July 23, 2018
AssuredPartners Inc. has acquired the Hutson Insurance Group located in Plano, Texas. The Hutson Insurance Group is a full-service insurance broker that has served the Plano and the North Texas marketplace for over twenty years under the leadership of Brian …
July 23, 2018
Brown & Riding Insurance Services Inc. has hired Ryan Pike as a property broker in its Dallas office. Pike specializes in placing difficult manufacturing as well as Property and Inland Marine risks in the oil and gas sector. He in …
July 23, 2018
Excess and surplus lines (E&S) insurance premium recorded by the 15 managing service offices in the United States increased 9.4 percent as of the 2018 mid-year point, the Surplus Lines Stamping Office of Texas (SLTX) reports. Total premium reported reached …
July 20, 2018
Texas-based independent insurance brokerage firm, RHSB, has added Mike Baker as assistant vice president. He will be a part of the growing Commercial Property & Casualty sales practice. Baker has over a decade of experience assisting commercial clients with their …
July 20, 2018
Central Oklahoma authorities say three people have been injured in an explosion and fire at a saltwater disposal well. Kingfisher County emergency management officials say the explosion occurred shortly after 3 p.m. Wednesday at a saltwater disposal well south of …
July 20, 2018
An Arkansas panel has given final approval to regulations that will require doctors who prescribe high doses of opioid pain medication to follow guidelines meant to limit potential abuse, including exploring alternative treatments and limiting prescriptions. The Legislative Council’s Administrative …
July 19, 2018
Texas Security General Insurance Agency LLC, a subsidiary of Brown & Brown Inc., has acquired substantially all of the assets of Loving and Etheredge Inc. d/b/a Texas Commercial Insurance Facilities (TCIF) and its affiliate, Arkansas Insurance Facilities Inc. (AIF). TCIF …
July 19, 2018
The Insurance Council of Texas (ICT) has honored Mike Gerik, executive vice president at the Texas Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance Co., with the 2018 Raymond Mauk Leadership Award. ICT presented the Mauk Leadership Award to Gerik during its 26th Annual …
July 19, 2018
The Consumer Services Division (CSD) at the Arkansas Insurance Department has recovered $3,673,940 for Arkansas insurance customers in the first half of 2018, the agency reported. Recoveries are dollar amounts recovered for Arkansas consumers by CSD in excess of the …
July 19, 2018
Authorities say nobody has been hurt in several explosions and a fire at a gas and cylinders company in rural Central Texas. Austin County Sheriff Jack Brandes said the accident at Western International Gas & Cylinders was reported around 6 …