EPIC Insurance Brokers & Consultants has hired Steve Hall as a property/casualty insurance broker/producer. Hall will be based in EPIC’s Concord, Calif., office and report to Curt Perata, regional director of property/casualty operations. Hall will be responsible for new business …
Julie Diane Shinar, 44, of Long Beach, Calif., was convicted of theft by embezzlement in Long Beach Superior Court in early March. Shinar was ordered to serve three years of formal probation and pay $29,158 in restitution to her victims. …
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce is suing the city of Seattle over an ordinance that allows drivers of ridesharing apps Uber and Lyft to unionize, saying it violates federal antitrust laws. Seattle last year became the first U.S. city to …
A longshot proposal introduced in mid-March would make California the first state to allow rideshare drivers and all other independent contractors to unionize. The legislation came one week after the U.S. Chamber of Commerce sued Seattle over the nation’s first …
Wasington Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler took enforcement action and issued fines totaling $17,675 last month against insurance companies and producers who he says violated state insurance regulations. Here’s the list of fines and what Kreidler says warranted them: Insurance Companies …
The Tennessee Department of Commerce & Insurance (TDCI) announced that 57 new captive insurance companies domiciled in the state in 2015 – a 37 percent increase over 2014. The new captives are comprised of 47 pure captives, four risk retention …
John Q. Doyle, who was ousted from the executive ranks of American International Group in a management shakeup in December, is joining global insurance broker Marsh as president, effective April 15. In this newly-created leadership role at Marsh, Doyle will …
Researchers say they’ve come up with a way to predict the likelihood of tornadoes two or three weeks in advance – a step toward better warnings of storms that kill an average of 80 Americans each year. Victor Gensini, a …
Florida lawmakers will not provide resolution for two controversial issues currently facing the Florida insurance industry, this year at least. At the close of the 2016 Florida legislative session on March 11, attempts to address the rising cost of water …
Weather researchers say they expect about 40 scientists from around the nation to participate in “VORTEX Southeast,” an upcoming study of the unique characteristics of tornadoes that develop in the South. Like earlier studies in the Midwest, the research based …
