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Lemonade Enters Pennsylvania, Washington D.C. in National Expansion
Mar 22 2018 // Lemonade, the insurance company powered by artificial intelligence and behavioral economics, has launched in both Pennsylvania and Washington D.C. It announced the expansion on social media. These mark the sixth and...
Lockton Hires Cohen as Senior VP and Client Executive in Washington D.C. Office
Dec 19 2017 // Lockton, a global, privately held insurance broker, has hired Bruce Cohen as a senior vice president and client executive as it continues to grow its business in the Northeast. Cohen brings to this role nearly 30 years of...
Fatal Amtrak Crash in Washington State Stirs Safety Debate in D.C.
Dec 19 2017 // The deadly Amtrak crash in Washington state marked the railroad’s third fatal accident in as many years, putting the passenger rail operator under fresh scrutiny less than a month after safety regulators issued a...
Assurance Adds Wolfrey to Washington D.C. Team as Risk Management Consultant
Nov 17 2017 // Assurance, a Top 50 U.S. insurance brokerage, has hired Eric Wolfrey to its Washington D.C. team to serve as a risk management consultant. Wolfrey will provide business insurance and risk management solutions to a variety...
Assurance Furthers Expansion Into Washington D.C. with Hiring of Groseclose
Oct 27 2017 // Assurance, a Schaumburg, Ill.-headquartered, independent insurance brokerage, has hired Jack Groseclose to serve as an employee benefits advisor. In his new role, Groseclose will be based in Washington D.C., furthering...
Lobbyists at California Conference Call D.C. Vs. Sacramento Tension ‘Palpable’
Jul 24 2017 // The tension between Washington, D.C., and Sacramento seems to have created extra work for some lobbyists. “It’s absolutely palpable,” Paul Yoder, managing director for the California Coalition on...
Lobbyists at California Comp Conference Call Tension between D.C. and Sacramento ‘Palpable’
Jul 12 2017 // The tension between Washington D.C. and Sacramento seems to have created extra work for some lobbyists. “It’s absolutely palpable,” Paul Yoder, managing director for the California Coalition on...
Bus Carrying 26 Pennsylvania Students on Field Trip to D.C. Overturns on I-95
May 17 2017 // A bus carrying dozens of Pennsylvania eighth-graders to Washington, D.C., for a field trip overturned on Interstate 95 in northeastern Maryland on Monday, state police said. Officials said one child and one teacher were...
Trump Claims Absolute Immunity from D.C. Wine Bar’s Lawsuit
May 11 2017 // Lawyers for Donald Trump on Wednesday said the U.S. president has “absolute immunity” from a lawsuit by owners of the Cork Wine Bar in Washington, D.C., who claim that his ownership of a nearby hotel...
What Latest U.S. Statistics on Nonfatal Workplace Injuries Reveal
Oct 31 2016 // Private employers reported approximately 2.9 million nonfatal workplace injuries and illnesses in 2015, or about 48,000 fewer than in 2014, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. That translates into a rate of...
Lockton Hires Mercer’s Bailey for Washington D.C. Office
Aug 24 2016 // Lockton Companies, a Kansas City, Mo., based insurance brokerage, has hired George Bailey as a senior vice president in its Washington, D.C. office. He brings nearly 25 years of experience in the employee benefit and risk...
Boston Insurance Brokerage’s Lynch Heads Opening of D.C. Office
Aug 18 2016 // Boston Insurance Brokerage Inc. (BIB), a provider of commercial insurance, tapped Brian Lynch, vice president of high value personal lines, to head the opening of its office in Washington D.C. Lynch initially joined the...
Court Battles Begin as U.S., States Sue to Halt Anthem, Aetna Mergers
Jul 21 2016 // U.S. antitrust enforcers roundly rejected a pair of proposed deals that would consolidate the nation’s five biggest health insurers into just three. The Justice Department filed an antitrust lawsuit to stop Anthem...
Lockton Combines D.C., Northeast Operations
Jun 17 2016 // Insurance broker Lockton announced that it will add its Washington, D.C., operations to a newly combined Lockton Northeast team. Michael Calabrese will remain as chairman and CEO of the expanded Lockton operations in the...
Atlantic, Gulf States, Metro Areas Ranked by Homes Exposed to Storm Surge: CoreLogic
Jun 1 2016 // More than 6.8 million homes on the Atlantic and Gulf coasts are in danger of hurricane storm surge damage. The total cost for reconstruction of the homes located in 19 states and the District of Columbia is more than $1.5...
Lawsuit Accuses Travelers of Violating Fair Housing Act in D.C.
May 18 2016 // The National Fair Housing Alliance (NFHA) has filed a federal lawsuit Tuesday against Travelers Indemnity Company and Travelers Casualty Insurance Company of America, accusing the insurers of engaging in actions that...
Health Insurers File Proposed Rates for 2017 DC Health Link
May 13 2016 // The District of Columbia Department of Insurance, Securities and Banking (DISB) said it has received 170 proposed health insurance plan rates for review from four major insurers in advance of the fourth year of open...
Lockton Adds Luckett as Client Executive in D.C. Office
Mar 4 2016 // Lockton Companies has hired Brandon Luckett as vice president in its Washington, D.C., office., where he will help develop new business throughout the Mid-Atlantic Region. Luckett comes to Lockton with more than 12 years...
Liberty Hires Quintrell for Global Financial Risks Team in D.C.
Feb 23 2016 // Edith Quintrell Liberty Specialty Markets (LSM), part of Liberty Mutual Insurance Group, has hired Edith Quintrell as its U.S.-based underwriting development director for its Global Financial Risks division. Quintrell...
D.C. to Continue Snow Emergency Until Wednesday Evening
Jan 27 2016 // Washington, D.C., Mayor Muriel Bowser says a snow emergency will remain in effect for the nation’s capital until 6:30 p.m. Wednesday. The emergency means parking isn’t allowed on snow emergency routes. Vehicles...
