13 Specialty Insurers Emerging As Takeover Targets: S&P October 1, 2015 Standard & Poor’s sees a number of specialty insurers as potential takeover targets by both rival carriers and investors seeking...
Fed Probe Finds Safety Problems at Texas Dupont Plant Where 4 Died October 1, 2015 By Juan Lozano A federal investigation into a poisonous gas leak that killed four workers at a Houston, Texas-area chemical plant in November...
Gantz Named Chief Financial Officer of Sentry in Wisconsin October 1, 2015 Stevens Point, Wis.-based Sentry Insurance has named Dewey Gantz vice president, chief financial officer and treasurer. Gantz joined Sentry in...
Liberty Mutual Breaks Ground on 1M Square Foot Texas Campus October 1, 2015 Liberty Mutual Insurance has kicked off construction of its new campus in Plano, Texas. The 1-million-square-foot office is expected to...
Dispensaries Make Offer of Free Cannabis to California Fire Victims October 1, 2015 Medical marijuana dispensaries in Northern California are offering up to $200 in free cannabis per patient affected by a hugely...
NCCI Proposes Decrease for Workers’ Comp Loss Costs in Connecticut October 1, 2015 The National Council on Compensation Insurance (NCCI) on Sept. 24 delivered a workers’ compensation loss cost filing to the Connecticut...
Alleged Oktoberfest Beating Prompts Utah Family to Sue Snowbird October 1, 2015 A Utah family who says they were beaten by a crowd of drunken revelers at Snowbird’s Oktoberfest is suing the...
California Insurance Commissioner Says More to Lose Fire Coverage October 1, 2015 California Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones says more people may be dropped from fire coverage and that residents of high risk...
Alliant in California Names Anders Chief Financial Officer October 1, 2015 Newport Beach, Calif.-based Alliant Insurance Services has named Ilene Anders chief financial officer. Anders, formerly the firm’s chief information officer,...
Energy Companies Are Preparing for Possibility of Joaquin Hitting NYC Area October 1, 2015 U.S. energy companies said on Wednesday they were preparing for the possibility that Hurricane Joaquin could hit the New York...