A report prepared by Willis Towers Watson showing the potential impact of increased coastal building standards on premium rates for Texas’ property insurer of last resort for coastal counties is now available for public review. The report finds that if …
A Flint business owner is accused of illegally discharging nearly 48 million gallons of waste from landfills into the city’s wastewater system from 2007-15. The waste included a chemical from a family of chemicals known to be hazardous to human …
Trenton, N.J.-based NJM Insurance Group is making its personal lines insurance products available to Ohio residents for the first time in the company’s 107-year history. NJM, one of the largest and most tenured auto and homeowners insurers in New Jersey, …
Dana Popish Severinghaus, formerly Legislative and Regulatory Counsel at Allstate Insurance Co., has been named director of the Illinois Department of Insurance. Popish Severinghaus has extensive legal, policy, government relations and insurance industry-related experience. At Allstate she advised the company …
Kim Bailey has been named general counsel for the Oklahoma Insurance Department (OID), effective Jan. 19, 2021. Bailey currently serves as general counsel and chief operating officer at the Oklahoma State Department of Health (OSDH). She previously served as general …
Ismat Aziz has joined insurer Kemper Corp. as chief human resources officer (CHRO) and chief administrative officer, based in Chicago. Aziz will report to Kemper President and CEO Joseph P. Lacher, Jr. She will be responsible for Kemper’s compensation and …
The California Staffing Agency Reform Association has been established by staffing industry leaders to “clean up” the worker’s compensation marketplace for staffing. Cal-SARA, a new nonprofit, trade association, has been formed to deal with a market that is “inundated with …
T.K. Keen has been named administrator for the Oregon Division of Financial Regulation. The division licenses and regulates banks, credit unions, investments, debt resources and insurance in the state. Keen has served as acting administrator since August, and succeeds Andrew …
An appellate court has ordered lawyers for a Washington state county and its deputy sheriff to pay more than $56,000 in attorney fees and costs for filing frivolous appeals in a federal civil-rights case filed by the family of a …
The coronavirus pandemic contributed to a spike in workplace lawsuits in 2020 and the number is only expected to grow in 2021, according to legal experts. At the same time, the incoming Biden Administration is expected to more aggressively enforce …
