O'Connor is the Southeast editor for Insurance Journal and associate editor of MyNewMarkets.com.
September 5, 2019
The wrath of Hurricane Dorian isn’t over yet and many more communities in its path are at risk and are bracing for the storm after it demolished the Bahamas earlier this week. The extremely slow-moving hurricane is finally reaching the …
September 4, 2019
Atlanta-based INSUREtrust has added Josh Ottaviano as an account manager in Georgia. Ottaviano previously worked in sales at Coca-Cola Bottling Company United prior to starting at INSUREtrust. He also previously interned in the Operations Department at Highland Capital Brokerage. INSUREtrust, …
September 4, 2019
AAA Carolinas Insurance has partnered with digital marketplace HomeAdvisor to help members repair, replace and recover after they’ve received payment for a homeowners insurance claim. Home Concierge, powered by HomeAdvisor, connects claim recipients with a project manager to help them …
August 29, 2019
Hurricane Dorian has set its sights on the Southeast coast, with Florida likely to be the state that feels the biggest impact when it makes its U.S. landfall sometime over the weekend or early next week, according to forecasters. Disaster …
August 26, 2019
Independent insurance agents can find sifting through the many insurtech products to pinpoint ones suited to their needs is a daunting assignment. But it’s an assignment they must tackle, according to agency consultant Chris Burand, founder of Chris Burand & …
August 19, 2019
The Florida Supreme Court has reversed course and decided not to hear a controversial case regarding the validity of certain language around assignment of benefit agreements, instead ruling that a law passed by the Florida Legislature this session, which took …
August 19, 2019
There’s been a barrage of insurtech products hitting the market for several years now, creating confusion for some agency owners trying to decipher what is relevant to them, how to implement these products and whether to wait for new agency …
August 12, 2019
Jackson Sumner & Associates (JSA) has added Brantley Saunders to the Marketing team as the South Carolina Marketing Representative. Saunders is a South Carolina native with 10 years of experience in the insurance industry in various capacities, including E&S underwriting. …
August 9, 2019
Empire Underwriters, an MGA, surplus lines broker and wholesaler in business insurance underwriting and services, has launched new programs available in the State of Hawaii. The new programs include its Main Street Workers Comp as well as Hard to Place …
August 8, 2019
A North Carolina hearing officer says a state agency can order the country’s largest electric company to excavate all its coal ash pits by 2030 so that they quit polluting neighboring rivers. A state administrative judge on Friday dismissed claims …