The Agency Manager-Employee Operations Gap and E&O Risk: Survey December 19, 2013 By Andrew G. Simpson Agency managers tend to have a rosier view of agency operations than their employees do, according to a survey that...
LeBreton Joins Specialty Risk Associates in Louisiana December 19, 2013 Shreveport, La.-based Specialty Risk Associates Inc. announced that Sue LeBreton joined the firm as a commercial lines underwriter. Prior to...
Gentry to Retire from Insurance Council of Texas December 18, 2013 Rick Gentry, executive director of the Insurance Council of Texas (ICT) since 1997, has announced that he will retire from...
Tyson Foods Fined $147K for Safety Violations at Kansas Plant December 18, 2013 Tyson Foods Inc. has been cited by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration for four workplace...
Questionable Insurance Claims on the Rise in Texas: Report December 18, 2013 Questionable insurance claims rose by 38 percent in Texas from 2010 through 2012, the National Insurance Crime Bureau (NICB) reports....
Financial Services Firm Cantor Fitzgerald Announces $135M Sept. 11 Settlement December 18, 2013 By Larry Neumeister Financial services firm Cantor Fitzgerald, which lost nearly two-thirds of its employees in the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks against the...
Union Mutual of Vermont Companies Names New President/CEO December 18, 2013 Union Mutual of Vermont Companies announced Michael W. Nobles was elected to become the new president and chief executive officer...
Utah, Chevron Agree On $5.35M Fuel Spill Settlement December 18, 2013 Utah officials say they’ve come to a tentative $5.35 million settlement with Chevron after a pipeline leaked about 20,000 gallons...
Rate Hikes in California Workers’ Comp: SNL Financial December 18, 2013 AmTrust Financial Services Inc. hiked rates by 15 percent on its California workers’ compensation business in 2013, and it is...
N.Y. Approves Esurance Program Aimed at Preventing Teen Texting and Driving December 18, 2013 New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s administration announced it has approved Esurance’s new telematics program designed to help prevent teens from...