The International Risk Management Institute Inc. (IRMI), based in Dallas, Texas, has appointed Lisa H. Harrington as vice president of marketing and sales.She will serve as a member of the IRMI executive team and is responsible for all aspects of …
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie pledged $15 million in state aid on Sept. 14 for businesses damaged by a massive boardwalk fire in a shore community just getting back on its feet after Superstorm Sandy. Christie met privately with 30 …
There are times when what agents don’t know can hurt them. And this is one of them. I refer to the all-too-often overlooked, and recently targeted, ownership of policy “expirations” — policy, policyholder and account information. At the crux of …
A Dane County judge has upheld a $250,000 malpractice cap for University of Wisconsin-Madison doctors. The case involves a Verona woman who won a $1.8 million jury award in her husband’s death, as the jury found a UW doctor was …
The U.S. government spent nearly $62 billion on disaster relief in the two-year period ending Sept. 30, 2012, to help Americans recover from severe storms, droughts, heat waves and wildfires, a new analysis of federal data has found. The Agriculture …
Two reviews are planned of MNsure, the state’s new online health insurance exchange, after an employee accidentally distributed confidential information about more than 2,400 insurance agents. A legislative panel and the legislative auditor said they want more information about the …
The Archdiocese of Milwaukee may be poised for a settlement with its insurance companies that could fast-track a resolution of its long-running bankruptcy case. But attorneys for sex-abuse victims are objecting, saying those who have claims against the church deserve …
The state-run property insurer of last resort in Louisiana plans to lower commercial rates. The Advocate reports the bulk of those cuts would benefit the 352 commercial policyholders Louisiana Citizens Property Insurance Corp. covers in coastal areas. Those policyholders would …
It’s back to the trial court for a Vermont case in which a woman lent her car keys to a man, who then gave them to the woman’s boyfriend, who then got into a fatal accident. The Vermont Supreme Court …
Security First Insurance, one of Florida’s largest private property insurance companies, has told state regulators that it is going to lower rates by an average of 9.3 percent statewide. The lower rates will take effect for new customers on Oct. …
