Monthly Archives: <span>February 2012</span>

Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. Acquires ProSource Financial

Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. has acquired ProSource Financial LLC in Westchester, Ill. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Founded in 1986, ProSource Financial LLC is an employee benefit insurance broker that offers a full range of group employee …

Neace Lukens Acquires Indiana’s Jenkins Insurance Services

Neace Lukens, an AssuredPartners Inc. company, has acquired Jenkins Insurance Services, a Sellersburg, Ind.-based employee benefits insurance firm. Mike Jenkins will join Neace Lukens’ New Albany office and will focus in two areas, managing his current employee benefits clients and …

Panel OKs Bill Creating Iowa Flood Protection Fund

Iowa cities struggling to afford necessary improvements to protect against flooding could get some help from the state under a plan that aims to safeguard areas of economic or historical significance. A Senate appropriations subcommittee gave preliminary approval on Feb. …

Indiana Stage Builder Cited in State Fair Collapse

The company that built the stage ahead of last summer’s deadly Indiana State Fair collapse appeared to be indifferent to safety standards, the state Department of Labor said in a report released Feb. 8. The agency cited Mid-America Sound Corp. …

Conn. Governor Proposes Boosting Storm Preparedness

Connecticut Gov. Dannel P. Malloy’s revised $20 billion budget funds several recommendations from a panel that examined the response to the remnants of Hurricane Irene and the freak October snow storm. The plan unveiled Wednesday adds $2 million to the …

City of Erie, Penn., to Pay $207K in Firefighter’s Firing Lawsuit

The city of Erie will pay nearly $207,000 to a firefighter who was wrongly dismissed following a 2006 suicide attempt in which she set clothes on fire in a bathtub. U.S. District Judge Sean McLaughlin tallied the award a day …

Virginia Bill to Ban Unauthorized GPS Tracking Advances

The problem encountered by Del. Joe May’s constituent seemed simple enough to solve. The citizen had taken his car in for service and was shocked when the mechanic found a GPS device attached to the undercarriage. The car owner learned …

N.Y. Financial Services Deputy Superintendent Wrynn to Join Law Firm

New York State Financial Services Department’s deputy superintendent James Wrynn will leave his post to join a law firm early next month. Wrynn will become a senior partner at Goldberg Segalla L.L.P. for its global insurance services practice group, beginning …

Louisiana Officer in Federal Insurance Fraud Probe Found Dead

The St. Tammany Parish coroner ruled that the death of a New Orleans police officer under investigation by the FBI was a suicide. Officer Salvadore Battaglia’s body was found in his house on the night of Feb. 7. Dr. Peter …

Alabama Panel Passes Texting While Driving Bill

An Alabama House committee has approved a bill that would ban sending or reading text messages while driving. The bill by Republican Rep. Jim McClendon of Springville passed the House Public Safety and Homeland Security Committee on Wednesday. It would …