USG Insurance Services Inc., a national wholesaler and managing general agent, added Travis Campbell as a producer/broker based in San Diego, Calif. Campbell most recently held the position of wholesale broker at Sloan Mason North America. Previous roles include sales …
Florida insurance officials will hold a public hearing tomorrow on State Farm Florida Insurance Co.’s proposed double-digit rate increase for its rental dwelling line of business in the state. State Farm Florida is asking for a statewide average rate level …
Bermuda-based Montpelier Re Holdings Ltd. and its wholly owned subsidiary Blue Capital Reinsurance Holdings Ltd. have announced that Blue Capital Re “has publicly filed a registration statement on Form S-1 with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission relating to the …
Rhode Island’s state lawmakers plan to review the effects of climate change and rising sea levels are having on Rhode Island. The House Environmental and Natural Resources Committee plans to hear a presentation on the impacts of climate change from …
Officers with the Harlan City Police Department have a new accessory for their uniforms — a mobile video camera. According to WYMT-TV, the device is worn near the center of an officer’s chest and records audio and video for his …
The Supreme Court won’t hear an appeal from disbarred Mississippi attorney Richard “Dickie” Scruggs. The high court on Monday decided not to hear from the architect of the multi-billion dollar tobacco lawsuits of the 1990s. Scruggs was convicted of improperly …
Florida’s workers’ compensation system has reached a rare state of rate stability, according to insurers and officials. The agency, the National Council on Compensation Insurance, filed for a one percent increase for 2014 in August, which if approved by regulators …
Lawyers for BP Plc and the federal government sparred on Monday over the methods competing teams of scientists used to estimate the size of the company’s 2010 oil spill in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico. U.S. District Judge Carl Barbier …
Tower Group International Ltd. is reviewing a “range of strategic options” after the insurer determined it had to add $365 million to reserves and taking a $215 million impairment of goodwill tied to its commercial, specialty and reinsurance segments. JPMorgan …
The U.S. Supreme Court expressed interest in Medtronic Inc.’s appeal in a lawsuit by a man who was rendered a paraplegic after surgeons implanted a system that infuses pain medication into the spine. The justices today asked the Obama administration …
