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

The Hilb Group Acquires Clark-Mortenson Insurance in New Hampshire

The Hilb Group, a middle market insurance agency based in Richmond, Virginia, announced Tuesday that it has acquired Clark-Mortenson Insurance, a New Hampshire-based insurance and financial services agency. The terms of the transaction, which became effective April 1, were not …

Louisiana Food Manufacturer Fined $124K for Workplace Hazards

The U.S. Department of Labor’sOccupational Safety and Health Administration has cited a Louisiana food manufacturing company for 25 serious and one other violation for exposing workers to hazardous chemicals, electrical dangers and fall hazards. Proposed fines total $124,000. OSHA discovered …

Ohio Sees Increase in Fatal Wrong-Way Highway Crashes

State transportation records show an increase in wrong-way highway crashes in Ohio, with more deaths so far in 2016 than in all of 2014. The Dayton Daily News reports Ohio Department of Transportation records show 47 wrong-way interstate highway crashes …

Kansas Feed Yard Sued over Damaged Tracks, Derailment

Amtrak has filed a federal lawsuit against a southwest Kansas feed yard, accusing it of gross negligence in relation to a train derailment that injured 32 passengers in March. In the suit filed by Amtrak and BNSF, the plaintiffs allege …

Large Hail Again Causes Damage in North Texas Cities

For the third time in a month large hail and damaging winds pummeled north Texas causing hundreds of millions of dollars in damage, the Insurance Council of Texas reported. The storms caused the most damage in cities just north of …

Specialty Insurance Veteran Launches MGA Holding Company: DOXA

A group of investors led by Matthew Sackett, former senior vice president of national sales for K&K Insurance and former president and CEO of Leisure Sports Specialists, has announced the formation of DOXA Insurance Holdings LLC (DOXA). The Fort Wayne, …

Church Insurance Agency Joins Missouri-Based Agency Alliance

Church Insurance Agency recently joined Valley Insurance Agency Alliance (VIAA), a cohesive family of nearly 100 independent insurance agencies in Missouri and Southern Illinois. Church Insurance Agency, based in Paris, Ill., is a full-service insurance agency that specializes in home, …

New York Health Exchange to Enroll 470K in New Low-Cost Option

New York state’s health exchange expects to enroll more than 470,000 New Yorkers in its new low-cost option for coverage this year. Testifying at an Assembly hearing last week, exchange Executive Director Donna Frescatore said New York chose to participate …

IFG Companies Promotes Lewis to President in Connecticut

IFG Companies announced that its Board of Directors has approved the promotion of Christopher M. Lewis to group president. Lewis is based in IFG’s Hartford, Connecticut, office. Lewis has been serving as interim president for the past two months after …

Powell to Retire from North Carolina Agents Group; Will Join Appalachian State University

The Independent Insurance Agents of North Carolina (IIANC) announced that E. Stuart Powell Jr., MA, CPCU, CIC, CLU, ChFC, ARM, AMIM, AAI, ARe, CRIS will retire on July 31, 2016 from his current position as vice president of Technical Affairs …