State Auto Property and Casualty Insurance Co. News

Judge Finds Ransomware Damage to Computer a ‘Direct Physical Loss’

State Auto Property and Casualty Insurance Co. is liable for the cost of replacing a computer server that was damaged and perhaps permanently compromised by a ransomware attack despite the carrier’s argument that the business owner did not suffer a …

Rockhill Names Goode Chief Operating Officer

Rockhill Insurance Group, based in Kansas City, Mo., announced it has hired Doug Goode as chief operating officer. Goode has more than 25 years of industry experience and most recently was a senior vice president with QBE North America in …

Oklahoma Shopping Center Sues Insurer, Metal Plant, Others

The owner of a Muskogee, Okla. shopping center damaged during a deadly explosion seven years ago has sued a scrap metal plant. An insurance company, an engineering company and a claims and appraisal firm also are named as defendants in …