rebuild public infrastructure damaged by Hurricane Harvey, as well as to cover projects to prevent future flooding. John Sharp, Texas’ Harvey recovery “czar,” announced that the figure was based on surveys …
Arkansas opened a 45-day comment period Monday on whether highway officials should let motorists drive at higher speeds and within minutes had elicited confessions from drivers who wrote that, while they themselves speed, other drivers are going even faster. Legislators …
Louisiana’s attorney general is trying to take control of a lawsuit filed by Gov. John Bel Edwards’ administration accusing pharmaceutical companies of worsening opioid abuse in the state. The Advocate reports that Attorney General Jeff Landry wants to expand the …
Nebraska judge has sentenced a former insurance agent to at least six years in prison for bilking clients out of nearly $160,000, saying he felt “heartsick” for the victims. The Lincoln Journal Star reports the Lancaster County judge noted on …
Managing general agency and surplus lines broker, J.M. Wilson, has hired Brian Kane as assistant property/casualty underwriter in its Arlington Heights, Illinois, office. Kane has more than 17 years of experience in the insurance industry working as a group underwriter. …
Chattanooga, Tennessee-based commercial insurance provider, Reliance Partners, is expanding in the Midwest by opening a new office in the Chicago area. Edgar Mercado will lead the new Chicago office. Mercado started his career at Reliance in Chattanooga and has emerged …
Stephens Insurance LLC, an affiliate of Stephens Inc., has hired industry veterans Leigh Ellis and Will Ogilvie in its Houston office. Ellis joins Stephens as a senior vice president in the commercial property/casualty practice with expertise in advising large commercial …
JLT Specialty USA announced the appointment of James Vendetti as a director for its construction insurance practice, Construction Risk Partners (CRP). Based in New York, Vendetti will focus on business development, managing existing client relationships and growing the CRP team. …
Specialty insurance broker AmWINS Group reported that it has completed the previously-announced acquisition of 15 insurance programs from Willis Towers Watson. Terms were not disclosed. “The programs, product expertise and underwriting talent that we are acquiring from Willis Programs will …
The city of Bisbee, Ariz. is using insurance money to start rebuilding the interior of its city hall after it was gutted by fire, officials said. DC Restoration, a national firm based in Mesa, has begun tearing down the interior …
