Fortuna General Insurance Agency has acquired Simi Valley, Calif.-based Appleby and Sterling. Appleby and Sterling’s Mike Maurer and Sue Fodor will be joining Fortuna as production underwriters. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Appleby and Sterling, founded by Walt …
In advance of its Aug. 6 board meeting in Galveston, the insurer of last resort for wind and hail in counties along the Texas coast said it has determined its residential coverage rates are inadequate by 41.7 percent and its …
Walnut Creek, Calif.-based CSAA Insurance Group has named Melissa Jones executive vice president and chief human resources officer. As a member of the company’s executive leadership team, Jones leads efforts in areas including corporate culture, communications, talent management and leadership …
AXA XL’s U.S. marine insurance business and Vindati, an insurtech managing general underwriter (MGU) offering specialty products and an integrated shopping experience for brokers and agents, have partnered to offer ocean cargo insurance for small and middle-sized businesses via Vindati’s …
Crews are working to unclog tributaries and bayous snaking through Dickinson to reduce the risk of flooding nearly two years after Hurricane Harvey caused significant damage to the Houston suburb. The August 2017 storm dumped about 50 inches of rain …
Hundreds of communities line the Mississippi River on its 2,348-mile journey to the Gulf of Mexico, but Davenport, Iowa, stands out for the simple reason that people there can actually dip their toes in the river without scaling a flood …
Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. today announced the acquisition of New Orleans, La.-based Gillis, Ellis & Baker Inc. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Founded in 1933, Gillis, Ellis & Baker is a commercial retail property/casualty broker also offering …
Repairs to Missouri government facilities damaged by recent tornadoes and flooding could cost almost $13 million, a majority of which would go toward fixing a historic prison that state officials are still trying to decide whether to salvage for tourists. …
An oil well operator is stopping operations following a small earthquake in central Oklahoma, the fourth such earthquake in less than three weeks. The Oklahoma Corporation Commission says Newfield/Encana paused a well completion operation after a magnitude 3.1 temblor was …
Authorities are accusing a Texas woman of taking part in an undercooked scheme in which she claimed she was served raw hamburger meat at two different locations of a fast food chain. Cassandra Brooks, a former lieutenant with the Texas …
