Private Firms Lose Privacy When Liability Battles Reach Courtroom April 21, 2017 By Joseph S. Harrington, CPCU, ARP “It’s like a Kardashian episode.” That outburst from an unidentified person spoke to the fact that private companies can make...
Florida Battle for Ridesharing Regulations Nears End of Long Road April 21, 2017 By Ana Ceballos After a four-year battle in the Florida Legislature, lawmakers on Wednesday passed statewide regulations for ridesharing companies like Uber and...
Research Group Pegs Cost of Memphis Roads to Drivers at $2K a Year April 21, 2017 A new report issued by a nonprofit organization says Memphis roads cost drivers more than any other in Tennessee. WMC-TV...
Main Street America Promotes Frazier to SVP; Appoints 3 New Company Officers April 21, 2017 The Main Street America Group has made changes to its personnel, including promoting Tom Frazier, the company’s chief investment officer,...
Houston’s Platform Partners Acquires Voluntary Benefits Firm, Beneplace April 20, 2017 Platform Partners LLC (Platform), a private company headquartered in Houston, has completed the acquisition of Beneplace LLC (Beneplace), markets and...
Appeals Court Affirms Texas Physician’s Workers’ Comp Fraud Conviction April 20, 2017 The Third Court of Appeals in Austin, Texas, has affirmed a trial court’s 2014 conviction of Howard Douglas, III, M.D.,...
Texas Stamping Office: ‘Industrial Insured’ Bill Passed by House April 20, 2017 The Texas House of Representatives has approved House Bill 1559, which creates an exemption for entities classified as an “industrial...
Report: 90% of Firefighters in Kansas Are Underfunded Volunteers April 20, 2017 By Stephanie K. Jones Volunteer firefighters, who make up 90 percent of the firefighters in Kansas, are seeking additional funding. Kansas spends about $300,000...
Iowa’s Grinnell Mutual Launches National Reinsurance Unit April 20, 2017 Grinnell Re, a division of Grinnell, Iowa-based Grinnell Mutual, has launched a new team, National Reinsurance. Rick Tjarks, assistant vice...
Hamilton’s Duperreault Among Candidates Being Considered as AIG CEO April 20, 2017 By Sonali Basak, Katherine Chiglinsky and Matthew Monks American International Group Inc. is weighing a plan to hire Brian Duperreault as the company’s seventh chief executive officer since...