Delaware authorities are holding the state’s first sobriety checkpoint for drivers this weekend. The first checkpoint for the 14th annual checkpoint campaign is scheduled for Friday, the Fourth of July, in Newport. Last year, police say alcohol was involved in …
Bangor, Maine-based Cross Insurance has announced the formation of a healthcare practice unit. The agency said its healthcare practice will focus on primary and excess medical malpractice coverage for traditional first dollar and deductible programs, and alternative risk structures including …
Markel Corp. is now underwriting trade credit insurance in its New York office. Policies will be underwritten on an admitted basis, utilizing two Markel insurance companies, Markel American Insurance Co. and Markel Insurance Co. Products may not be available in …
USI Insurance Services has hired Mary Jo Jacobs as vice president and employee benefits advisor. She is based in USI’s New York metropolitan office.
The family of a woman who died in a crash with a man suspected of driving while intoxicated is suing a Kaneohe bar, claiming the establishment improperly served him alcohol. The crash on June 30, 2012, killed Rene Nihipali of …
Rite Aid will pay nearly a half-million dollars to settle California claims that it didn’t follow consumer protection rules. The settlement, approved Friday in San Diego, also calls for the drugstore chain to comply with state standards. District attorneys in …
Nearly 49,000 Nevada residents have taken written tests since January to obtain state driver authorization cards, and just under 16,400 people have gotten the documents as of June 11, state Department of Motor Vehicles officials said. The cards are available …
Department of Industrial Relations Director Christine Baker has approved the implementation of the 2014/15 Alternative Security Program, which DIR says frees $7.54 billion in working capital and provides self-insured California businesses greater financial flexibility. The ASP, operated by the California …
A new audit says Louisiana has saved nearly $16 million in the first three years of a privatization contract for the Office of Risk Management, the state’s self-insurance agency. Gov. Bobby Jindal’s administration hired Mandeville-based F.A. Richard and Associates in …
Insurance broker Marsh has named Dean Klisura as head of the firm’s newly created Global Placement organization. Klisura will oversee all of Marsh’s insurance placement activities, including wholesale, retail, specialty, quote share, and other placement facilities, which have been brought …
