Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. today announced the acquisition of New Orleans, La.-based Gillis, Ellis & Baker Inc. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Founded in 1933, Gillis, Ellis & Baker is a commercial retail property/casualty broker also offering …
An oil well operator is stopping operations following a small earthquake in central Oklahoma, the fourth such earthquake in less than three weeks. The Oklahoma Corporation Commission says Newfield/Encana paused a well completion operation after a magnitude 3.1 temblor was …
Authorities are accusing a Texas woman of taking part in an undercooked scheme in which she claimed she was served raw hamburger meat at two different locations of a fast food chain. Cassandra Brooks, a former lieutenant with the Texas …
A Canadian children’s entertainment company is suing an Oklahoma medical cannabis dispensary chain accusing it of copyright infringement. The Tulsa World reports that Nelvana Enterprises Inc.’s suit filed in federal court in Tulsa last week alleges Treehouse Dispensaries “willfully copied …
The Texas Office of Public Insurance Counsel (OPIC) has released a list highlighting some of insurance-related bills passed by the Texas Legislature this year that contain protections for consumers. Some of the consumer protection bills passed by lawmakers and signed …
Houston-based Dean & Draper Insurance Agency has become a partner in Assurex Global, the privately held commercial insurance, risk management and employee benefits brokerage group. The firm is now one of 108 independent brokerages that are Assurex Global partners around …
G2 Corporation, doing business as Screen Tight, has agreed to pay $55,000 and furnish significant relief to settle a sex discrimination lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC). The EEOC charged that a female worker in the …
Baton Rouge, Louisiana-based workers’ compensation provider, LWCC, has hired Seth Irby as chief marketing and customer experience officer, and promoted Gary Sanders to vice president. Irby brings to LWCC a variety of experience and expertise in strategic planning, leadership training …
Great American Insurance Group’s Executive Liability Division has opened a new regional office in the Dallas, Texas, metro area. In addition to the Executive Liability home office in Schaumburg, Illinois, the division has additional regional offices in Atlanta, Georgia; Chicago, …
The cleanup of millions of gallons of waste and polluted water is far from over four months after a large fire burned for days at a Houston-area petrochemical storage site. Intercontinental Terminals Company, the facility’s owner, must abide by a …
