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Idaho Falls Agent Pleads Guilty to Insurance Fraud

Idaho insurance agent Misty A. Adams was taken into custody this week after being sentenced for insurance fraud. A licensed insurance producer from Idaho Falls, Adams, 45, reportedly backdated her son’s auto insurance policy after he was involved in a …

Distinguished Programs Promotes Madsen to Pacific Northwest Sales Executive

Distinguished Programs has promoted Jack Madsen to the role of regional sales executive. In his new role, Madsen will consult with retail agents and brokers across all of Distinguished Programs’ insurance products and services, covering the Pacific Northwest, including Nevada, …

Alliant Names USI’s Parvey Vice President in Oregon

Alliant Insurance Services Inc. has named Casey Parvey vice president. The Portland, Ore.-based Parvey will provide risk and insurance solutions to a client base throughout the region. Parvey has a background in workers’ compensation, property, liability and other lines of …

Ironshore Expands, Realigns Its Wholesale Distribution with Branch Managers

Ironshore, the Liberty Mutual specialty insurance company, has expanded and realigned its wholesale distribution platform with local offices headed by branch managers. The company believes the new arrangement will better meet the needs of the wholesale brokerage market. The company …

Members of Lloyd’s New Cultural Advisory Group Include Mental Health Specialists

Lloyd’s has announced the membership of its new, independent Culture Advisory Group, which has been set up as part of its action plan to drive long-term cultural changes in the market. Lloyd’s started its cultural transformation program in March 2019 …

Arizona Insurance And Banking Regulator Schraad Steps Down

Arizona’s top banking and insurance regulator is stepping down for a job in the private sector. Gov. Doug Ducey announced that Keith Schraad was leaving his post Thursday as head of the Arizona Department of Insurance and Financial Institutions. He …

Report: Death Toll in 2018 California Wildfire Likely Includes 50 More People

Doctors and other experts say at least 50 more people, many of them elderly or ill, likely died as a result of the 2018 wildfire that devastated the town of Paradise, California, but were not counted in the official death …

AIG and P/C Underwriting Post Profit for Q4

American International Group reported fourth quarter 2019 net income of $922 million compared to a net loss of $622 million in the prior-year quarter. The results reflected improvement in its closely-watched General Insurance (property/casualty) division where the insurer posted an …

Coronvirus Led to Cancellation of Telecoms Meeting, but Insurance Cover Is Excluded

Companies that have spent money on a major telecoms conference in Barcelona that has been canceled after mass withdrawals due to the coronavirus outbreak cannot expect compensation under the organizers’ standard insurance, they said on Thursday. The GSMA telecoms body …

Five Sue Driver of Trash Truck Struck by GOP Train in 2018

Two years after a train carrying Republican members of Congress collided with a garbage truck, five passengers have filed lawsuits against the driver, trash company and train conductor. Dana Naylor Jr., 32, was acquitted of involuntary manslaughter after a trial …