Judge Rules News Outlets’ Use of Photo on Twitter Violated Copyright January 16, 2013 By Erin Geiger Smith A U.S. judge has found that two news organizations improperly used images that a photojournalist had posted to Twitter in...
Worldwide Facilities Adds Simkins as VP in Chicago January 16, 2013 Andy Simkins has joined Worldwide Facilities’ Chicago office as vice president, effective Jan. 14. Reporting to David Fiske, senior vice...
House Sends $50.5 Billion Sandy Disaster Aid Bill to Senate January 15, 2013 By David Lawder The House of Representatives on Tuesday approved $50.5 billion in long-delayed federal disaster aid to victims of Superstorm Sandy, but...
Minnesota Man Sentenced for $275K False Insurance Claim January 15, 2013 A St. Paul, Minn., man has been sentenced for filing a false insurance claim for artwork he had reported as...
Keck Joins Woodruff-Sawyer in Northern California January 15, 2013 San Francisco, Calif.-based Woodruff-Sawyer & Co. named Kristina Keck to the firm’s employee benefits practice as an account executive for...
Texas Agency Management Seminar Celebrates 50 Years of Success January 15, 2013 In 1963, a group of insurance agents under the direction of Joseph E. Vincent from Bryan, Texas, began plans for...
Insurance Settlement Dispute Delays Rebuilding of Massachusetts School January 15, 2013 An insurance settlement dispute is delaying the rebuilding of a Roman Catholic school in Springfield, Mass., that was damaged by...
BP Oil Spill Settlement Payments Exceed $1B Mark January 15, 2013 By Michael Kunzelman Businesses and individuals who claim BP’s oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico cost them money have been paid more...
Who’s Worth What? Take IJ’s Agency Salary Survey Today January 15, 2013 Insurance Journal is once again polling insurance agency owners, producers, CSRs and other agency staff to find out who’s worth...
BRP to Offer LIU Data Breach/Privacy Products January 15, 2013 Business Risk Partners (BRP) is now offering E&O with built-in data breach/privacy coverage for tech service providers, including website designers...