Scott Kneeland has been promoted to acting general counsel for the Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America (IIABA). He has served as the IIABA’s senior counsel for the past four years. Kneeland succeeds Debra Perkins, IIABA’s executive vice president …
Liberty Mutual Insurance’s Commercial Insurance strategic business unit has appointed Douglas Cauti as senior vice president and chief underwriting officer of its construction practice. Cauti will lead a unit that serves large general contractors, subcontractors and construction project owners. The …
U.S. Treasury Secretary Jacob J. Lew said he is “stepping on the accelerator” to implement the Dodd-Frank Act and warned lawmakers against trying to change the financial rules overhaul. “Members of Congress who want to alter financial reform before it …
W. R. Berkley Corp. said it has named Timothy F. Galvin as president of its subsidiary, Midwest Employers Casualty Co. (MECC). The appointment is effective immediately. Galvin succeeds Melodee J. Saunders, who has served as the company’s president since 2001. …
North Carolina transportation officials said almost 1,800 motorists were arrested on North Carolina highways for driving while impaired during an Independence Day operation. The N.C. Department of Transportation and the Governor’s Highway Safety Program announced that “Operation Firecracker” resulted in …
Gov. Nathan Deal’s executive order seems simple: Employees in Georgia’s executive branch should not accept gifts worth more than $25, particularly from lobbyists and vendors. In reality, the policy is more complicated. Lobbyists have spent more than $25 on executive …
The United States and China have agreed to restart stalled negotiations on an investment treaty, with Beijing dropping previous efforts to protect certain sectors of its economy from the start. The agreement to resume negotiations was welcomed by the U.S. …
AXA UK’s Whiplash Report, launched at a roundtable co-hosted by the Rt. Hon Jack Straw, MP for Blackburn and Chris Voller, AXA Claims Director and the report’s author, urges changes in the treatment of whiplash claims to prevent “exaggerated or …
U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke should be required to testify in Maurice “Hank” Greenberg’s lawsuit over the bailout of American International Group Inc., Greenberg’s lawyers said. Bernanke made key decisions about the government takeover of the insurer during the …
BP Plc asked a federal judge to temporarily halt payments from the court-supervised settlement program set up after the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill while Louis Freeh investigates possible misconduct. BP filed its request for an emergency halt to …
