PEMCO Mutual Insurance has welcomed Heather Sipes to the Seattle, Washington-based insurer’s marketing communications as a communications manager. Sipes has more than11 years of experience in marketing communications, most recently serving as managing editor for Inspira Literary Solutions. Sipes will …
Pinnacol Assurance in Denver, Colorado, named Wes Parham vice president of public affairs. Parham will have responsibility for legislative strategy, lobbying efforts, community relations and external advocacy. Parham is an experienced government relations executive with relationships throughout the key regulatory, …
The Liberty Company Insurance Brokers named Keith Binkley executive vice president, and national property/casualty practice Leader. Binkley will be working out of the Denver, Colorado, office. Bringing more than 22 years of insurance industry experience, Binkley was previously a senior …
Burns & Wilcox added California-based Joe Jurkovich and promoted Tom Carvalho and Evan Hudson. Jurkovich joins as associate managing director, where he oversees the Fresno office’s day-to-day operations and growth strategy. He has nine years of industry experience, and most …
Drought and weather conditions across the West could create ideal conditions for simultaneous wildfires and make it tougher for Nevada to get out-of-state aid, fire officials said. Authorities from several agencies briefed Gov. Brian Sandoval this week in Carson City …
NIF Group, Inc., a program administrator and specialty brokerage firm, has announced a new carrier for their artisan contractors program. NIF Insurance Services of California, a division of NIF Group, will act as the program administrator in partnership with Glencar …
A church in the small Texas city devastated by a fertilizer plant explosion is funding an emergency alert system for the town’s residents. The system will allow West officials to deliver an automated phone message to residents in the case …
Liberty Mutual has added senior underwriting and technical engineering resource staff to its equipment breakdown operations, as well as opened a San Francisco office so it can be closer to its partners. The new staff includes: John Volle, senior manager …
Valuable health and safety information about the 2013 fertilizer plant explosion in West, Texas, could be hidden from the public forever because a judge has approved confidentiality agreements for more than a dozen lawsuits relating to the case. The agreements …
Two fertilizer companies sued following a deadly Texas explosion are claiming the small town deserves blame for failing to properly train volunteer firefighters and first responders, who made up most of the 15 people killed by the blast. El Dorado …
