San Jose, Calif.-based Thoits Insurance Service Inc appointed Eric Nielsen chief financial officer. Nielsen’s financial experience spans more than 20 years. He started his career as an accountant with KPMG Peat Marwick. He worked in the real estate industry when …
AIG Private Client Group, a division of the personal lines property and casualty insurance subsidiaries of American International Group Inc., announced that its Wildfire Protection Unit service has doubled the number of trucks in its fleet and expanded its reach …
Matthew Shiroma has been promoted to program manager of the newly created contracts and purchasing department for California State Compensation Insurance Fund. The department oversees the purchasing of capital equipment, contracting for services, and contract management and administration. Shiroma joined …
Indiana Farm Bureau Insurance, a long-time, active member of the Insurance Institute of Indiana, has been recognized by the association as the Institute’s Insurance Grassroots Network Company of the Year. The company was also honored as the recipient of the …
A West Virginia court indicted a Welch, W.Va. man on two felony counts of filing a false claim with an insurance company, according to Insurance Commissioner Jane L. Cline. A Mercer County Grand Jury indicted Aaron D. Brown, 42, on …
Tennessee Department of Commerce and Insurance Commissioner Leslie Newman named the members that will serve on an advisory committee for the department’s scrap metals registration program. The advisory committee is as follows: Don Denbo will be representing the industry, Bruce …
An Irmo, S.C. woman pleaded guilty but mentally ill to charges of setting a series of fires that destroyed four homes and damaged several others. Kimberly Wooten entered the pleas June 16 and will be sentenced July 21. Defense attorney …
Fire investigators say a piece of farm equipment sparked a fire in Middletown, Delaware that destroyed a barn and caused about $1 million in damage. The fire broke out Monday afternoon in the 1000 block of Jamison Corner Road. Workers …
Safety and construction officials are investigating what caused a crane to buckle and malfunction at MGM Mirage’s CityCenter resort work site in Las Vegas. The unstable 180-foot crane shut down traffic on the Las Vegas Strip for more than an …
The surety bond industry, a subset of the insurance industry, is about to take a big step towards automation. Since its creation, suretyship has been extremely paper intensive, but a newly established technology oriented surety organization is looking to change …
