January 12, 2017
The New York Brick & Brownstone program offered by Distinguished Programs, a national real estate insurance program manager, is now being underwritten by Zurich. The NY Brick & Brownstone program is designed for owner- or tenant-occupied properties primarily located in …
January 12, 2017
ASAE, The Center for Association Leadership, has enhanced its Directors’ and Officers’ (D&O) Insurance Program offered through Aon Affinity Nonprofits in partnership with Arch Insurance Co. The ASAE endorsed multi-coverage product includes broader, more competitively-priced D&O insurance coverage to meet …
January 11, 2017
Republicans on Wednesday passed a bill in the House of Representatives that touched on nearly every step U.S. agencies take in creating and applying new rules, continuing their blitz to radically reform “abusive” federal regulation of areas from the environment …
January 11, 2017
The largest U.S. business lobby group on Wednesday said it could be a mistake to quickly repeal Obamacare without developing a replacement healthcare insurance plan and urged the incoming Trump administration not to erect trade barriers. The U.S. Chamber of …
January 11, 2017
California Gov. Jerry Brown proposed a $122.5 billion state spending plan this week and warned of a looming $1.6 billion budget deficit because of slow growth in tax revenues. Brown announced his proposed budget as the state faces uncertainty about …
January 11, 2017
San Francisco, Calif.-based Wells Fargo is completely restructuring how it pays tellers and other bank branch employees after a scandal over its aggressive sales practices. Employees will no longer get incentives for opening accounts or meeting sales goals. They will …
January 11, 2017
Drenching winter rains combined with the punishing effects of six years of drought are causing trees to topple across California, in some cases with deadly results. At least two people have been killed in the past month. Seemingly sturdy oaks, …
January 11, 2017
LP Insurance Services Inc. has added John Flueckiger to the southern Nevada employee benefits sales team. Flueckiger is responsible for developing new business relationships as well as retaining and servicing existing clients. He was most recently the director of sales …
January 11, 2017
No students were injured when a Tennessee school bus burst into flames shortly after its driver noticed smoke and unloaded 29 children on board. Alcoa City Schools Director Brian Bell says that at about 7 a.m. Monday, the driver heard …
January 11, 2017
Cybersecurity prevention and resolution firm IDT911 has changed its name to CyberScout, to better align with its mission of helping clients in the digital world deal with ever-evolving cyber threats. CyberScout primarily serves clients in the insurance, financial services and …