Benton County plans to appeal the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s decision to not help pay for the costs to clean up damages from two tornadoes that struck in October, officials said. The county was notified of the decision by letter …
R-T Specialty LLC has promoted Claudia May, based in Houston, to co-president of the company’s national personal lines practice. May has concentrated on personal lines since the start of her career over 25 years ago. She comes to RT via …
A third worker has died of injuries from a Central Texas oil well blowout, the company said. Chesapeake Energy spokesman Gordon Pennoyer said in a statement the company is “deeply saddened” by the worker’s death. Pennoyer did not say when …
The Arkansas Insurance Department’s Consumer Services Division (CSD) for recovering $3,005,606 for the state’s insurance consumers in 2019, the department said. Recoveries are dollar amounts recovered in excess of the amounts initially offered by insurance companies. CSD closed 2,320 cases …
Houston, Texas-based insurance broker Insgroup Inc. (Insgroup), has acquired substantially all of the assets of the Harris F Underwood III Inc. (HFU) agency in Dallas. The deal between the two firms is effective as of Jan. 1 and is Insgroup’s …
Swingle Collins & Associates, one of the largest independent insurance agencies in Texas, has appointed Mac Wesson president of the agency. Wesson comes to Swingle Collins with more 40 years of insurance industry experience, including over 28 years with US …
AM Best has placed under review with developing implications the Financial Strength Rating (FSR) of A (Excellent) and Long-Term Issuer Credit Rating (Long-Term ICR) of “a” of Texas-based National Lloyds Insurance Co. (National Lloyds). Concurrently, AM Best has placed under …
Roach Howard Smith & Barton (RHSB), an independent insurance brokerage firm based in North Texas, has added Lucas Nelson as vice president in the agency’s Commercial Property/Casualty sales practice. Nelson has more than four years’ experience in insurance sales for …
South & Western General Agency Inc., with offices in Addison, Texas, and Memphis, Tennessee, has reached an agreement with AmTrust to underwrite and service AmTrust’s Farm and Ranch business in Oklahoma and Texas. The effective date for the transition of …
The Oklahoma Insurance Department (OID)’s Oklahoma City office is relocating to a new facility, effective Feb. 10. The new location is 400 NE 50th St. in Oklahoma City. As part of the moving process, email and network access will be …
