September 21, 2023
The Florida Office of Insurance Regulation is reminding carriers that additional information about Hurricane Ian claims is due no later than Sept. 27. By law, the office is required to collect data after hurricanes. Simple data was required in the …
September 21, 2023
Blue Bird Corp., one of the largest and oldest makers of school buses, has fully embraced electric vehicles and will soon provide 13 electric buses to a Kentucky school district. Bowling Green Independent School District said the purchase of the …
September 21, 2023
The Social Security Administration is trying to claw back billions of dollars in disability overpayments, many of them made to people who received workers’ compensation payouts for injuries, an analysis has found. KFF Health News, part of the Kaiser Family …
September 21, 2023
Michigan cannabis sales are a great story. Sales there reached another record in July, hitting $277 million for the month, and look to head well over $3 billion for the year. What’s going on there? The state is still fairly …
September 21, 2023
CSAA Insurance Group Promotes Pugh to EVP and CIO CSAA Insurance Group, headquartered in Walnut Creek, Calif., promoted Todd Pugh to executive vice president and chief information officer, overseeing all aspects of the company’s information technology division. He has served …
September 21, 2023
Jenny Wong has joined Ryan Transactional Risk (RTR) as vice president, North American tax insurance. RTR is headquartered in London, England. Wong, based in New York, N.Y., has 19 years of experience as a tax practitioner, including roles as an …
September 21, 2023
Arthur J. Gallagher & Co., the global insurance brokerage, has agreed to acquire Massachusetts-based Eastern Insurance Group, a subsidiary of Eastern Bank, Gallagher announced. The move is subject to regulatory approval. The purchase transaction should close in the fourth quarter …
September 21, 2023
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul has signed legislation that should make it easier for nonprofit groups to find auto insurance coverage through risk retention groups. Assembly Bill 5718 and its companion Senate bill allows out-of-state risk retention groups, starting in …
September 20, 2023
An Ohio trucking company violated federal law by subjecting two gay mechanics to harassment and termination because of their sexual orientation and retaliated against them for opposing or complaining about the harassment, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged …
September 20, 2023
Alliant Insurance Services Hires Montgomery as VP, Employee Benefits Group Brian Montgomery has joined Alliant Insurance Services as vice president within its employee benefits group in Houston, Texas. Montgomery joins Alliant, based in Irvine, Calif., with over a decade of …