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Best Agency to Work For South Central: INSURICA

With nearly six hundred employees and annual revenues of $115 million, Oklahoma City-based INSURICA may be a large agency with offices around the country but its employees still say that being at work is like being with family, albeit an …

Louisiana’s Main Street Recovery Program to Award Another $2.3M in Grants

The Louisiana Main Street Recovery Program is adding another $2.3 million in funding to increase the number of grants that can be awarded to eligible small businesses. The additional money comes from a transfer of administrative funding and will allow …

RSG’s Trident Marine Managers, Global Special Risks Join Forces in Houston

RSG Underwriting Managers LLC has consolidated two of its current managing underwriting manager businesses, Houston-based Trident Marine Managers (Trident) and Global Special Risks (GSR), and created a new practice vertical, Marine and Traditional Energy. Both managing general underwriting companies will …

Best Agency to Work for South Central: G&G Independent Insurance

The team at G&G Independent Insurance in Fayetteville, Ark., is young, ambitious, motivated, and passionate about providing innovative, exceptional service to their customers. And they love where they work. G&G Independent Insurance was selected as Insurance Journal’s Gold Best Agency …

Louisiana a Founding Member of ‘Cannabis Regulators Association’

Louisiana is one of 19 states that are now part of the newly formed non-partisan organization called the Cannabis Regulators Association (CANNRA). The Louisiana Department of Agriculture and Forestry (LDAF) is a founding member of the association. LDAF, which regulates …

NTSB: Offshore Louisiana $750K Liftboat Loss Caused by Faulty Preload Procedure

The overturning of a liftboat servicing an oil platform in the Gulf of Mexico off the Louisiana coast was the result of an inadequate preload procedure, according to federal report. The National Transportation Safety Board on Nov. 17 issued its …

Louisiana Issues Hurricane Zeta Data Call

Louisiana is seeking information from property/casualty insurers in the state about the impact of Hurricane Zeta. This latest data call from the Louisiana Department of Insurance is the third hurricane-related data call this year. The department said insurers must submit …

Texas Reported 925 Traffic Deaths Involving Unbuckled Drivers, Passengers in 2019

While the majority of Texans, around 91%, use seat belts while driving or riding as a passenger in moving vehicles, too many unbelted people continue to die in traffic accidents, the state’s transportation department says. The Texas Department of Transportation …

Etier Appointed Assistant VP at Dwight Andrus Insurance

Dwight W. Andrus Insurance Inc. in Lafayette, La., has appointed Brandt Etier as assistant vice president of Property and Casualty Sales. Etier began his insurance career with Dwight Andrus Insurance in 2010, where he serves as a commercial lines sales …

Texas Officer, City Sued by Family of Black Woman Shot Through Window

Family members of a Black woman who was killed when a white police officer fired through a window of her mother’s Texas home have filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the officer and the city. The federal lawsuit was filed …

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