Monthly Archives: <span>February 2024</span>

People Moves: Hudnall Joins Alliant Insurance Services’ Denver Team

Chris Hudnall has joined Alliant Insurance Services as vice president within its Alliant Americas division. Hudnall is based in Denver. Before joining Alliant, Hudnall was vice president at Moreton & Company and worked as an associate producer at Van Gilder …

Join the Future: 6 Reasons to Explore Automated Compliance and Producer Management with AgentSync

This post is part of a series sponsored by AgentSync. The insurance industry has been slow to adopt digital-first frameworks for doing business, and the part of the business that deals with compliance and regulation change management even more so. …

People Moves: Markel’s Colosimo Joins CRC; Risk Strategies Consulting Names Piltch

CRC Group, headquartered in Birmingham, Alabama, hired Vince Colosimo as executive vice president in the company’s New York City downtown office. Colosimo will assume the role of office president in mid-2025, with current Office President Fred Curatolo taking on a …

People Moves: Ardonagh’s Price Forbes Taps Horler From Lockton as Deputy CEO; Marsh Names Fort From McGill and Partners as Int’l Cyber Product Leader

This edition of International People Moves details appointments at the brokers Price Forbes and Marsh. A summary of these new hires follows here. Ardonagh’s Price Forbes Taps Horler From Lockton as Deputy CEO Sarah Horler has been appointed as Price …

Family Dollar to Pay $41M Fine Over Rodent-Infested Distribution Center

Family Dollar agreed this week to pay $41.7 million for holding food, drugs, medical devices, and cosmetics under insanitary conditions at company’s West Memphis, Arkansas, distribution center. A criminal information unveiled Feb. 26 in federal court in Little Rock, Arkansas, …

Iowa Meat Processing Plant Accused of Illegally Hiring Children

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — U.S. authorities have accused another sanitation company of illegally hiring at least two dozen children to clean dangerous meat processing facilities, the latest example of illegal child labor that officials say is increasingly common. The …

Illinois Insurance Agent Sentenced to 7 Years in Prison for Swindling Premiums

The owner of a suburban Chicago insurance agency has been sentenced to seven years in federal prison for swindling more than $1 million from clients by collecting annuity premiums for policies that he never purchased, the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Northern …

Six Charged in Alleged $1M Auto Insurance Claims Scheme in Massachusetts

Six people have been indicted in connection with the alleged filing of fraudulent insurance claims through their auto body repair business in Everett, Massachusetts. Four of the defendants were arraigned this week in Middlesex Superior Court, while two others also …

Signers National, Acrisure Mark Expansions in Southeast

Signers National, the New York-based parent of several insurance companies, said it has acquired Ballantyne Insurance Group in Charlotte, North Carolina. Ballantyne specializes in coverage for human service organizations. It is own by William Bradley, who will stay on as …

Southern California Edison to Pay $80M to US Over 2017 Wildfire

Southern California Edison agreed to pay the United States $80 million to cover costs and damages incurred by the U.S. Forest Service from the 2017 Thomas wildfire in California’s Los Padres National Forecast, the Department of Justice said on Monday. …