Marjie Amick, a 24-year industry veteran, will join American E&S Insurance Brokers’ Carlsbad, Calif., branch. Most recently, Amick was with Monarch E&S Insurance Brokers in San Diego. Her book of business has included contractors, professional liability, environmental, products liability, and …
Three individuals have been arrested in California for allegedly being involved in a five-person conspiracy that resulted in a vehicle owned by one of the conspirators driven to Mexico where it was “chopped” (i.e., taken apart so that its parts …
Union General of Concord, Calif., has an “A+” rated carrier offering property coverage for all types of small- and medium-sized commercial risks. Coverage is also available for vacant dwellings and builders’ risks. Property is competitively priced and includes a wide …
A new ordinance that beefs up safety measures for cranes is in effect in Miami, Fla., days after a fatal accident. The new measure was actually prompted by a fatal crane accident in 2006. It requires crane operators to pass …
North Carolina regulators are preparing to enforce a May 1 deadline to clear the state’s beaches of sandbags that protect homes, hotels and roads. The North Carolina Coastal Resources commission began a meeting in Kill Devil Hills on March 27, …
The Mississippi Supreme Court suspended a prominent judge last week who is being investigated for his role in a dispute over fees involving attorney Richard “Dickie” Scruggs. The court sided with the Mississippi Commission on Judicial Performance, which was concerned …
A federal appeals court has found that business exclusions in Allstate Insurance Company’s policies held by former Mississippi Bureau of Narcotics director Frank Melton meant the insurer was not bound to provide coverage for, or to defend him in a …
State Farm insurance agent Darin Morton has had a fully functioning fire truck parked in front of his office in the Charlotte, N.C. suburb of Pineville for six years. But The Charlotte Observer reports that Pineville’s Board of Adjustment voted …
The Bush administration is proposing a sweeping overhaul of the way the government regulates the nation’s financial services industry from banks and securities firms to mortgage brokers and insurance companies. The plan would give major new powers to the Federal …
Smoke from a wildfire burning for two days in North Carolina’s Sauratown Mountain has clouded the skies over Stokes County, and the fire marshal said the blaze led to several evacuations. Fire Marshal Brad Cheek said a home and a …
