The Independent Insurance Agents of San Antonio (IIASA) has honored Gary Whitaker with the Ben R. Binford Award for outstanding service. Whitaker is vice president of Whitaker Insurance Associates. During his 30 years of IIASA membership, he has demonstrated a …
A Little Rock, Ark., man received a 30-month sentence for auto insurance fraud following a negotiated guilty plea, the Arkansas Insurance Department reported. Tyus West, 28, entered a plea of guilty to one count of insurance fraud for making false …
Arthur J. Gallagher& Co. has acquired Insurance Plans Agency Inc. in South Barrington, Ill. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Established in 1983, Insurance Plans Agency Inc. (IPA) is a retail insurance broker providing group employee benefits products and …
The Oklahoma Supreme Court on April 12 struck down part of the state’s workers’ compensation law, saying the provisions deprived workers of their due process rights and created a subclass of workers. The 7-2 decision invalidates a portion of the …
InterWest Insurance Services LLC has named Grant Rappleye to its employee benefits broker team in in Sacramento, Calif. He was formerly a men’s assistant golf coach at California State University Sacramento. InterWest is an insurance brokerage with eight offices throughout …
Juan Ortiz Velazquez, 27, of San Jose, Calif. and owner of Carlos Auto Body, was arrested with seven other suspects and charged with multiple counts of felony insurance fraud on Wednesday for allegedly filing 20 fraudulent claims to four insurance …
Irvine, Calif.-based Burnham Benefits Insurance Services Inc. has named Tricia McVeigh a senior account manager. McVeigh will in the trucking, transportation and logistics sector. McVeigh has more than 30 years of experience managing client relationships and developing strategic solutions. She …
Two years ago, the online health-insurance broker and human-resources portal Zenefits hired an insurance agent with a criminal record. Now the San Francisco Chronicle is attacking the firm for that decision. While Zenefits certainly has had some well-documented compliance problems, …
XL Catlin announced it has appointed Philippe Gouraud as head of Strategic Client and Broker Management for its Insurance segment, effective April 15, 2016. Based in London, he reports to Kelly Lyles, chief regional officer, Insurance, at XL Catlin. With …
Verisk Analytics Inc. announced the acquisition of Risk Intelligence Ireland, a leading provider of fraud detection, compliance, risk control, and process automation services to the Irish insurance industry. “Risk Intelligence Ireland has developed valuable tools to help insurers control costs …
