Yearly Archives: <span>2012</span>

GMI Launches Program for Non-franchised, Used Auto Dealerships

GMI Insurance, a managing general agent for transportation insurance nationwide, has launched a new program for non-franchised, used auto dealerships. GMI is the exclusive nationwide underwriting manager for this program, which is presently being offered through Liberty International Underwriters (LIU), …

Ex-Penn State President Sues, Eyes Sandusky E-Mails

Former Penn State University president Graham Spanier has filed a civil lawsuit to force the school to release emails related to the Jerry Sandusky child sex abuse scandal. The lawsuit was filed late last Friday in Centre County court and …

Personable Insurance Acquires Texas-Based Endeavor General Agency

Excellere Partners, a Denver-based private equity firm, announced that its subsidiary, Personable Insurance, has acquired Endeavor General Agency LLC, a Royce City, Texas-based non-standard personal automobile managing general agency. The acquisition closed on May 16, 2012. Personable, headquartered in San …

Indiana Finds Assurant Subsidiaries Overcharged Small Businesses

Three subsidiaries of Assurant Health will provide refunds to small group health insurance policyholders that Indiana insurance regulators say the companies overcharged. Indiana Insurance Commissioner Stephen W. Robertson announced in mid-May that the subsidiaries — Time Insurance Co., Union Security …

Disaster Loan Deadline Nears for Nebraska Residents

U.S. Sen. Mike Johanns is warning that an important deadline is nearing for residents in seven Nebraska counties who suffered damages in the last year’s devastating Missouri River flooding. The flood destroyed farm fields, homes and businesses. The Small Business …

Cold Snap Bruises Bitterroot Apple Growers

Apple growers in the Bitterroot Valley say a cold snap at the same time apple trees were in full bloom and at their most vulnerable will likely dent this year’s apple crop. Al Pernicle of Al and Mary Pernicle’s Frost …

Court Rules Suit Over Student’s Death Can Proceed

The Utah Supreme Court has paved the way for a lawsuit over the November 2008 death of a St. George high school student to proceed in federal court. In a 3-2 decision handed down Friday, justices ruled school districts can’t …

Farm Traced To Listeria Outbreak Files Bankruptcy

A Colorado farm that was traced to a listeria outbreak in cantaloupe last year has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. Jensen Farms declined to comment on its filing Friday. Its attorney Jim Markus told The Denver Post the filing …

Former Drumlummon Mine Foreman Files Lawsuit in Montana

The former general foreman of the Drumlummon gold and silver mine northwest of Helena, Mont. says he was fired for enforcing safety standards and has filed a lawsuit against mine owner RX Gold and Silver. The Independent Record reported in …

Olympus Whistleblower CEO Woodford Wins Unfair Dismissal Settlement

Michael Woodford, ousted as head of Japanese camera-to-endoscope maker Olympus after blowing the whistle on one of Japan’s biggest corporate frauds, on Tuesday won a likely multi-million dollar settlement of his claim for unfair dismissal. After a night of negotiations, …