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Risk Strategies Acquires Ohio’s First Insurance Group

Risk Strategies and Premier Financial Corporation announced that Risk Strategies has acquired Ohio-based First Insurance Group from Premier Financial Corp., (Nasdaq: PFC), a community banking and financial services holding company based in Defiance, Ohio. Founded in 1946, First Insurance Group …

Ohio Couple Indicted for Conspiring to Set Fire to Rental Properties for Insurance Money

An Ohio couple was indicted with conspiring to set fire to rental properties in order to collect insurance money, the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Northern District of Ohio announced. Lonnie White, 46, and Lisa Ogletree, 46, of Willoughby Hills, face one …

Anti-Stacking Provision Limits Liability Coverage for Fatal Illinois School Bus Crash

An insurance policy that covered seven vehicles, each with a $1 million per-accident limit, doesn’t provide $7 million in liability coverage for a fatal crash that involved only one of the covered vehicles, an Illinois appellate court ruled Thursday. A …

Michigan County Whose Sheriff Insulted Women, Minorities Settles Lawsuit for $1.65M

JACKSON, Mich. (AP) – A Michigan county has agreed to pay $1.65 million to settle a lawsuit by a sheriff’s officer who said he suffered on the job, especially after secretly recording a sheriff making insulting remarks about women and …

Michigan-Based Auto Quality Control Company Sued for Sex Discrimination and Retaliation

Formel D USA, Inc., an automotive quality control company with locations in Taylor, Michigan and Toledo, Ohio, violated federal law by maintaining a sexually hostile work environment at its Taylor location and retaliating against a female employee who complained of …

Indiana Department of Insurance Launches Site for Reporting Cybersecurity Events

The Indiana Department of Insurance (IDOI) launched a new online form for insurers and entities to cybersecurity events. The online form can be found on IDOI’s website. “If an insurer and/or other licensed entity experiences any cybersecurity event that requires …

Sexual Assault Laws Inspired by Larry Nassar’s Abuse are Signed by Michigan’s Governor

LANSING, Mich. (AP) – People who are sexually assaulted under the guise of medical treatment in Michigan will be further protected when coming forward, and their abusers will receive stricter punishments under legislation signed Thursday by Gov. Gretchen Whitmer. The …

People Moves: HOMELINK appoints Unsen as SVP of Systems; MJ Insurance Names Crick SVP of People + Culture

HOMELINK appoints Unsen as SVP of Systems HOMELINK, headquartered in Waterloo, Iowa, appointed John Unsen as senior vice president of systems. Most recently, Unsen served as vice president of systems for VGM Insurance and previously as director of operations at …

Canadian Wildfires Are Causing Unhealthy Air Quality Again in Chicago, Other Parts of the US

CHICAGO (AP) – Drifting smoke from the ongoing wildfires across Canada is creating curtains of haze and raising air quality concerns throughout the Great Lakes region, and in parts of the central and eastern United States. Michigan’s Department of Environment, …

People Moves: Allied Solutions Promotes Bugalski to EVP; H.W. Kaufman Group Elects Randazzo to Board of Directors

Allied Solutions Promotes Bugalski to Executive Vice President Allied Solutions has promoted Mark Bugalski to executive vice president (EVP) and chief growth officer. Bugalski most recently served as senior vice president and chief growth officer. Bugalski has more than 30 …

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