September 29, 2010
As Lloyd’s published its first half results, Luke Savage, the chief financial officer, had a busy day on Tuesday. But he spoke briefly with Insurance Journal on some of the issues the report on the first half raised. As detailed …
September 28, 2010
Kelly S. Whitener, commercial account manager for Senn Dunn Insurance in Greensboro, North Carolina, has won the 2010 National Outstanding Customer Service Representative (CSR) of the Year Award. The Society of Certified Insurance Service Representatives (CISR) and the Society of …
September 27, 2010
Cities and states have improved their disaster readiness since the Sept. 11 attacks and Hurricane Katrina, but authorities must keep stressing emergency preparedness to reduce complacency among the general public, retired Army Lt. Gen. Russel Honore said in Memphis Friday. …
September 21, 2010
A Kentucky man accused of strangling his wife is poised to claim excessive caffeine from sodas, energy drinks and diet pills left him so mentally unstable he couldn’t have knowingly killed her, his lawyer has notified a court. The trial …
September 21, 2010
Lloyd’s announced the promotion of Pat Talley to Regional Director for Lloyd’s America’s Central Region. He will “be responsible for the Illinois and Kentucky offices [the two states in the U.S. where Lloyd’s is an addmitted carrier], along with market …
September 20, 2010
Unisource Program, U.S. Risk Specialty lines underwriting manager and wholesale broker U.S. Risk Insurance Group Inc. has taken over Florida-located Unisource Program Administrators, a wholesaler of workers’ compensation, for an undisclosed sum. The deal will enable the Dallas-based U.S. Risk …
September 20, 2010
Kentucky Test Drives “This is primarily set up for kids. There are 300 different driving scenarios we can put somebody through on this. When you put all of that together, it becomes more than a video game. It makes you …
September 20, 2010
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September 20, 2010
A lawsuit over the death of a 15-year-old football player in Louisville, Kentucky has been settled for $1.75 million. Insurers for the Jefferson County Public Schools and its employees agreed to pay the sum to the parents of Max Gilpin, …
September 20, 2010
A southern Indiana jury has awarded $23.5 million to a family whose lawsuit alleged that pesticides sprayed in their apartment afflicted two children with severe neurological problems. The Floyd County jury’s verdict came 14 years after Todd and Cynthia Ebling …