Calabasas, Calif.-based Topa Insurance Co. has named Kari Stern director of claims auditing and compliance. Stern is responsible for department-wide legal and regulatory compliance, and manages the internal and external claims and compliance audits. She has more than 30 years …
Two police officers in Georgia chose to resign last month instead of being terminated following their arrests last month for allegedly selling accident reports to third parties for profit. Nikko McClinton and Ronald Anderson, both nine-year veterans of the DeKalb …
Sompo Global Risk Solutions (GRS), a subsidiary of Sompo International Holdings Ltd., has entered into a partnership with independent risk management and insurance consulting firm Fisher Harris Shapiro, Inc. (FHS) to offer specialized protection against covered property perils to U.S. …
Risk Strategies, a privately held, national insurance brokerage and risk management firm, has acquired Atlas Insurance Management of North Carolina, a company that works on the formation and management of captive insurance companies. The acquisition was part of Risk Strategies’ …
Virtus LLC and its subsidiary Virtus Rocky Mountain LLC have acquired Denver, Colo.-based insurance brokerage firm First Line Insurance Services. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. First Line’s focus has been on personal insurance and specialty insurance, catering to …
A Virginia shipbuilding company could be fined nearly $162,000 over the death of a supervisor who fell while working aboard a vessel, according to online records from the Occupational Safety and Health Administration. The federal agency has cited Newport News …
A controlled burn that became a wildfire in Colorado was the result of weather conditions that were underestimated by fire personnel, state officials said. The Colorado Department of Public Safety Compliance and Professional Standards Office issued the report Sunday about …
A woman is suing a family entertainment center saying her hair got caught in a machine at the Southeast Portland center for 20 minutes. Ashreana Scott is suing CEC Entertainment, also known as Chuck E. Cheese family fun center, for …
InsurTech NY, an insurtech community in the New York metro area, has announced the finalists of its 2020 InsurTech Competition. More than 200 startups applied to compete in a two-track competition, pitting early and growth-stage companies against each other, for …
A federal appeals court on Tuesday upheld a $21.7 million verdict against a Connecticut rabbi accused of repeatedly sexually abusing a teenage boy in the early 2000s. A three-judge panel of the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New …
