Acrisure, the Grand Rapids, Michigan-based insurance broker and fintech specialist, has acquired Affinity Brokers Limited, a commercial insurance broker based in Glasgow, Scotland. Founded in 2010 by Scott Meechan and Yvonne McKnight, Affinity has a specialty in jewellery and jewellers …
Arkansas Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders announced that she will appoint Michael Mayton to the Arkansas Workers’ Compensation Commission (AWCC). Mayton works as a lawyer in private practice specializing in the defense of employers and insurance carries. He has practiced law …
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) – The family of a man who died from dehydration and malnutrition while being held in a west Arkansas jail filed a federal lawsuit Friday claiming jail staff ignored his medical and mental health needs. Larry …
A Wisconsin company that supplies malt barley to major craft breweries, home breweries, and other spirit and food production in the Midwest has again been found exposing employees to dangerous workplace hazards by federal safety inspectors. The U.S. Department of …
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) – The Minnesota Legislature embarked on a path toward legalizing recreational marijuana for adults last Wednesday when a legislative committee held the first hearing of the year on a bill that backers say is designed to …
According to data presented during a joint NASA and NOAA webinar earlier this month, 2022 was among the warmest years recorded since the late 19th century – continuing a trend that has shown gradual global temperature warming in recent decades. …
A 2016 video that Tesla used to promote its self-driving technology was staged to show capabilities like stopping at a red light and accelerating at a green light that the system did not have, according to testimony by a senior …
This post is part of a series sponsored by AgentSync. Since the mid ’90s, insurers have used catastrophe bonds (CAT bonds) to provide a financial safety net in response to cataclysmic events like hundred-year floods, category four and five hurricanes, …
This post is part of a series sponsored by CoreLogic. It is the beginning of a new year when anything feels possible. People are committing to new goals to better themselves, and businesses are executing new strategies to realize greater …
Purmort & Martin Insurance Agency, one of the oldest agencies in the Sarasota, Florida, area, is expanding with the acquisition of Tampa-based Lovinger Insurance. Lovinger is a property-casualty agency serving policyholders in Hillsborough and Pinellas counties, the company said in …
