The majority of small businesses (52 percent) believe having a social media presence is important for companies, according to a poll commissioned by Employers, a small business workers’ compensation insurer. The poll also discovered that about 7.7 million small businesses, …
Wells Fargo Insurance Services has named Wayne Marchant as senior vice president and Southeast region healthcare practice leader. He will be based in Savannah. Prior to joining Wells Fargo Insurance Services, Marchant was vice president and chief risk officer, corporate …
A Michigan teenager hit and injured by a U.S Postal Service truck while riding her bike has been denied benefits under a U.S. Court of Appeals ruling. The court ruled that her source of relief was not the courts but …
The Idaho Department of Insurance has been honored by the National Association of Insurance Commissioners for its excellence and competence in monitoring the business of Idaho-based insurance companies doing business in other states. “The Department has had continuous accreditation since …
Equity Risk Partners (ERP), an insurance brokerage and consulting firm focused on the needs of the private equity industry, has announced the addition of Rhonda Rayha-Teegarden as director of marketing – Property & Casualty. She will be based out of …
South Carolina’s former state insurance director is running for lieutenant governor. Eleanor Kitzman announced she’s running as a Republican. The 53-year-old Columbia resident notes she’s the only candidate for the job who’s run a state agency. She was state insurance …
Irish regulators this week won a court order to place Quinn Insurance Ltd. under administration, a form of bankruptcy protection. John Hennessy, a lawyer representing the Financial Regulator, told a court that the agency believed Quinn Insurance had breached its …
Tallahassee politicians must ensure a robust private property insurance market to avoid a financial disaster if a major hurricane or several smaller storms strike the state this summer, former Gov. Jeb Bush said this week. The two-term governor said it’s …
Workers reported underground water leaks days before a flood coursed through a coal mine in northern China, where 153 people remained trapped Tuesday in potentially one of the country’s worst mining disasters, a worker and state media said. There has …
The General Assembly has passed a bill that would allow the Kentucky Department of Insurance to pay homeowners up to $300,000 for damage resulting from geologic shifts triggered by mining. The current limit allowed to be paid to homeowners from …
