A Nebraska couple accused of burning down a restaurant they owned in South Dakota to collect insurance money has been convicted of felony arson and reckless burning after a weeklong trial. Attorney General Marty Jackley says a jury in Bon …
Iowa could do more to avoid flooding by limiting how much rainfall runs off into the state’s rivers and streams, including addressing climate change and expanding grasslands and wetlands to absorb rain where it falls, experts said. Despite devastating floods …
Dallas-based managing general agency and surplus lines wholesaler, U.S. Risk Insurance Group Inc., has named Quinton Goss, vice president for HealthcarePros, the healthcare division of U.S. Risk Underwriters. The division focuses on long term care, assisted living, social services and …
A third of a group of residents evacuated because of an Assumption Parish sinkhole have accepted buyout offers from Texas Brine Co. Company spokesman Sonny Cranch says that as of noon on June 23, 33 of 91 people had taken …
Three Kansas community colleges have created an insurance consortium after their insurance provider raised rates and said it wouldn’t insure schools that allow concealed weapons on campus. The Independence Community College board of trustees voted last week to join Coffeyville …
This post is part of a series on insurance marketing and training sponsored by Astonish. We’ve been hearing it for a long time now – insurance agencies need to adapt to the modern consumer in order to survive. This means …
Thousands of Washington state employees received furlough notices Monday telling them they face a temporary layoff unless state lawmakers agree on a budget this week to prevent a government shutdown. Washington’s two-year budget comes to a close at the end …
There aren’t enough doctors in Nevada, and the shortage is likely to get worse as tens of thousands of people become newly insured under the federal health care overhaul. A study released this year by University of Nevada School of …
Former American International Group Inc. Chief Executive Officer Maurice “Hank” Greenberg must face a fraud lawsuit brought by the New York attorney general, the state’s highest court ruled. The state can pursue its case over a sham reinsurance transaction and …
Fire crews defending resort towns, homes and cabins against a massive wildfire in Colorado’s southwest mountains were looking for a break Tuesday after nearly a week of unrelenting winds. Tim Foley, a fire behavior expert working the 117-square mile blaze, …
