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New Markets

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Brooke Corp. Troubles Continue as Stock is Sold

Kansas Franchise Group Faces Lawsuits in Multiple States Amid the flurry of lawsuits leveled by franchisees, now an Illinois company connected to a bank involved in the lawsuit of the parent company of Brooke Corp. has taken control of 44.3 …

South Carolina Lab Tests Homes in Wind, Hail

Property and casualty insurers are hoping a new facility coming to South Carolina will do for home building what crash-test dummies have done for car safety. The Institute for Business and Home Safety announced a $27 million research facility in …

North Carolina Independent Agents Announce 2008 Award Recipients

The Independent Insurance Agents of North Carolina announced its 2008 industry award winners during the 111th IIANC Annual Convention held Oct. 12-15 in Asheville, NC. The 2008 Agent of the Year is J. Rives “Judge” Manning Jr., LUTCF of McCoy-Hackney …

New South Carolina Lab will Test Full-size Homes in Wind, Hail

Property and casualty insurers are hoping a new facility coming to South Carolina will do for home building what crash-test dummies have done for car safety. The Institute for Business and Home Safety announced a $27 million research facility in …

Illinois Company Involved in Lawsuit Against Brooke Buys 44.3% of Stock

An Illinois company connected to a bank involved in the lawsuit of the parent company of Brooke Corp. has taken control of 44.3 percent of Brooke’s stock. Trim Creek LLC of Crete, Ill., now owns 6.43 million shares of Brooke’s …

Crime Bureau Names Schweitzer Senior Vice President, COO

Joe Wehrle, president and CEO Officer of the National Insurance Crime Bureau, recently announced the appointment of James K. Schweitzer as senior vice president and Chief Operating Officer (COO)for NICB. As former director of the South Carolina Department of Public …

People

Angelo Ganguzza, vice president of Boca Raton, Fla.-based LIG Insurance Agency and Kimberly Langston Gray, managing partner of Langston Insurance Agency in central Florida, accepted election to the Professional Insurance Agents of Florida board of directors. Ganguzza started his insurance …

South Carolina Residents Sentenced in Workers’ Comp Scam

Two South Carolina residents will each spend up to 10 years in prison for scamming West Virginia’s workers’ compensation system for more than 15 years. Prosecutors said 60-year-old Harriett Miller and 42-year-old Kevin R. Sexton, both of Georgetown, S.C., stole …

Business Moves

AmWINS North Carolina-based wholesale insurance broker AmWINS Group Inc. has formed an energy practice within its brokerage division. Based in Houston, the energy practice is led by Pascal Ray and Maryanne Maniaci. Ray and Maniaci have more than 50 years …