American Westbrook Insurance Services, based in Westchester, Ill., has hired Frank C. Binetti as a senior sales executive on its benefits team. Binetti began his career at Banker’s Life and Casualty. He was recruited to create a newly-developed Benefits department …
The Iowa Legislature has approved a compromise package that puts new limits on sending or reading text messages while driving, including tough restrictions on young drivers. Lawmakers have argued about the issue for most of the session. A House-Senate conference …
The Missouri Supreme Court has slightly narrowed the scope of a 2005 state law limiting how much money can be awarded to people in medical malpractice cases. The high court’s March 23 ruling provided a victory for those injured before …
Federal regulators are proposing a fine of almost $1.5 million against Minneapolis-based Northwest Airlines because it didn’t inspect wires near the cockpit windows on some of its planes. The proposed civil penalty has its roots in a 1990 order by …
Markel Corporation promoted Timberlee Tamraz Grove to chief operating officer of Markel Specialty. In addition to her new role, she will remain president of Markel American Insurance Company in Pewaukee, Wis. As COO, Grove will oversee the operations of Markel …
In two separate decisions, the Supreme Court of Ohio upheld as constitutional a 2005 state law that limits the ability of workers who are injured on the job to sue their employers for a “workplace intentional tort” in addition to …
The director of an embattled legislative panel bucked the position held by panel advisers when she declined to make a recommendation on a bill with sweeping consequences for the nation’s largest state-run injured worker insurance fund, the Associated Press has …
Minneapolis-based MMIC Group has promoted Jeff Pearson to vice president of underwriting. Pearson joined MMIC as senior underwriting manager in 2003. He has worked in the insurance industry for more for 22 years. Pearson began his career as an underwriter …
A southeastern Michigan county agreed to pay $750,000 to settle a lawsuit over the death of a man who drowned in a swamp during his arrest, according to records unsealed by a federal judge. Details of the settlement, which had …
A weeklong fight against flooding neared its climax in Fargo on Sunday, with miles of sandbags and clay dikes expected to hold back the bloated Red River at its crest with room to spare. City officials and residents were on …
