Wildfire in California’s Big Sur 79% Contained December 20, 2013 Rain and higher humidity on Thursday helped firefighters battling a wildfire in California’s Big Sur region that has destroyed an...
Arthur J. Gallagher Acquires Houston’s Barmore Insurance Agency December 20, 2013 Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. has acquired Barmore Insurance Agency Inc. located in Houston, Texas. Terms of the transaction were...
Clingman to Join Workers’ Comp Research Group in Oklahoma December 20, 2013 The Workers Compensation Research Institute (WCRI) announced that Michael Clingman will be joining WCRI in January as a regional director....
Nearly 300 Storm Damage Reports in Lafayette, Indiana Area December 20, 2013 Authorities in Indiana have compiled nearly 300 reports of damage from last month’s tornado-packed storms in the Lafayette area as...
Former Michigan Court Employee Gets $250K Settlement in Harassment Case December 20, 2013 A former Bay County Friend of the Court employee who filed a federal lawsuit in Michigan saying she was sexually...
Michigan’s Accident Fund Holdings Promotes Key Executives December 20, 2013 Lansing, Mich.-based workers’ compensation insurer, Accident Fund Holdings Inc., has promoted several key executives, including: Frank Freund of East Lansing,...
SterlingRisk Appoints Northeast Private Client Practice Leader in New York December 20, 2013 SterlingRisk, a national insurance brokerage based in Woodbury, N.Y., announced that Ben Phillips has joined the firm as the Northeast...
R.I. Woman Charged With Workers’ Comp Fraud, Ordered to Pay $10K December 20, 2013 A 76-year-old Providence, Rhode Island, woman must pay $10,000 in restitution on a charge of obtaining money under false pretenses...
Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. Acquires Longfellow Financial in Boston December 20, 2013 Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. announced its acquisition of Boston-based Longfellow Financial LLC. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed....
Target Credit Card Breach a Reminder U.S. Lags in Personal Data Security December 20, 2013 By Matt Townsend, Lindsey Rupp and Lauren Coleman-Lochner The security breach of credit and debit card data at Target Corp. is evidence of the increasing threats retailers face...