Landscape Changed for Kansas Medical Malpractice Suits with Court Ruling July 12, 2019 By Andy Marso, The Kansas City Star Brenda Lundeen went in for routine surgery to relieve heavy periods. What the Overland Park mom and grade schoolteacher got...
Illinois’ Parn Financial Joins Valley Insurance Agency Alliance July 12, 2019 Parn Financial in Carthage, Illinois, has joined joined Valley Insurance Agency Alliance (VIAA), a cohesive family of over 120 independent...
California Regulators Seek to Curb Misinformation About Earthquake Insurance July 12, 2019 The recent earthquakes that pummeled neighborhoods in Ridgecrest and Trona in Southern California have led to reports that some insurers...
Jacoby Joins RCP in Dallas as Healthcare Practice Leader July 12, 2019 Mike Jacoby has joined the Dallas-based team of Risk Consulting Partners (RCP) and will lead the firm’s rapidly growing healthcare...
AssuredPartners Acquires RIS Insurance Services July 12, 2019 AssuredPartners Inc. has acquired RIS Insurance Services of Anacortes, Wash. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. The team of...
Brit Global Specialty USA Adds Swiss Re’s Zillgitt, Redstone’s Magee July 12, 2019 Brit Global Specialty USA has named Garick Zillgitt as vice president, Primary General Liability, and Justin Magee as vice president,...
Copperpoint Names Mooney Vice President and Underwriting Head in California July 12, 2019 CopperPoint Insurance Cos. has named Mark Mooney vice president and head of underwriting for California. Mooney will be based at...
DNA Testing Service Left Client Health Records Open to Public July 12, 2019 By Nico Grant DNA-testing service Vitagene Inc. left thousands of client health reports exposed online for years, the kind of incident that privacy...
Insurance Industry’s Talent Hunt. It’s Time to Turn Up the Volume: Viewpoint July 12, 2019 By Jon Loftin The insurance industry needs help — lots of it. By 2020, it’s predicted that we’ll have 400,000 open positions. Of...
Harvard University Invests in Litigation Finance Fund July 12, 2019 By Michael McDonald Harvard University is committing more capital to a strategy that backs plaintiffs in commercial disputes, delivering robust uncorrelated returns. The...