Ryan W. Ball has joined North Carolina insurance agency TriSure as an account executive in the firm’s property/casualty insurance division. In his new capacity at TriSure, Ball will focus on risk management and loss control for new commercial clients. Ball …
It’s the end of the decade that apparently has no name as yet, but that doesn’t stop those of us at Insurance Journal from looking back at the past 10 years and beyond for known and little-known insurance “factoids.” Why? …
The results are in from the “2009 Best Independent Insurance Agency to Work For” survey by Insurance Journal. The common theme resonating from the winning responses is one of family ideals. Regardless of size or geographic region, employees of the …
Beecher Carlson expanded its National Energy practice by appointing Jacklyn Kearns senior vice president. Kearns has 28 years of insurance and risk management experience. She joins Charlie Pierpont in Beecher Carlson’s Darien, Conn., office. Prior to that, she served as …
Large insurers AIG, Farmers and The Hartford made moves in 2009, as did large brokers Marsh, Aon, Willis, Gallagher, Brown & Brown, Hub and Wells Fargo. So, too, did, many regional insurers and Main Street agencies. Here are the headlines …
North Carolina Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin reported the arrest of a licensed insurance agent from Fremont who has been charged with embezzling $7,000 in insurance premiums. Insurance department investigators allege that Wendy C. McGuire, from June to December 2008, kept …
Federal investigators are profiling bank robbers by giving them an online identity. The FBI and the North Carolina Bankers Association unveiled a Web site that includes photographs and information about bank robbers. It’s designed to generate information about the cases, …
A professor at the University of Illinois at Chicago says it would be feasible for insurance companies to offer divorce insurance. J. Christopher Westland, a professor of information and decision sciences, says he began sketching out the actuarial tables for …
North Carolina residents now have online access to information on malpractice lawsuits, convictions, suspensions, or other disciplinary actions taken against physicians and other medical professionals in the state. The North Carolina Medical Board has expanded its Web site to include …
The Securities and Exchange Commission culture that allowed the Madoff fraud scandal to go undetected for nearly two decades may not change and the agency isn’t doing enough to support investor protection proposals in Congress, according to a top state …
