The fight over whether oil companies may be sued over damage to Louisiana’s coastal marshes has been appealed to the state’s high court. The Times-Picayune reports Gov. Bobby Jindal’s administration asked the Louisiana Supreme Court to uphold the constitutionality of …
Keystone Insurers Group announced its newest franchise partner in Illinois: Joseph M. Wiedemann & Sons, based in Arlington Heights. The firm, which has three offices in the Chicago-East Central Illinois area, is the eighteenth independent insurance agency in the state …
Authorities say fewer people died on Missouri’s roads and waterways last year. The Missouri State Highway Patrol says preliminary statistics count 753 traffic fatalities in 2014, compared with 757 fatalities in 2013 and 1,257 in 2005. Boating fatalities dropped to …
HNI, a non-traditional risk management firm based in New Berlin, Wis., announced that Matt Bucher has been named a partner in the firm. Bucher is a relationship manager at HNI. In his current role, Bucher drives sales of insurance, benefits …
South Dakota Labor and Regulation Secretary Marcia Hultman announced that Larry Deiter has been named the new director of the Division of Insurance. As director, Deiter will continue to be active at the national level in the National Association of …
A fire that started after an explosion on Jan. 10 at Husky Energy Inc.’s 155,000-barrel-per-day (bpd) crude oil refinery in Lima, Ohio, has caused extensive damage to a unit at the plant, a fire official said. No injuries were reported …
J. Mace Meeks has moved his insurance practice to Houston-based privately held insurance agency, Insgroup Inc., effective Jan.1, 2015. With 25 years of experience, Meeks and his team of nine professional associates bring to Insgroup their commitment to the highest …
Higginbotham has hired Steven Stick as senior loss control consultant in the independent insurance, risk management and financial services firm’s Dallas office. Higginbotham’s control department serves customers throughout the state. The department helps businesses identify their property and liability exposures …
For the first time, premium on policies reported to the Surplus Lines Stamping Office of Texas (SLSOT) totaled more than $5 billion last year. This record volume in 2014 was $336.5 million over 2013, representing an increase of 7 percent. …
Washington state officials are seeking to redesign the state’s driver’s licenses and ID cards in order to comply with tougher federal requirements for proof of U.S. residency for government-sanctioned identification. Under bills expected to be introduced in both the House …
