Monthly Archives: <span>February 2016</span>

Vermont Fines Continental Indemnity for Workers’ Comp Premium Overcharges

Vermont Department of Financial Regulation Commissioner Susan L. Donegan announced on Feb. 26 that Continental Indemnity Co., a subsidiary of Applied Underwriters Inc., a Berkshire Hathaway Company, has paid Vermont $335,000 and owes 16 Vermont businesses an additional $352,000. The …

Higginbotham Adds Henyon as Personal Lines Associate

Texas-based Higginbotham hired Bernie Henyon as associate of personal property/casualty insurance in the insurance firm’s Fort Worth headquarters. Henyon provides home, automobile and liability insurance services to high net worth individuals in the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex. For the past four …

Security Video Shows Hoverboard Catching Fire in Illinois Home

A security camera inside a suburban Chicago home recorded a hoverboard catching fire shortly after a child left the house, which was extensively damaged by the blaze. Homeowner Dan Perper says the video shows his 11-year-old daughter grabbing her soccer …

Pipeline Companies Ordered to Pay $6.5 M in Damages from Oklahoma Wildfire

Two pipelines companies have been ordered to pay more than $6.5 million in damages to more than 70 plaintiffs whose property was destroyed in a 2012 wildfire in Oklahoma. Court documents say a Payne County jury ordered IPS Engineering L.L.C. …

Lee Named Head of Regulation and Enforcement at Wisconsin Insurance Department

Wisconsin’s Office of the Commissioner of Insurance announced that Cari Lee has been appointed as division administrator of Regulation and Enforcement. Lee supervises both the Bureau of Market Regulation and the Bureau of Financial Analysis and Examinations. Prior to her …

Michigan Insurance Regulators: Consumer Complaints on the Rise

Michigan’s insurance and financial services regulators say the number of consumer complaints is on the rise and that more than 7,400 consumers were assisted during January alone. The Department of Insurance and Financial Services reported that in January of this …

Rhode Island Lawmakers Eye Driver’s Licenses for Undocumented Immigrants

Lawmakers in Rhode Island are making another attempt to grant driving privileges to immigrants who are in the country illegally. Similar legislation stalled last year but state Sen. Frank Ciccone, a Providence Democrat, said he hopes to build on the …

Software Provider Vertafore Acquires Canada’s Keal Technology

Vertafore, the Bothell, Wash.-based insurance software provider, announced the acquisition of Keal Technology, a leading provider of broker and commercial management systems in Canada. The move extends Vertafore’s customer base into Canada, further enhancing its international footprint, the company said …

Cal Fire Files Lawsuit Against Utility For Cost of Powerhouse Fire

A state agency is suing the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power to recover the more than $4 million cost in fighting a wildfire sparked by power lines three years ago. The California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection …

Chubb Appoints Marine Insurance Executive Team for Asia Pacific Region

Chubb has appointed for the Asia Pacific region Christine Aldrich as its marine cargo underwriting manager and Callum Clark as marine hull underwriting manager. Both Aldrich and Clark will report to Anthony O’Brien, regional head of marine for Asia Pacific. …