Alice A. Molasky Arman joined Western Insurance Co. as senior vice president of government relations. Molasky Arman recently retired from the State of Nevada, where she was recognized as the state’s longest serving Commissioner of Insurance serving a tenure from …
The parents of a toddler killed in an October medical helicopter crash in suburban Chicago filed a wrongful death lawsuit this week, claiming known safety measures could have prevented the girl’s death. The emergency transport company, its operator and the …
The Texas Department of Insurance Division of Workers’ Compensation (TDI-DWC) from June through October 2008 assessed administrative penalties totaling $285,775 in disciplinary orders issued by Commissioner of Workers’ Compensation Rod Bordelon. Commissioner’s orders are subject to appeal to state district …
AFCO Credit Corp. has plans to buy the domestic operations and assets of the premium finance business of Cananwill from Aon Corp. Glenview, Ill.-based Cananwill provides insurance premium financing for commercial property and casualty policies. It was founded in 1937. …
A federal lawsuit against Deere & Co. filed by a group of retirees is scheduled to go to trial in September, and a judge has ordered class action certification in part of the case. The retirees of the Moline, Ill.-based …
Hylant Group, one of the nation’s largest privately held commercial insurance brokerage firms, recently named Todd Belden as president in its Cincinnati, Ohio office. In his new role, Belden will be responsible for the management, direction and growth of the …
An Illinois prison inmate who killed his cellmate after apparently warning guards three times that’s what he planned to do must pay the dead inmate’s mother $13 million. A federal judge in Springfield ordered the award for Sherree Daczewitz in …
The owner of a now-demolished southern Illinois hotel has agreed to pay $30,000 as part of a settlement with Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan over asbestos that she says was improperly removed. The Illinois Environmental Protection Agency halted demolition of …
Damaged levees will stand between Iowa homes and farm fields this spring because of a delay in repairs. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers had estimated that the flood-damaged levees certified by the corps would be fixed by year’s end, …
West California Passed Agent-Broker Law The most notable bill affecting California agents was AB 2956, which clarifies the duties of an insurance agent versus a broker. Prior to the new law, confusion existed within the industry, with consumers, brokers, agents, …
