A judge has awarded nearly $80 million to the estate and family of an Albuquerque woman who suffocated in 2002 when her car was buried by sand after being struck by a tractor-trailer truck. District Judge Shannon Bacon entered the …
Some Bristol Bay, Alaska fishermen have sued over the sinking last June and subsequent salvage of the Lone Star, which they say leaked fuel into the water and brought salmon fishing to an early halt. The fishermen, in a lawsuit …
State officials say a data breach could affect as many as 97,000 Utahns who receive benefits through the state Department of Workforce Services. JPMorgan Chase notified the department last week that its servers affecting UCard customers were hacked from July …
USI Insurance Services officially closed its previously announced acquisition of Van Gilder Insurance Corp. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Van Gilder’s name will be changing to USI Colorado. Commenting on the acquisition Michael J. Sicard, president, chief executive …
The Los Angeles city attorney is suing Bank of America for mortgage discrimination it claims led to a wave of foreclosures that cost the city a fortune in extra expenses and lost taxes. The suit, filed Friday in federal court, …
A jury has recently awarded an additional $18 million to a woman whose botched surgery at a Wenatchee, Wash. hospital left her unable to speak. The Wenatchee World reported that Becky S. Anderson was having polyps removed from her vocal …
Richard Lopez Escamilla Jr., 47, was sentenced in Kings County Superior Court in California on Dec.4 to one felony count of insurance fraud and was ordered to pay restitution of nearly $4.2 million to State Compensation Insurance Fund, SeaBright Insurance …
Equity Risk Partners named four insurance industry executives to its team in California, while also establishing the firm’s physical presence in Southern California. Equity’s new executive hires are Doug Akerson, Michael Cardenas, Gil Goetz and Rob Jevens. Akerson joins as …
Walnut Creek, Calif.-based Ascension Insurance Inc. named Greg Merrill senior vice president of operations for the Fresno office of the Pan American and Walter L. Clark organizations. Pan American and Walter L. Clark are Ascension companies. In this role Merrill …
Southwest Insurance Agents Alliance named Patrick Zerarka regional vice president of western Arizona and southern Nevada. Zerarka is responsible for membership service, development, and insurance company relations for all Southwest Insurance Agency Alliance member agencies in western Arizona and southern …
