P/C Agency Mergers Rise 10% in First Half of 2021: OPTIS Partners July 19, 2021 There were 339 announced property/casualty insurance agency mergers and acquisitions during the first half of 2021, up from 307 in...
Washington Commissioner Wants Auto Claims, Rebate Data from Insurers July 19, 2021 Washington Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler issued a data call of 124 auto insurance companies for recent rebates given to policyholders...
People & Places July 19, 2021 National Safety National announced that Tim O’Grady joined the company as vice president for underwriting in the company’s large casualty...
Louisiana ‘Good,’ Texas ‘Poor’ in IBHS Building Code Rankings July 19, 2021 Texas has a long way to go but despite getting hit by four hurricanes and one tropical storm in 2020,...
Louisiana to GeoVera: Cease Homeowners Policy Non-Renewals July 19, 2021 Louisiana Insurance Commissioner Jim Donelon in early July ordered GeoVera Specialty Insurance Co. to stop non-renewing Louisiana homeowners policies in...
Texas Supreme Court Tosses Lawsuits Against Store Over 2017 Church Shooting July 19, 2021 The Texas Supreme Court in late June ruled survivors and relatives of those killed in a 2017 mass killing at...
California Insurance Company Pressing for its ‘Day in Court’ July 19, 2021 U.S. District Court Judge William B. Shubb granted the motion by the California Department of Insurance to dismiss the lawsuit...
People Moves: Pinnacol Names Johnson Chief Human Resources Officer; CIBA CEO Marino Stepping Down with Rheel Named New CEO July 16, 2021 Pinnacol Assurance named Timothy A. Johnson chief human resources officer and vice president of employee services. He replaces Barbara Brannen,...
17 More Arraigned in $822K California Auto Insurance Fraud Ring July 16, 2021 Another 17 defendants were arraigned for their alleged involvement in an organized auto insurance fraud ring in California in which...
Elsa-Related Tornado Causes $1 Million in Damage in Port Royal, S.C. July 16, 2021 A tornado spawned as Tropical Storm Elsa moved inland across South Carolina caused about $1 million damage to buildings in...