October 24, 2017
Car shoppers are more ready for autonomous vehicles than they may realize, according to a report from car shopping platform Edmunds.com. More than 60 percent of new vehicle models today can be purchased with some level or autonomous features, the …
October 24, 2017
Meadowbrook Insurance Group Inc. in Southfield, Michigan, has changed its name to AmeriTrust Group Inc. (AmeriTrust). AmeriTrust begins as an autonomous, vertically integrated risk management organization with strategic business units designed to withstand economic cycles. The company plans to increase …
October 24, 2017
Oklahoma Attorney General Mike Hunter says William Stephens, the owner of Tornado King, a storm shelter manufacturing and installation company, pleaded no contest to six counts of embezzlement and one count of a pattern of criminal offenses. As part of …
October 24, 2017
Managing general agency and surplus lines broker J.M. Wilson has added Jen Dugan as sales and agency relations specialist for its Indiana and Ohio offices. Dugan will be the primary resource and liaison for independent insurance agents by offering product …
October 24, 2017
Chicago-based Ryan Specialty Group LLC has reached a definitive agreement to acquire Oxford Insurance Services LLC (Oxford), a wholesale insurance brokerage headquartered in Houston, Texas. Oxford will become part of R-T Specialty LLC (RT Specialty), the wholesale brokerage unit of …
October 24, 2017
Alliant Employee Benefits, a division of Alliant Insurance Services, has hired 30-year industry veteran Brad Williams as a vice president in Oklahoma City. Williams will work with medium-to-large-size organizations, providing strategic employee benefits solutions that reduce healthcare spending and improve …
October 24, 2017
Millhiser Smith Agency, an independent insurance agency in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, specializing in risk management, has entered a definitive merger agreement with The Accel Group, a Cedar Valley, Iowa-based insurance agency with offices in Cedar Falls and Waverly. Effective Jan. …
October 24, 2017
A settlement has been reached between two Oklahoma oil and natural gas companies and a woman injured in a 2011 earthquake. Prague resident Sandra Ladra filed the lawsuit in 2014 against New Dominion LLC, Spess Oil Co. and 25 other …
October 24, 2017
The National Weather Service has issued a flash-flood watch effective for Oahu, Maui County and the Big Island as a cold front and air conditions bring the threat of heavy showers, Hawaii News Now reported . The weather service’s office …
October 24, 2017
Gov. C.L. “Butch” Otter and First Lady Lori Otter are working to bring awareness to stop sexual assault and harassment and are encouraging Idahoans to also step up in their efforts. The governor’s tweeted statement highlighted the popular “me too” …