Nebraska insurance regulators have notified the governing committee of the Nonadmitted Insurance Multistate Agreement (NIMA) that the state intends to withdraw from the agreement effective March 5, 2012. Bruce Ramge, director of the Nebraska Department of Insurance, on Jan. 4 …
Aon Benfield, the global reinsurance intermediary and capital advisor of Aon Corp, has issued its “Annual Global Climate and Catastrophe Report,” which aggregates and analyses the natural disaster perils that occurred worldwide during 2011, which concludes that the impact of …
The fire that destroyed a building with six businesses in Silverdale apparently started with an exploding light in a tanning bed. Central Kitsap Fire and Rescue says the fire spread rapidly Sunday afternoon through the building that had no sprinklers. …
Salt Lake County is paying $144,000 to settle a federal lawsuit with the family of a 19-year-old Magna man who starved to death last year in the county’s jail. District Attorney Sam Gill disclosed the amount to be paid to …
Eight people remain in serious or critical condition a day after the bus they were riding in crashed on an icy interstate highway in southwestern Montana, killing two people and injuring the 32 others onboard. The Missoula County coroner’s office …
Investigators say arson is suspected in a blaze that destroyed 14 big-rig tractors and several trailers at California’s Harris Farms cattle operation, the state’s largest cattle feeder, beef processor and beef marketer. Fresno County sheriff’s investigators say the trucks in …
Minneapolis, Minn.-based medical liability insurer MMIC Group Inc. (MMIC) has formed a risk retention group — MMIC RRG Inc. — to meet the evolving medical liability needs of physician groups, clinics or hospitals based in MMIC’s eight-state core territory that …
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has named Tony Robinson as the new FEMA Region 6 deputy regional administrator. Region 6 serves five states — Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma and Texas.” Robinson has been with FEMA since 1987. He …
Two veteran insurance regulators at the Missouri Department of Insurance have been appointed to division director positions. Matt Barton was picked to lead the Consumer Affairs Division and Angela Nelson is now director of the Market Regulation Division Barton has …
Endurance Specialty Holdings promoted Mark Boland to the position of senior vice president, primary casualty insurance. In his new role, Boland will lead Endurance’s U.S. wholesale primary casualty insurance operations. Boland joined Endurance in 2007 and built a property/casualty portfolio …
