ISU Insurance Agency Network, a national network of independent insurance agencies, has added Tracy Blumberg as vice president and relationship manager for ISU’s Northeast Region. Blumberg has been in the insurance industry since 1982, spending her insurance carrier for the …
Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. has acquired Huntington, N.Y.-based Walsdorf Agency Inc. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Founded in 1926, Walsdorf Agency is a third generation, family owned commercial and personal lines insurance agency with real estate niche …
The Northern United Agents Alliance (NUAA) has announced that The Davis Agency joined the NUAA as a participating member. The Davis Agency, located in Concord, N.H., is a full-service agency founded in 2019 by Andy Davis. The team of agents …
A Maryland man has died after a construction accident in northern Virginia. Nelson Aguilar-Salamanca, 55, was working for a subcontractor on a construction site near the new Capital One headquarters in McLean, Fairfax County police said. Around 7:30 a.m., he …
NFP, the New York City-based insurance broker and consultant, announced leadership changes throughout Canada to support its growth in the region. Greg Padovani will serve as president of NFP in Canada. He joined NFP in 2017 at the commencement of …
Optio, the London-based MGA that comprises Ascent Underwriting, Cove Programs and broker Bay Risk Services, announced it has acquired specialist political-violence and terrorism MGA Newbridge Risk Partners from Castel Underwriting Agencies Ltd., the club-style MGA formation platform. Financial details of …
An African American woman who says she was required to sign a ”no party policy” when she checked into her Portland, Ore. hotel filed a $300,000 lawsuit this week against the Marriott chain, claiming it singled her out because of …
The Beaverton School District in Oregon has agreed to pay $119,500 to settle a federal suit filed by parents arguing that the district failed to take proper precautions to protect their 5-year-old in light of the student’s severe allergies to …
Atlanta-based INSUREtrust has added Erik Ledna as an account manager in Georgia. Before joining INSUREtrust, Ledna worked as an assistant underwriter in Large Casualty for Zurich where he was responsible for servicing all aspects of the Southeast’s accounts, to include …
California Department of Insurance detectives on Thursday arrested insurance agent Gelinda Phann Keo, 43, on one felony count of grand theft after she allegedly pocketed a client’s insurance payment. The CDI found Keo, doing business as Global Cargo Insurance Agency, …
