Yearly Archives: <span>2010</span>

Texas High Court Sides with Lloyd’s in Contractual Liability Exclusion Case

The Texas Supreme Court has found in favor of an excess insurance provider in a case involving the contractual liability exclusion in a Commercial General Liability (CGL) policy. In 1993, Dallas Area Rapid Transit Authority (DART) contracted with Gilbert Texas …

Hub International Acquires Assets of Irus Corp.

Insurance brokerage Hub International Ltd. has acquired the assets of Pennsylvania-based employee benefits firm Irus Corp. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. In connection with the deal, some Irus employees will become part of the Hub’s Northeast Ltd. team …

Georgia Bans Texting While Driving; Targets Teens

Put down the cell phone and step away from the car. Georgia drivers soon will be banned from texting, checking e-mail or using the Internet behind the wheel and teens will be prohibited from using their cell phones at all …

Lawsuit Filed over Atlanta Bridge Collapse

The widow of a construction worker killed when a pedestrian bridge collapsed at the Atlanta Botanical Garden in 2008 has filed a lawsuit against the attraction and several construction companies. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports that Eucebia Lopez Carbajal, the widow …

Marsh & McLennan Sells Kroll to Providence for $1.13B

Marsh & McLennan Cos Inc agreed to sell investigations unit Kroll to a firm led by former Marsh CEO Michael Cherkasky for less than the insurance broker paid for Kroll six years ago. MMC said on Monday it plans to …

Florida Senator: Obama Not Doing Enough for State

U.S. Sen. George LeMieux criticized President Barack Obama’s handling of the Gulf oil spill Saturday, saying he hasn’t done enough to help Florida and the other affected states or their residents. Obama visited Louisiana’s Gulf Coast on Friday, hours after …

Texas Agency Named Trusted Choice Agency of the Month

The Hill County Insurance Agency, located in Hillsboro, Texas, has been named the Trusted Choice Agency of the Month by Trusted Choice, the consumer branding program for independent insurance agents and brokers. Hill County Insurance Agency has been operating on …

Insurance Flap Leads to Audit of Kentucky City

The Kentucky state auditor’s office will conduct an independent exam after a controversy involving fraud allegations by a city employee in Lexington over the purchase of insurance coverages for the city. Auditor Crit Luallen said in a statement Thursday that …

4 Killed in Midwest Storms; Property Damage Extensive

Tornados and thunderstorms that swept through the Midwest over the weekend killed at least four people in Ohio, sent several to hospitals, destroyed 50 homes and damaged scores more, as well a high school gymnasium where graduation was to be …

Louisiana to OSHA: Investigate Oil Spill Cleanup Safety

Louisiana health and environmental officials are asking federal safety officials to make sure workers cleaning up the Gulf of Mexico oil spill are being protected. Health and Hospitals Secretary Alan Levine and Environmental Quality Secretary Peggy Hatch say that daily …