Michigan Edges Toward Showdown Over Auto Insurance Rates May 13, 2019 By David Eggert The state with the highest car insurance premiums in the country is on the verge of a political showdown over...
Kansas’ Spirit Aerosystems Faces $193.2K in Penalties for Carcinogen Exposure May 13, 2019 Spirit Aerosystems Inc. – based in Wichita, Kansas – has been cited for exposing employees to carcinogen hazards and faces...
Everest Insurance Adds Suarez, Rimbey to E&S Casualty Team in Chicago May 13, 2019 Everest Insurance has added Joanne Suarez and Mary Rimbey to its excess and surplus (E&S) casualty group based in the...
Michigan House Approves its Own Auto Insurance Reform Plan May 10, 2019 By David Eggert The Republican-led Michigan House early on May 9 approved a plan to reduce the state’s high auto insurance premiums, moving...
State Farm Again Cutting Auto Insurance Rates in Kansas May 9, 2019 State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co. is lowering its rates in Kansas, for the second time in two years. As...
Conagra Sued by Burn Victims After Cooking Spray Cans Explode May 9, 2019 By Dee-Ann Durbin Eight burn victims have filed suit against the Chicago-based maker of Pam cooking spray, saying they were severely injured when...
Schlitterbahn Water Park Where Kansas Boy Died Appears Unlikely to Open May 9, 2019 By Heather Hollingsworth A Kansas water park where a 10-year-old boy was decapitated isn’t hiring lifeguards, advertising or selling tickets with less than...
Ohio’s International Excess Taps Brown-Hurtado to Lead Cannabis Division May 9, 2019 Beachwood, Ohio-based insurance program manager, International Excess, has appointed Kathleen Brown-Hurtado vice president of Specialty Programs. She will be spearheading...
Michigan Senate Passes Plan to Cut Car Insurance Rates May 8, 2019 By David Eggert Michigan’s Senate has passed legislation aimed at cutting the country’s highest average auto insurance premiums by eliminating a requirement that...
Bailey Named Surety Underwriting Manager at Iowa’s UFG Insurance May 8, 2019 Cedar Rapids, Iowa-based UFG Insurance has hired Scott Bailey as surety underwriting manager. He will succeed current surety underwriting manager,...