Safety groups are urging teenage drivers in Virginia to wear seat belts and slow down following a sharp increase in fatal wrecks. Preliminary statistics show that traffic accidents killed 11 people ages 16 to 20 between Jan.1 and Jan. 24. …
The deadline is nearing for Nevada residents and businesses affected by November’s brush fire in Reno to apply for Small Business Administration disaster loans. The Caughlin Fire burned more than 3 square miles and destroyed or damaged 42 homes. The …
Legal bills for Honolulu’s rail project have totaled more than $1.87 million with seven law firms hired. The $5.27 billion, 20-mile rail project is facing a federal lawsuit by opponents including former Gov. Ben Cayetano, who recently announced he’ll run …
Glatfelter Program Managers, a business unit dedicated to Glatfelter Insurance Group’s program business, appointed Bruce Williams as president of the newly formed Glatfelter Healthcare Practice division. Based in York, Penn., Williams has 37 years of experience in the insurance industry …
California, whose greenhouse gas emissions standards lead the U.S., is poised to vote on pushing them further. The new rules, if approved, would require automakers to build cars and trucks by 2025 that emit about three-quarters fewer smog-producing pollutants and …
Time is running out to find out who’s worth what in the independent agency system! Insurance Journal is once again polling insurance agents and brokers nationwide in its annual Agency Salary Survey. Survey results will be compiled for a special …
Be careful if you ask Michael Jans, president of Bend, Ore.-based Agency Revolution, about marketing. He may throw the Yellow Pages at you. Jans isn’t a temperamental thug, he’s just passionate about talking about how much marketing in the insurance …
Union Mutual of Vermont Companies has appointed Robert Glass as the vice president of underwriting. Glass comes to Union Mutual with 24 years of insurance experience, most recently with The Hartford Insurance Group as the director of program business development. …
Louisiana State Police have arrested four people for allegedly staging traffic accidents in Ouachita Parish. Detectives tell The News-Star they looked into six of 20 crashes where individuals filed false bodily injury claims. Trooper says the insurance companies in two …
Planners say an 80-story skyscraper under construction at ground zero may have to stop at seven stories unless the developer can line up more tenants. Silverstein Properties said this week that it is still looking for tenants to fill the …
