Trinity E&S Names Tanner Underwriter
Trinity E&S Insurance Services Inc. based in Bermuda Dunes, Calif., has named Phil Tanner an underwriter responsible for commercial lines. He will handle the territories of California, Nevada and Arizona.
Neb. County Implements Special Drunken-driving Court
Scotts Bluff County, Neb. has been approved for a pilot program for a drunken-driving court. The county already offers an adult drug court, a juvenile drug court and a family drug court. Crystal Newton, problem-solving court coordinator for District X, …
Ky. Grand Jury Indicts Insurance Agent on Fraud Charges
A former Kentucky insurance agent has been indicted on fraud charges after allegedly forging signatures on 114 disability insurance applications. According to court documents, Ray W. Kennedy, 46, of Owensboro, Ky., received more than $14,000 in commissions from American Family …
N. D. Attorney General’s Office: No Authority to Reinstate WSI Official
The North Dakota State Attorney General’s office says a North Dakota workers’ compensation executive who asked to be reinstated needs to take the request to that agency. Assistant Attorney General Tag Anderson says his office does not have the authority …
Texas Agent Sentenced for Perjury in Workers’ Comp Case
Texas Mutual Insurance Company reported that an independent licensed insurance agent pled no contest to a charge of perjury in a workers’ compensation fraud-related case. A Travis County district court sentenced Richard Brian Aube of Dallas to one year of …
Halyburton Joins Colemont’s Dallas Office Transportation Team
Colemont Insurance Brokers announced that Chrys Halyburton joined the company’s Dallas office as associate underwriter and broker working as part of the Transportation team. Halyburton began his career with Seaboard Underwriters in 1967, specializing in commercial trucking coverages. For his …
Houston Group to Handle Marine Cargo Business for OneBeacon Sub
OneBeacon Insurance Group announced an agreement with Houston-based Southern Marine & Aviation Inc. to represent OneBeacon’s International Marine Underwriters (IMU) division. Under the agreement, IMU will assume the new and renewal business written under a primary marine cargo program managed …
Colemont Atlanta Names Assistant Vice President and Broker
Colemont Insurance Brokers appointed Matt Baxter to the position of assistant vice president and broker for Colemont-Atlanta. Baxter joined Colemont in 2004. Previous to joining Colemont, he worked for three years as an underwriter for AIG’s National Union Professional Liability …
Colemont Adds Broker in Chicago Office
Colemont Insurance Brokers recently promoted Matt Carpenter to broker in the company’s Chicago office. “Matt has performed exceptionally well for us already,” said Tom Dillon, president of Colemont’s Chicago operations. “We expect him to continue to excel as he takes …
Miss.: Gautier Elementary set to reopen 2 years after Hurricane Katrina
Monday marked the first day of classes at Gautier, Miss., Elementary School since Hurricane Katrina flooded and damaged the building in 2005. The city’s oldest school, built in 1940, was repaired with money from federal and state agencies and insurance …