Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has reappointed Melissa Hamilton as the public counsel for the Office of Public Insurance Counsel (OPIC). Hamilton has served as the public counsel since December 2017; her new term set to expire on Feb. 1, 2021. …
Chicago-based Ryan Specialty Group LLC has reached a definitive agreement to acquire the assets and operations of Westphalen Insurance Services Inc. (Westphalen), an independently owned wholesale insurance brokerage located in Edmond, Oklahoma. The Westphalen team will become part of R-T …
The Arkansas Insurance Department in 2018 secured an additional $12,836,501 in recoveries and restitution for insurance consumers, Insurance Commissioner Allen Kerr announced. The Consumer Services Division (CSD) recovered $8,860,187 for consumers last year — a $6 million increase over 2017. …
An attorney said video will show that an Oklahoma elementary school principal was using his cellphone when he crashed a bus filled with students in Texas, injuring 27 passengers — a charge the principal has denied. David L. Smith, an …
RHSB (Roach Howard Smith & Barton) has hired Dennis Fowler as vice president in its Fort Worth Employee Benefits Practice group. Fowler is a seasoned sales professional and has been an employee benefit consultant for over for years with another …
Authorities say one person has been critically hurt and two others suffered lesser injuries in a scaffolding and construction elevator accident in a North Texas business district. Fort Worth Fire Department spokesman Mike Drivdahl says it appears a construction elevator …
Beginning in April, Louisiana customers of State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co. will see a decrease in their auto insurance rates, the insurance department announced. It will be the third rated decrease filed by the company in less than a …
John Cox has joined the Employee Benefits Group of Alliant Insurance Services as vice president, based in Austin, Texas. Cox has more than 25 years of experience in the employee benefits field. Prior to joining Alliant, Cox was president of …
A growing chorus of high-ranking Texas officials is calling on the federal government to establish rules that will allow for the flow of $4.3 billion to the state for Hurricane Harvey recovery. Texas has been waiting a year for the …
Detectives with the Louisiana State Police Insurance Fraud/Auto Theft Unit – Lafayette Field Office on Jan. 31 arrested four Crowley residents in relation to a vehicle crash that authorities say was staged in an insurance fraud scheme. Detectives at the …
