Risk Strategies Acquires High-Net Worth Broker Bullen Group February 13, 2023 National specialty insurance broker Risk Strategies reports it has acquired Bullen Insurance Group, a national specialist focused on high-net-worth families,...
Florida Citrus, Hit by Storms and Fungus, Now Faces a Butterfly from the Caribbean February 13, 2023 The lime swallowtail butterfly — an invasive species that hails from Asia and which has damaged citrus trees throughout the...
Kentucky Governor Says Storm Relief Fund ‘Open Book’ for Review February 13, 2023 Donations that poured into a tornado relief fund started by Kentucky’s Democratic governor have been spent or pledged, but Republicans...
More Than 100 Firefighters Battled Huge Industrial Site Fire in North Carolina February 13, 2023 More than a dozen fire departments responded to a massive fire early Saturday at an industrial site in Wayne County,...
Governor Names Yaworsky New Florida Insurance Commissioner February 13, 2023 By William Rabb Florida’s governor has named the insurance department’s former chief of staff as new insurance commissioner, filling a position that has...
Two Arrested in Homemade Bombing of Georgia Woman’s Home February 13, 2023 Georgia authorities have arrested two men, a month after a homemade bomb destroyed part of a home near Savannah. Caleb...
Hilb Buys Nowell in Mississippi, Alkeme Acquires PEO Exchange in Florida February 10, 2023 Hilb Group Buys Nowell Agency in Mississippi The Hilb Group has expanded into Mississippi with the acquisition of The Nowell...
North Carolina’s 1930s Libel Law Likely Unconstitutional – Federal Appeals Court February 10, 2023 A federal appeals court sided again with North Carolina’s attorney general on Wednesday, saying a 1931 libel law is most...
NC House Passes Bill Raising Penalties for Violent Protests February 10, 2023 A bill increasing punishments for violent protests following the 2020 demonstrations over George Floyd’s murder passed the North Carolina House...
Public Adjusters Can’t Also Be Appraisers on the Claim, Florida Supreme Court Finds February 10, 2023 By Jim Sams A public adjuster cannot act as an appraiser for a homeowner they represent when the insurance policy specifies that the...