Insurance broker Lockton has added Jay Chappell in its Dallas/Ft. Worth operations as chief operating officer for its property/casualty business. Chappell will provide leadership and strategic business oversight for client service for Lockton’s risk management operation, which serves more than …
Drenching rains and flooding over the past two months have greatly reduced barge traffic along the 455-mile McClellan-Kerr Arkansas River Navigation System and dented the finances of companies that depend on the waterway. The navigation system stretches from Catoosa, Okla., …
A study by the LSU AgCenter finds feral hogs have caused at least $30 million in damage to crops on Louisiana farms in 2013. AgCenter economist Shaun Tanger has been gathering data for more than a year from Louisiana farmers …
USI Insurance Services (USI) has acquired the property/casualty business of Alexander & Associates Insurance Services LLC (Alexander & Associates) in El Paso, Texas. The Alexander & Associates team, including Jay D. Alexander, Alexander & Associates’ president, will join USI’s El …
Hub International Limited (Hub) has acquired Group Benefit Specialists (GBS), a Wichita, Kan.-based employee benefits brokerage. Terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. The GBS team will continue to operate from their existing office in Wichita. Mark Isley, president of …
Michigan’s top insurance regulator has taken a stance against a bill that would allow lawmakers to appropriate money for road projects from the state-created mechanism to reinsure unlimited medical benefits provided for in the state’s no-fault system. In a statement, …
New York considers drivers for ride-hailing car services such as Uber freelance workers rather than employees, according to the city’s chief taxi regulator, a policy that supports the company’s business model. The view, expressed by Meera Joshi, chairwoman of the …
Evacuations orders have been lifted for a Central Washington wildfire, officials said Tuesday. Firefighters worked to continue strengthening fire lines, and do mop up work on the 22,212 acre blaze, which is now 80 percent contained, according to fire officials. …
Authorities say human activity caused a Southern California wildfire that burned four buildings and 49 square miles of forest land. However, it’s unclear whether the fire was set on purpose or by accident. The blaze erupted on June 17 in …
Lloyd’s has announced that it has received approval from the Colombian authorities to open a representative office in Bogotá. The bulletin noted that “under the new Lloyd’s representative office license, Lloyd’s syndicates are able to establish business development and underwriting …
