The state of Texas and Farmers Insurance want to settle decade-old claims of overcharging and underserving customers for $117.5 million, which would be one of the largest insurance settlements in state history but less than what some people wanted. A …
Mark Bates, from Pinnacle Insurance Group of Indiana in Crown Point, Ind., is the recipient of the Independent Insurance Agents of Indiana’s 2013 Harry P. Cooper, Jr. Industry/Public Image Award. This award is presented in the name of Harry P. …
Oklahoma City-based INSURICA Insurance Management Network has hired David Winans as associate director of sales development in the firm’s Plano, Texas, office. A 21-year veteran of the insurance industry, Winans worked for a large Dallas insurance agency as a producer …
The Greater Oklahoma City Chamber of Commerce will no longer provide a health insurance offering that 1,400 companies in the state have been using. The chamber said the companies are going to have to look elsewhere for coverage because its …
A Baltimore, Md.-based life insurance company is moving its corporate offices to Des Moines, Iowa, and it plans to employ 50 workers within the next three years, a company spokesman said. Fidelity & Guaranty Life Insurance Co. already has a …
State Farm Insurance Co. says it will likely move at least some of its claims services employees out of Bloomington, Ill. State Farm spokeswoman Holly Anderson said that the company told employees that the potential move is being studied. The …
Gov. Mary Fallin has named a longtime Oklahoma City attorney and a deputy insurance commissioner to fill the final two spots on the newly created Workers’ Compensation Commission. Fallin appointed attorney Robert Gilliland and insurance official Denise Engle to the …
Minnesota road surfaces that were supposed to last for 30 years are beginning to crumble in half that time, raising concerns that cities could have to spend millions of dollars to fix deteriorating streets. The state made changes in blacktop …
Federal aid to victims of the historic September floods in Colorado has reached $100 million. The Federal Emergency Management Agency says more than $49.4 million has been approved for housing assistance, damaged or lost personal possessions, and other disaster-related needs. …
Salt Lake County, Utah’s levee systems are in unacceptable shape, according to a review by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Officials with the Corps’ Sacramento District announced Friday that they found several problems in levees along the 12-mile Surplus …
