Monthly Archives: <span>May 2019</span>

International Marine Underwriters Enhances Ocean Cargo Coverage

International Marine Underwriters (IMU), a member of OneBeacon Insurance Group, has enhanced its ocean cargo policy with new coverages to address the needs of an increasingly global ocean marine market and a redesigned form. The ocean cargo policy and extension …

Several Injured by Deck Collapse at North Carolina Beach House

A deck collapsed Monday at a home in Ocean Isle Beach, injuring several people. Ocean Isle Beach Mayor Debbie Sloane Smith tells news outlets that the incident occurred Monday afternoon. Smith says she was told a group of people had …

Nebraska’s Creighton University Launches FinTech Degree Program

Creighton University in Omaha, Nebraska, announced its Heider College of Business has launched what the university says is the first of its kind Finance and Technology (FinTech) major, a degree program that combines elements of the college’s Finance degree program …

Sovos Acquires Iowa’s Eagle Technology Management

Global tax software provider Sovos is acquiring Iowa-based Eagle Technology Management (ETM), which provides statutory financial reporting and insurance premium tax software to insurers, and unclaimed property reporting products and services to financial institutions, corporations and insurance companies in the …

Cavignac & Associates in California Names Enderby Account Manager

San Diego, Calif.-based Cavignac & Associates has named Melissa Enderby an account manager within the firm’s small business unit. Enderby’s responsibilities include completing requests for proposals, preparing presentations and proposals, planning and conducting open enrollment meetings, submitting applications and forms …

Why You Should Enter Marketing Awards Competitions

Marketing is inherently a competitive space. Our sole purpose is to drive revenue; some may disagree, but fundamentally, every activity a marketing department performs should be to support their firm’s business objectives (read: make money) through marketing strategies. Period. Meeting …

California Commissioner Wants Insurers to Extend Living Expense Coverage for 2017 Wildfire Survivors

California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara on Wednesday announced two new actions intended to assist survivors of the 2017 North Bay Fires who are facing unavoidable delays in rebuilding. The California Department of Insurance issued a notice to insurers requesting they …

Dump Truck Crashes Into Gloria Estefan Recording Studio in Miami, Injures 2

Authorities say a dump truck hit a sports utility vehicle before crashing into a recording studio owned by Gloria and Emilio Estefan. Miami-Dade Fire Rescue tweeted that two people were taken to the hospital and two others were treated at …

Viewpoint: Ground Will Shake and Snakes Will Flee as the Mississippi Drains

I was on site in 2011 when the Army freed the Mississippi from a man-made barrier and unleashed it into a large swath of rural Louisiana — a harrowing trade off that flooded homes and farms to avoid catastrophe in …

Risk Strategies Acquires Texas’ MainStreet Consulting Group

Boston-based insurance brokerage and risk management firm Risk Strategies has acquired MainStreet Consulting Group, a brokerage headquartered in Conroe, Texas, just north of Houston. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Established in 2003, MainStreet Consulting Group is primarily focused …