British Petroleum and several of its subsidiaries have agreed to pay approximately $373 million in fines and restitution for environmental violations, the U.S. Department of Justice announced. The sanctions stem from a fatal explosion at a Texas refinery in March …
Medical liability insurer Medicus Insurance appointed Jason Muesse as Southwest Regional Market manager. He will work out of Medicus’ Austin, Texas, office. Muesse will take on the new responsibility of business development in the Southwest region after having worked at …
Peoria, Ill.-based RLI Corp. recently announced the addition of Brian Flynn as vice president, Miscellaneous Professional Liability (MPL) for its Executive Products Group (EPG). Flynn will be responsible for the underwriting and management of EPG’s MPL business on a nationwide …
Canton, Mass.-based One Beacon Insurance Group announced Tuesday that it will begin offering property-casualty products to small-business owners in Indiana through independent agent partners. OneBeacon’s local small-business operation will be led by Territorial Manager Mary Conley, based in Indianapolis. Mike …
Austin, Texas-based Medicus Insurance recently announced the appointment of John Flanagan as its new Regional Market manager for the Midwest. Flanagan will be based in Chicago. Flanagan brings over five years of experience in the professional liability industry to his …
Final disciplinary actions taken by Texas Commissioner of Workers’ Compensation Albert Betts during August and September 2007 include orders assessing administrative penalties totaling $684,877 for violations of the Texas Workers’ Compensation Act. Commissioner’s orders are subject to appeal to state …
When Chanda Givens began feeling sick and throwing up about a month into her pregnancy, she wrote it off as morning sickness. It was only after the suburban St. Louis woman miscarried a month later that she learned the pills …
When a series of killer hurricanes walloped the Gulf Coast in 2005, costing Allstate Corp. a record quarterly loss of $1.55 billion, the company tried to make sure its bottom line would never be hit so hard again. The nation’s …
On Oct. 15, Travis County District Judge Margaret Cooper ruled in favor of Allstate Texas Lloyd’s in the company’s quest to preserve an already-implemented homeowners rate increase. Cooper granted the insurer’s motion for a permanent injunction against a previous order …
In an effort to help protect U.S. soldiers fighting in Iraq, the American Society of Safety Engineers’ (ASSE) Heart of America Chapter teamed up with former chapter president and past region V Safety Professional of the Year award winner Scott …
