September 20, 2010
K&K Insurance, based in Ft. Wayne, Ind., named Todd Bixler president and CEO. Bixler joined K&K Insurance in 1986 as controller, responsible for financial reporting and accounting operations. His subsequent positions of increasing responsibility with K&K included chief financial officer, …
September 15, 2010
A Florida judge said Tuesday he would hear arguments Dec. 16 on a lawsuit by 20 U.S. states seeking to block President Barack Obama’s overhaul of the U.S. health care system. U.S. District Judge Roger Vinson, who is weighing a …
September 7, 2010
More than 4,200 Virginians who applied for driver’s licenses or identification cards on Aug. 25 are being asked to return to the Department of Motor Vehicles for a new photograph. Aug. 25 was the day a state government computer outage …
September 6, 2010
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August 31, 2010
Virginia’s governmental computer problems aren’t fixed just yet. The Department of Motor Vehicles said yesterday it could not process driver’s licenses and identification cards. The agency is one of 26 affected by a major crash of the state’s problem-plagued centralized …
August 25, 2010
Indiana-based K&K Insurance has added a regional sales force to develop new agent relationships while supporting existing K&K relationships with more than 6,000 agents and brokers across the United States. The new sales representatives include: James Algeo serves the Northeast …
August 24, 2010
Victims of identity theft are most often targeted via burglary, stolen wallets and pilfered identifications, according to a new survey on identity fraud. In some 76 percent of all cases of identity fraud reported by Travelers customers, burglary, stolen wallets …
August 18, 2010
The Boise, Idaho, Police Department has adopted a new program to help young drivers stay safe, and potentially reduce their insurance premiums. Working with a grant from the Idaho Department of Transportation, the Police Department and other local agencies are …
August 16, 2010
Ohio Highway Patrol troopers say they’re seeing an “alarming” increase in cases of identity theft. The patrol says it has investigated 248 cases so far this year, compared to 114 by this time in 2009. The cases involve fraudulent identification …
August 6, 2010
Delaware’s governor has given temporary authorization for the hiring of more workers for the Department of Motor Vehicles after residents complained of long lines. Gov. Jack Markell took the action after long lines arose on July 1 when the state …