Dallas-based Bridge Insurance Partners, a national commercial property and casualty agency, has added John H. Chance in a lead sales and consulting role. Chance will focus on delivering insurance solutions to middle market firms. Chance formerly was co-owner of Resource …
Brian Martin, a partner in the law firm of Thompson, Coe, Cousins & Irons LLP, was installed as the 10th Chairman of the Insurance Law Section of the State Bar of Texas. Martin is a frequent contributor to Insurance Journal’s …
The North Carolina Department of Insurance and state insurance industry officials will come together beginning June 30 to debate auto insurance rate hikes. The auto insurance industry, represented by the North Carolina Rate Bureau, asked for a 13 percent average …
Effective July 1, Farmers Texas County Mutual is adding two new packages to its Farmers Flex package of options that can reward drivers for being accident-free. Farmers Senior Vice President of Personal Auto Bill Martin said the additions give many …
Agriculture and Forestry Commissioner Mike Strain, D.V.M. believes his first regular session with the Louisiana Legislature was an overwhelming success for farm and forestry interests. Strain says lawmakers passed 23 of the bills his department supported. Among those he cited …
Former Cold War workers and their supporters rallied in Oak Ridge, Tenn. to demand help for workers made ill from exposure to hazardous and radioactive materials in the government’s nuclear weapons facilities. The U.S. Department of Labor responded with new …
International Lease Finance Corp. (ILFC), an aircraft leasing and remarketing firm, will remain a core holding of insurance giant American International Group, Inc. (AIG). Robert B. Willumstad, AIG chairman and chief executive officer, and Steven F. Udvar-Hazy, ILFC chairman and …
While the Midwest continues its struggles with Mississippi River flooding and its aftermath, residents to the south along the Lower Mississippi have little to fear from the high water. The Lower Mississippi, which begins at Cairo, Ill., is much deeper …
The sole provider of workers’ compensation insurance in West Virginia plans to make an early $60 million payment on a $200 million startup loan from the state. Greg Burton, BrickStreet Mutual Insurance Co.’s president and chief executive officer, says the …
Some high-profile friends are seeking leniency for a well-known Mississippi attorney who took on tobacco, asbestos and insurance companies before he pleaded guilty to conspiring to bribe a state judge. Attorney Richard “Dickie” Scruggs and former law partner Sidney Backstrom …
