Westfield Insurance, a super-regional property/casualty insurance carrier based in Westfield Center, Ohio, has hired Brian Roche as its group procurement leader. In this position, Roche will assume overall responsibility for Westfield’s procurement strategy, including strategic sourcing practices, purchase-to-pay policies and …
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The Oklahoma Corporation Commission said it is placing more than 200 oil and natural gas wastewater disposal wells under scrutiny as the regulatory agency investigates whether the wells are triggering earthquakes in the state. The main focus of the action …
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The Maryland Automobile Insurance Fund, a state-created entity that provides auto insurance to motorists who can’t get private-market coverage, announced a new advertising campaign, a rebrand and its headquarters relocation to Baltimore from Annapolis. The Maryland Automobile Insurance Fund said …
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State health records reviewed following the Blue Bell ice cream listeria outbreak show that a quarter of Texas cases involving the foodborne illness are not recorded or tracked. The Houston Chronicle reported that Texas has never enforced a law that …
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A jury has awarded $18 million to three rape victims after finding a Chicago halfway house at fault for not alerting police when a newly-admitted serial rapist walked away in 2009. The women were sexually assaulted at knifepoint in Chicago …
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Specialist lines underwriting agency CFC has formed a partnership with cyber security ratings agency, BitSight Technologies. CFC will use BitSight’s ratings tool to provide insight into the cyber threats that their clients face. Ratings are calculated on a daily basis …
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Delaware Insurance Commissioner Karen Weldin Stewart announced Monday the appointment of attorney Hardy Drane as deputy commissioner for the Delaware Department of Insurance. “I am happy to announce that I talked Hardy out of retirement and convinced him to come …
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The Insurance Industry Charitable Foundation has named three new members to its Western division board. The new IICF members are: Sanford Michelman, chairman at Michelman & Robinson LLP; Cynthia Morrison, senior vice president and chief financial officer at Topa Insurance …
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QBE North America said Eric Pruss, formerly of Chubb and Fireman’s Fund, has joined the organization as senior vice president and head of Property/Casualty Personal Lines. Pruss will lead the business of personal insurance products distributed through independent agents and …
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A U.S. judge has dismissed a lawsuit by soccer players and parents seeking to force FIFA and other governing bodies to change the sport’s rules to limit the risk of concussions and other head injuries, especially for children. In a …
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