Authorities say a series of wildfires have burned more than two square miles in northwestern Louisiana and threatened homes. Louisiana State Police said in a statement that the fires started Tuesday afternoon in Bienville Parish. KTBS-TV reports dozens of residents …
People’s United Bank N.A., a Bridgeport, Connecticut-based regional bank with nearly 400 retail locations in six states, announced that its subsidiary, People’s United Insurance Agency, has acquired Kesten-Brown Insurance, a Bridgeport, Connecticut-based insurance brokerage. People’s United Bank said the acquisition …
EPIC Insurance Brokers and Consultants has named DeAnna Slater a principal and property/casualty insurance broker/producer in the firm’s Fresno, Calif. office. She will report Terri Parreira, managing principal. She will be responsible for new business production, the development and management of risk management and …
A Tulsa oil company has agreed to a technical meeting with Oklahoma regulators after challenging their response to earthquakes and saltwater disposal wells. The Oklahoman reports Marjo Operating Co. Inc. and staff for the Oklahoma Corporation Commission agreed during a …
Central Texas may currently be under drought conditions and suffering from elevated wildfire risk but merely months ago the situation was just the opposite. In May, the Austin and Central Texas areas were deluged with flooding from a widespread storm …
The drought-plagued Western U.S. has had more than its share of fires this year – but this may not be the last year we see all these wildfires gone wild. A Yale University professor looking back over the last 3,000 …
Lloyd’s has issued a new report, addressing the “accumulations of liability risk,” which indicates that they “have the potential to send shockwaves through the insurance industry and are one of the most complex exposure management challenges faced by insurers.” The …
A central Kansas pharmaceutical plant accused of gender discrimination must pay about $400,000 in back wages and hire more women, according to a federal settlement. The U.S. Department of Labor said in a release that the Hospira Inc. plant in …
Senate Majority Leader Michael Sanchez says any GOP-sponsored bill aimed at repealing New Mexico’s immigrant driver’s license law won’t make it to the Senate floor next session. Again. One of state’s most powerful Democratic legislators told The Associated Press this …
Oil and gas industry bosses called for an “effective” agreement at the United Nations climate change summit in December, recognizing that current greenhouse gas emissions were inconsistent with the goal of limiting global warming. The leaders of 10 companies said on …