The Independent Insurance Agents of Texas (IIAT) has named Ronda Brown, with Texas Associates Insurors in Austin, Account Manager of the Year. This award is given annually to an account manager in Texas who exemplifies outstanding leadership and service to …
A new Iowa law will set aside part of the state’s lottery revenues to help the families of firefighters and law enforcement officers keep insurance after their deaths. The Des Moines Register reports the law that took effect earlier this …
North Carolina’s insurance commissioner is taking over four insurance companies controlled by a businessman charged with trying to make political bribes. A Raleigh-based state judge issued an order on June 27 allowing Insurance Commissioner Mike Causey to take over the …
A fire chief says lightning was the likely cause of five house fires in a single Georgia neighborhood. Pooler Fire Chief Wade Simmons says the homes were all set ablaze Thursday as storms rolled through the small city west of …
SterlingRisk Insurance, a Woodbury, N.Y.-based, independently owned insurance brokerage, has hired Taryn Rosu as senior program underwriter. In this role, Rosu will handle new business and renewals for the Combined Real Estate Purchasing Enterprise (CREPE), a risk purchasing group that …
SOBC DARAG has acquired Innovative Physicians Solutions RRG (IPS) in full, effective July 1, 2019, after receiving approval from the Vermont Department of Financial Services for the transaction. Mark Tabler, the current chief operating officer of IPS, will transfer to …
A former high school student disfigured by a chemistry experiment was awarded nearly $60 million Monday by a jury that had heard him testify that the fireball left him in unbearable pain and feeling like he was “hopelessly burning alive.” …
Lloyd’s has confirmed the mandated targets for electronic placement of risks for the remainder of 2019. For Q3 2019 each syndicate will be required to have written no less than 60% of its risks using a recognized electronic placement system …
Zurich Insurance Group announced that Amanda Blanc, CEO EMEA and Bank Distribution and a member of the group’s executive committee, has tendered her resignation. Blanc joined the company in October 2018. Zurich said Blanc’s successor will be announced in due …
Florida-based workers’ compensation carrier Normandy Insurance Company is now offering workers’ compensation insurance to small, mid-size, and large businesses in Missouri. With the addition of Missouri, Normandy has moved into six states since the beginning of the year. The company …
