McDonald-Leavitt Insurance has merged into another larger Leavitt Group affiliate, Leavitt United Insurance Services. This merger is intended to provide Kim and David McDonald—McDonald-Leavitt founders and co-owners—with broader market access, a dedicated claims department, loss control services, and a robust …
SAIF, headquartered in Salem, Ore., named Olivia Keefer its new chief actuarial officer. Keefer previously served as actuarial director. In her new role, she manages the reserves process, oversees ratemaking and the rate filing process, maintains the economic capital model …
Tropical Storm Calvin brought high surf, heavy rain and gusts to parts of Hawaii`s Big Island on Wednesday, only inflicting minor damage. By late morning, the storm had passed to the west and the National Weather Service called off its …
Direct Connection Advertising & Marketing in California acquired FastrackCE, a state-approved provider insurance continuing education courses. With the acquisition, Direct Connection will now service existing and future FastrackCE customers. FastrackCE is a service for fulfilling insurance CE requirements in 34 …
A flawed policy at California State University, the largest higher education system in the country, contributed to the closure of nearly a dozen sexual harassment cases without thorough explanation, according to a state audit reviewing 40 cases over the span …
Talage Inc., headquartered in Reno, Nev., appointed Craig Fuher as its new CEO. Fuher is also a founder at Affective Business Intelligence Corp. Company co-founder Adam Kiefer will transition to the newly created founder and executive chairman role. Kiefer co-founded …
Fire crews built containment lines and patrolled for hot spots throughout the day on Wednesday to continue to keep a massive Southern California wildfire from growing. Containment on the Rabbit Fire grew to 55% with extreme heat and low humidity …
An ongoing eruption of a remote volcano in Alaska’s Aleutian Islands produced an ash cloud so large this week that warnings were sent to pilots about potentially dangerous conditions. An ash cloud with an initial height of around 5.5 miles …
Johnson & Johnson’s must pay $18.8 million to a California man who said he developed cancer from exposure to its baby powder, a jury decided on Tuesday, a setback for the company as it seeks to settle thousands of similar …
A jury has awarded $485 million in damages in a civil case brought on behalf of an 8-year-old girl who was repeatedly sexually assaulted in a New Mexico foster care program. The verdict came late last week after Rio Arriba …
