Aon Corp. reports that Mark Reagan, former chairman of the Willis Construction practice, has joined Aon Construction Services Group as managing director. Reagan will be responsible for supporting the international practice within Aon Construction Services Group and will specifically focus …
Florida Chief Financial Officer Alex Sink named Tammy Teston as deputy chief financial officer for the state’s Department of Financial Services. A former banker and businesswoman, Teston most recently served as the senior vice president and market director for Bank …
Who has the opportunity to buy insurance leads? Generally speaking, agents and brokers are the two sets of professionals who are most interested in this. The question is: why would anybody want to purchase insurance leads when they can be …
West Virginia Insurance Commissioner, Jane L. Cline, approved West Virginia Mutual Insurance Co.’s request to repay $8 million on an outstanding balance of the $16 million surplus note it owes the state. The state received on June 26 and reduces …
The Tennessee Highway Patrol began a summer crackdown on drivers who speed, drive while impaired or do not use safety belts. The initiative the state kicked off on June 26 is called “100 Days of Summer HEAT (Highway Enforcement of …
Steve Prue has been named as president of the Maine Chapter of the Chartered Property Casualty Underwriters (CPCU) Society. Prue, an executive underwriter with workers’ compensation insurer MEMIC since 1998, attained his CPCU designation in 1995. Prior to joining MEMIC, …
State police are crediting an increased number of sobriety checkpoints for a 70 percent rise in drunk driving arrests since 2005. Last year, state police arrested 4,879 people for operating under the influence, compared to 2,869 in 2005. During that …
Ryan Stringham of The Buckner Co. has been named Young Agent of the Year by the Utah Association of Independent Insurance Agents. Stringham started his career with The Buckner Co. in 2002. While working full time for the company, he …
Pacific Wholesale announced that Hoppy Stauffer has joined the comapny as national healthcare director, and Veronica Jimenez has joined as associate broker. Stauffer began her career managing physician offices for 10 years. She has been in the wholesale healthcare business …
In a twist to a scandal that has rocked the insurance industry over the last several years, a New York appeals court has ruled that contingent commissions paid out by Boston-based Liberty Mutual Group Inc. are not illegal. The ruling …
