Monthly Archives: <span>October 2013</span>

All Risks Adds Tanner and Zadow in Dallas

The newly formed South Central operation of All Risks Ltd. has hired two additional producers in October: Elizabeth Tanner and Drew Zadow. As a brokerage underwriter, Tanner will handle a broad range of middle market property/casualty business with an emphasis …

Application Process Opens for Minot Flood Grants

Homeowners in Minot, N.D. affected by the Souris River flooding in 2011 can begin applying for grants to help with repair costs, while the city prepares to buy out more homes to make way for a flood protection project. The …

Health Cost Increases in 2013 Were Lowest in Decade: Aon Hewitt

There was some relatively good news in health care this year. U.S. employers and their employees saw the lowest health care premium rate increases in 2013 in more than a decade, according to global consultant Aon Hewitt. After plan design …

Colorado Launches Website For Flood Information

Gov. John Hickenlooper has announced a new website that will provide information about recovery efforts related to flooding in Colorado last month. The website, ColoradoUnited.com, includes recovery news, current information about impacted areas and how to get help. There is …

Las Vegas Sun: Cyberattack Behind Website Outage

Officials at the Las Vegas Sun say a cyberattack crashed their website for several hours Tuesday morning. Donn Jersey, the publisher of the website and its sister sites, says the outage apparently started a little after 6 a.m., and was …

N.Y.-Based Vanderbilt Properties Insurance Brokerage Names CEO

Vanderbilt Properties Insurance Brokerage and Risk Management LLC, a New York-based specialist in insurance program administration for the real estate industry, promoted Alnoor S. Ladha to president and chief executive officer. Previously, Ladha was the firm’s executive vice president and …

Premium Finance Firm to Pay $160K for Prematurely Canceling Mass. Auto Policies

A New York-based premium financing provider has agreed to pay $160,000 to resolve allegations that it illegally cancelled certain financed auto insurance policies affecting close to 100 Massachusetts customers, according to an announcement today by Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley. …

CPCU Students Gain Earlier Access to Benefits

The CPCU Society has expanded membership opportunities for students actively pursuing the Chartered Property Casualty Underwriter (CPCU) designation. CPCU offers students a candidate membership at a discounted price. The group has now reduced the required number of CPCU exams completed …

Lockton Names Edelheit Senior Vice President in Colorado

Lockton’s Denver, Colo. operation announced the addition Matt Edelheit as senior vice president and department manager in risk management. Edelheit has served clients in the retail, technology, manufacturing and hospitality industries, to name a few. Most recently, he was a …

Multimillion Dollar Workers’ Compensation Fraud Probe Leads to West Virginia Bank

A federal investigation into a multi-million-dollar workers’ compensation scheme extended to the Bank of Mingo in southern West Virginia, where authorities seized computer hard drives and documents. FBI Special Agent James Lafferty said in a sworn statement he had “probable …