International broker and risk management firm Integro Insurance Brokers has hired Matt Reese as a principal for business development within the national sales practice across all lines of property and casualty insurance, as well as employee benefits. He will be …
Alliant has added Billy Bray as vice president within the company’s Alliant Americas division. He is based in Houston. Bray joins Alliant with a proven track record of developing targeted solutions that help clients from a broad range of industries …
The Texas Department of Insurance – Division of Workers’ Compensation has issued guidelines for insurers concerning workers’ compensation claims filed by insureds in counties named in Gov. Greg Abbott’s Hurricane Harvey disaster proclamation. TDI-DWC said that for the duration disaster …
Dallas-based insurance and risk management firm Dexter & Company has added Jeff Twitty to its team as senior vice president. A seasoned insurance professional with more than 30 years of commercial insurance experience, Twitty joins Dexter from Frost Insurance where …
Wildfires in Oregon are burning an area roughly equivalent to half the state of Rhode Island, affecting air quality throughout the state and forcing the evacuations of more than 4,500 people, fire authorities said on Aug. 30 Two dozen fires …
Authorities on Aug. 30 arrested a man suspected of starting an illegal campfire believed to have ignited a growing Northern California blaze that destroyed 10 homes, damaged five others and threatened hundreds more. The wildfire sparked near the town of …
California-based Confie, a national insurance brokerage network for personal lines and small commercial insurance, has appointed Cesar Soriano as chief executive officer. He has been chief operating officer for Confie since 2016. Mordy Rothberg, the company’s founder and executive chairman, …
Seattle-based PEMCO Insurance announced it is introducing its auto policy endorsement for rideshare drivers in Oregon on Sept. 1. The company said the endorsement enhances personal auto policies for rideshare drivers, providing them additional coverage and lower deductibles. The product …
Federal safety officials have cited a South Dakota company for failing to protect its workers from trench collapse hazards. Fort Pierre-based First Dakota Enterprises Inc. faces proposed penalties of $95,064 imposed by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and …
French chemical company Arkema SA said its plant in Crosby, Texas, was hit by explosions after a major flood caused by Hurricane Harvey knocked out power supplies that are needed to refrigerate volatile chemicals. Having already lost its electricity supply …
