A Philadelphia jury has awarded three women $72.6 million in compensatory damages over their use of the hormone therapy drug Prempro and more could be coming when punitive damages are determined. The Philadelphia Inquirer reports the Common Pleas Court jury …
A Barton County, Mo., judge has placed a group of three small insurance companies into receivership, after claims from the Joplin tornado left the group insolvent, the Missouri Department of Insurance reported. Missouri Department of Insurance Director John M. Huff …
A northwest Missouri levee that was dropped from a federal repair program shortly before record flooding caused $4 million in damage has been reinstated to the program, landowners who oversee the levee said. Paul Markt, president of the Forest City …
American Safety Insurance has upgraded its contractors pollution liability package for artisan, trade and general contractors with new forms. The company designed the new forms to be more clear and concise, in addition to adding enhancements. The package now includes …
Strickland Insurance Brokers said it has acquired Carolina Insurance Service Inc. Carolina Insurance is a managing general agent that serves agents in North Carolina, South Carolina and Virginia. The company is based in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. The Goldsboro, North Carolina-based …
More than half of the homeowner insurance claims have been settled in the Bastrop (Texas) Complex Wildfire that occurred over the Labor Day weekend. The final tally for insured losses from the wildfire is projected to hit $325 million from …
Risk Strategies Company, a brokerage and risk management firm headquartered in Boston, acquired Global Insurance Network, an independent insurance agency in Needham, Mass. As part of the transaction, Global Insurance Network’s co-founder and president Bernard Gitlin will join Risk Strategies …
Southwestern Insurance Information Service has elected Lyndell Haigood, regional vice president of State Auto Insurance as chairman of the board; David Lacefield, executive vice president, National Lloyds Insurance as vice chairman; and Ron Lawson, vice president-industry affairs, Republic Group as …
Ohio-based Hylant Group has tapped wellness professional Jerid Baxter to lead its growing health and wellness practice. Baxter will be responsible for designing and implementing programming and building the tools and resources that help Hylant Group clients curb rising healthcare …
It’s not uncommon for Troy Collett to feel like he’s playing a game of dodge cars when he’s making a delivery in downtown Florence, Alabama. “I’ve felt the exhaust off the tailpipes (of the cars) many times,” said Collett, a …
