People Managing general agency and surplus lines wholesaler U.S. Risk Insurance Group Inc. named Terri Haselden vice president and manager of the Dallas Commercial Underwriting Department. Haselden, an experienced underwriter with more than 20 years of insurance industry experience, also …
Business Moves
Higginbotham & Associates, ATMD Higginbotham & Associates announced a partnership with Allred-Thompson-Mason-Daugherty (ATMD) in an effort to broaden its Texas presence. ATMD is a general lines insurance agency based in Wichita Falls, Texas, with two offices in Granbury and Henrietta, …
Caremark to Pay $41 Million in Settlement to Washington, Other States
Washington State Attorney General Rob McKenna announced that Washington will receive nearly $1.7 million as part of a $41 million settlement between 29 states and Caremark Rx, LLC, one of the nation’s largest pharmacy benefits management companies. As part of …
Wells Named Workers’ Comp Administrative Law Judge in Ark.
Eric Paul Wells, an attorney from Paris, is the Arkansas Workers’ Compensation Commission’s newest administrative law judge, the agency announced. Since March 2004 he has been the deputy prosecuting attorney for the 15th Judicial District (comprised of Yell, Logan, and …
Ark. Company Fined $13,500 in Fire that Killed 1, Injured 2
Deltic Timber Corp. has been fined $13,500 for three safety violations at its sawmill near Waldo, Ark., after a fire caused the death of one worker and injured two others. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration inspected the mill following …
Ark. Gov. Declares 3 More Counties Disaster Areas
Arkansas Gov. Mike Beebe has added Franklin, Marion and Newton Counties to the list of state disaster areas due to the damage caused by powerful tornadoes and violent thunderstorms on Feb. 5, taking the total to 13 counties. Beebe previously …
Neb. Committee Holds Hearing on Proposal to Abolish Credit Law
A national insurance group testified today against a bill to abolish Nebraska’s law regulating credit-based insurance scoring saying the practice benefits a majority of Nebraska consumers. The Washington, D.C.-based American Insurance Association (AIA), said that the Banking, Commerce and Insurance …
Republic Companies Acquires Ariz.-based General Agency
Dallas-based Republic Companies Inc. (Republic) announced the acquisition of Four Corners Insurance Services Inc. (Four Corners), a general agency based in Phoenix, Ariz. Republic reported that Four Corners specializes in non-standard auto insurance coverages produced through independent insurance agents in …
It Figures
$500 Pine Bluff, Ark.’s new fire chief is so fed up with arsons at abandoned homes in his city that he’s reaching into his own wallet to try and stop the blazes. The Associated Press reported that Don Horton will …
State Officials Not Sold on New License Rules Under Real ID Act of 2005
States have five more years to verify identity, reissue licenses; even so some states continue to refuse compliance State officials and some in Congress remain skeptical about new federal rules for driver’s licenses, even after major changes designed to cut …
