1347 Property Insurance Holdings, Inc., a property and casualty insurance holding company based in Tampa, Fla., has appointed Dan Case to the position of chief operating officer. Case will be responsible for strategies and activities relating to profitable growth for …
Lifelong Florida resident, long-time Florida politician, and head of the Florida Department of Financial Services (DFS), Jeff Atwater shocked the state when he announced in February he would step down as chief financial officer at the end of the 2017 …
A recently fired worker from an awning company in Florida followed through with a plan to kill his former colleagues, singling out five and fatally shooting them in the head before taking his own life, authorities said. John Robert Neumann …
Authorities say seven people, including two firefighters, have been taken to hospitals for treatment following an ammonia leak at a food processing facility in suburban Chicago. Streamwood fire Chief Chris Clark says crews responded late Monday to the Fresh Express …
XL Catlin has raised its global property insurance capacity by 25 percent to US$500 million, which is available on a quota share or layered basis,. With this capacity increase, the company said it will better address clients’ global and domestic …
Two Corpus Christi, Texas-based employee benefits providers, Heavin Insurance Agency and Arvak Insurance Group, have merged and joined the insurance broker network, Leavitt Group, to become Heavin, Otto & Leavitt. Will Heavin of Heavin Insurance Agency and John Otto of …
MD Jensvold has hired David Rhodes to manage the brokerage department for the Houston-based managing general agency and surplus lines insurance broker. Rhodes joins Jensvold from Zurich Energy & Marine where he was the head of U.S. Energy, Excess & …
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has signed into law a measure banning texting while driving statewide. Under HB 62 by Midland Rep. Tom Craddick, drivers who are caught using a phone to text, send email or post to social media while …
Ratings agency Standard & Poor’s has revised its rating outlook to negative from stable for American International Group (AIG). The move came despite AIG recently hiring a new CEO, Brian Duperreault. At the same time, S&P Global Ratings affirmed its …
A Southern California jury awarded $2 million to the granddaughter of Trinity Broadcasting Network founders Jan and Paul Crouch, finding that her grandmother acted outrageously in refusing to report the girl’s sexual assault by an employee. Carra Crouch, now 24, …
