The Independent Insurance Agents of Texas is calling for contributions to a fund created to help in the rebuilding of West, Texas, the site of the deadly explosion at a fertilizer facility on April 17. Tommy Muska, mayor of West …
Growth in payments per claim for the medical care of injured workers under Pennsylvania’s workers’ compensation system slowed in 2010, largely as a result of slower growth in payments per claim made to non-hospital providers and utilization of their services, …
Floodwaters began a slow, inch-by-inch retreat on April 24 in inundated Peoria, Ill., offering hope to residents who watched helplessly as the Illinois River reached a 70-year high and swamped their homes and businesses. In downtown Peoria, tens of thousands …
There are a number of issues involved in determining whether the Boston bombings tragedy would be considered a terrorist act for insurance purposes such as determining the applicability of terrorism exclusions and terrorism coverage. The matter is not clear-cut and …
An Oklahoma legislator has vowed to keep pushing for a ban on texting while driving after the House scuttled the proposal for the third time this session. The latest text ban attempt came in the form of an amendment by …
Cottonwood, Ariz.-based Butler-Leavitt Insurance Agency has tapped Rick Mangum for its operations. Mangum will focus on providing property and casualty insurance and life and health insurance to his clients. Prior to joining the agency, Mangum was with New York Life …
A lawsuit alleging a Rapid City credit union and an insurance company improperly raised the rates for insurance that makes loan payments if borrowers become disabled should be handled as a class action, a lawyer for those borrowers told the …
Legislation that would reform Oklahoma’s workers’ compensation system has passed the House and Oklahoma Insurance Commissioner John D. Doak says that’s a good thing. Applauding the leadership of House Speaker T.W. Shannon and Senate President Pro Tem Brian Bingman on …
The board of Columbus, Ohio-based The Motorists Mutual Insurance Co. has voted unanimously to select David L. Kaufman as CEO of Motorists Mutual and affiliated companies. Former CEO John J. Bishop earlier announced his retirement as an associate of Motorists …
An Illinois agent has received an award from the Independent Insurance Agents and Brokers of America (IIABA or Big ‘I’) for his work on behalf of crop insurance agents. Brian McSherry of Illinois is the 2012 recipient of the Sidney …
