Massachusetts’ top insurance regulator recently spoke about the state of the insurance industry in Massachusetts, with topics ranging from the auto insurance marketplace and the Biggert-Waters Flood Insurance Reform Act to Boston bombing insurance claims. Speaking at the Massachusetts Association …
Ohio Lieutenant Governor and Insurance Director Mary Taylor announced that former life insurance agent Russell Lowery, of Olmsted Falls, was sentenced in Cuyahoga County Common Plea Court to two years of probation for theft and insurance fraud and ordered to …
A jury has found manufacturer Advance Cast Stone mainly responsible for the collapse of a Milwaukee, Wis., parking garage panel that killed a teenager and injured two others in 2010 and awarded $39 million in damages. The civil jury also …
IronPro, the professional and management liability unit of Ironshore Canada Ltd., has introduced a professional liability policy for Canadian-based private equity and venture capital firms to protect against portfolio investment risk exposures worldwide. IronPro’s private equity liability insurance policy is …
Independent insurance broker Safe Harbor Benefits, located in Arlington, Texas, has merged with Fort Worth-based Higginbotham, the companies announced. Safe Harbor Benefits was opened in 1996 by Bryan Keathley, a life and health insurance broker with a professional background as …
The South Central offices of All Risks, Ltd. have designed a “down hole specialty rental tool” insurance product for Lost In Hole (LIH). This coverage is available to oil & gas drillers and operators as well as rental tool companies. …
The Oklahoma Supreme Court has scheduled oral arguments in a lawsuit that challenges the constitutionality of Oklahoma’s new workers’ compensation law. The high court scheduled arguments for 9 a.m. Dec. 10 in the lawsuit filed by state Sen. Harry Coates …
Iowa’s top insurance regulator is backing the University of Iowa in a dispute with the federal government over how much insurance the campus must carry after rebuilding from the 2008 flood. Insurance Commissioner Nick Gerhart has asked the Federal Emergency …
Drivers in New Jersey could possibly be pulled over for snacking, smoking or putting on make-up behind the wheel under a bill that has been advanced in the state Assembly. The proposed law would fine drivers found to “engage in …
The New York Insurance Association (NYIA) recently elected its 2014 officers and board of directors at the association’s annual meeting. The following officers were elected for a one-year term ending Dec. 31, 2014: • Chair: Bernard Turi, senior vice president, …
