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Lockton Hires New Producer for D.C. Brokerage Team

Lockton Companies, a Kansas City, Mo.-headquartered insurance broker, hired Jenna Kirkpatrick Howard for its Washington, D.C., brokerage team as a producer. Prior to joining Lockton, she was construction practice leader in Wells Fargo Insurance Services’ Washington, D.C., office and worked …

Four More Years for California’s COIN

It’ll be four more years for California’s COIN tax credit program. California Gov. Jerry Brown has signed legislation to extend the sunset date on the California Organized Investment Network’s program, which was set to expire at the end of the …

Brown Signs Insurance Bill to Clarify Bond Requirements

California Gov. Jerry Brown has signed a bill that makes several changes to various state insurance code sections regarding agent licensing and training, administrative processes and previously enacted legislation. Assembly Bill 1416, which received unanimous in the state Legislature and …

RSA launches Global Specialty Lines

RSA has combined its risk managed and specialist businesses across the globe to create the Global Specialty Lines (GSL) division. Led by Paul Donaldson, group sales and broker relationships director, the GSL division is comprised of its specialist departments: Risk …

ACE Private Risk Launches Home Contents Valuation Service at Policy Inception

ACE Private Risk Services, the high-net-worth personal lines business of the ACE Group, has introduced a new service that provides guidance to homeowners and their agents about the value of the contents in their home. Home Contents Valuation capability, developed …

State Farm to Stop Insuring Churches in Florida

Florida churches are having to seek insurance elsewhere after one of the state’s provider of coverage to houses of worship has decided to leave the market. State Farm Florida recently announced it will exit the church market, a move that …

Some Texas Residents Say Seismic Testing is Damaging Homes

Some homeowners in southeast Fort Worth, Texas, say they have found damage to their homes that they believe was caused by recent seismic testing in their neighborhoods. The Fort Worth Star-Telegram reports that seismic testing has become routine in the …

McKay Named Vice President at Ohio’s Amer Insurance

Pat McKay recently joined Akron, Ohio-based Amer Insurance Agency as vice president. McKay previously was president of McKay Insurance Agency, which she founded in 1993. As vice president at Amer Insurance, McKay will continue to assist her current customers while …

North Dakota Farmers Get Older, More Prosperous

North Dakota farmers on average are older and more prosperous than they were a decade ago, and running bigger operations, a new study shows. The North Dakota State University study is based on the more than 500 farms of various …

Deadline Nears to Submit Claims in Bayer Rice Case

The deadline is approaching for rice farmers to submit claims in order to share in the settlement of a lawsuit against Bayer CropScience over genetically modified rice that was inadvertently introduced into the U.S. market. Bayer has agreed to a …

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