W.B. Adams Co., a regional independent agency located in the Portland, Ore., area, has announced that Linda Beymer has joined the firm as a producer and assistant vice president. She has more than 20 years of experience in the insurance …
The North Carolina Court of Appeals has declined to upset a 2008 agreement between the state’s former insurance commissioner and insurers that hiked insurance rates for some coastal homeowners up to 30 percent and cut them for others in inland …
The Independent Insurance Agents and Brokers of New York (IIABNY) and the Council of Insurance Brokers of Greater New York (CIBGNY) say they will team up to sue the state over new rules that will require agents to disclose their …
Pennsylvania-based risk management firm PMA Cos. has hired Sandy Wood as assistant vice president for product management, Managed Care Services. Wood’s responsibilities include leading the design, development, implementation and evaluation of the PMA Cos.’ workers’ compensation medical management programs, including …
The families of two western Maryland coal miners who died in a 2007 highwall collapse near Barton are seeking $8 million in a wrongful death lawsuit. The families of Dale Jones and Michael Wilt filed the complaint Thursday in Allegany …
Dallas-based independent insurance claims services company, Cunningham Lindsey, has expanded Randy Gray’s leadership responsibilities to include the Catastrophe Division. Gray currently is the vice president of operations for the South Central Region. He will assume responsibility for the Catastrophe Division …
Marsh, Berry & Company Inc. (MarshBerry), a national management consulting and merger and acquisition advisory firm for the insurance industry, has added Ben Swann ascConsultant for its newly formed Dallas division. Swann has more than eight years of experience with …
A bill passed by the Louisiana House to limit the liability of float-builders would damage future attempts for float riders or watchers to sue when parade festivities hurt or kill someone, says a man whose brother died in a float …
A.M. Best has affirmed the financial strength rating of “A” (Excellent) of super regional property/casualty insurance carrier, The Main Street America Group, and its five wholly owned subsidiaries: NGM Insurance Co., MSA Insurance Co., Main Street America Assurance Co., Old …
Ratings agency A.M. Best Co. has revised the outlook to stable from positive and affirmed the financial strength rating of A- (Excellent) and issuer credit rating of “a-” of Missouri Employers Mutual Insurance Company (MEM) of Columbia, Mo. The revised …
