The Kaufman Financial Group named Denis Brady president of Burns & Wilcox Brokerage, an independent business unit that will be solely dedicated to wholesale insurance brokerage. Brady joins Burns & Wilcox Brokerage from RT Specialty, where he served as president …
A third lawsuit has been filed by property owners alleging damages from an Exxon Mobil Corp. oil spill that dumped an estimated 63,000 gallons of crude into the Yellowstone River. The suit alleges company personnel ignored warnings that Exxon’s Silvertip …
A third company has been accused of safety violations in connection with efforts to clean up a natural gas liquids spill involving a pipeline near Parachute, Colo. Documents obtained Tuesday by the Grand Junction Daily Sentinel from the Occupational Safety …
A former councilman for the eastern Idaho city of Rigby has waived his preliminary hearing on felony charges of insurance fraud and grand theft. Prosecutors say Lawrence Blackburn wrongly took money from the estate of Margaret Orvick, a 91-year-old client …
Christine Baker, director of the Department of Industrial Relations, on Wednesday approved the implementation of the 2013/14 Alternative Security Program, which Baker said frees up $7.7 billion in capital that provides self-insured businesses in the state “greater financial flexibility.” According …
Pleasanton, Calif.-based One Risk Group LLC named Sue Wakamoto-Lee vice president in its employee benefits practice. At One Risk Group, Wakamoto-Lee will be responsible for client services and business development. Her expertise includes domestic and global employee benefits plans, retirement …
Fire crews burned forest undergrowth near homes in the mountains northwest of Las Vegas to protect them from one of two large Nevada wildfires while local casino owners offered rooms to evacuees. The wildfire burning northwest of Las Vegas was …
California workplace safety officials are investigating the death of a second farmworker as possibly heat-related. The state’s Division of Occupational Safety and Health said on Monday that a 37-year-old farmworker was checking irrigation equipment in a lemon orchard near the …
“Catch me if you can.” San Diego County District Attorney Bonnie Dumanis said Wanda Podgurski sent that taunting tweet after skipping trial in January while facing charges of insurance fraud. But then authorities did catch her. Podgurski, 60, was captured …
The official count on total insured losses from the Black Forest Fire in Colorado should be released soon, and the single most destructive wildfire in the state’s history is likely to exceed $100 million – marking two years in a …
