ACE Group said that Jim Fults has been named senior vice president and head of Product Management and Analytics at ACE Private Risk Services, its high net worth personal insurance business. In this role, he will be responsible for the …
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Michigan’s top insurance regulator has taken a stance against a bill that would allow lawmakers to appropriate money for road projects from the state-created mechanism to reinsure unlimited medical benefits provided for in the state’s no-fault system. In a statement, …
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Anchorage, Alaska marijuana smokers may soon need to treat pot like an open container under new rules proposed this week by city lawmakers. The proposed rules were introduced Tuesday by assembly members Ernie Hall and Amy Demboski and would require …
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Hub International Limited (Hub) has acquired Group Benefit Specialists (GBS), a Wichita, Kan.-based employee benefits brokerage. Terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. The GBS team will continue to operate from their existing office in Wichita. Mark Isley, president of GBS, …
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United Parcel Service, Inc., the nation’s largest package delivery company, violated federal law by discriminating against workers and job applicants whose religious practices conflicted with its uniform and appearance policy, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has charged in …
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USI Insurance Services (USI) has acquired the property/casualty business of Alexander & Associates Insurance Services LLC (Alexander & Associates) in El Paso, Texas. The Alexander & Associates team, including Jay D. Alexander, Alexander & Associates’ president, will join USI’s El …
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A man in east Idaho is getting a settlement from the company that used his American Built trademark on 88,000 shirts sold in Walmart stores. KPVI-TV reported the undisclosed settlement was reached out of court and is going to Nicholas …
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A study by the LSU AgCenter finds feral hogs have caused at least $30 million in damage to crops on Louisiana farms in 2013. AgCenter economist Shaun Tanger has been gathering data for more than a year from Louisiana farmers …
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Aon Securities, the investment banking division of global reinsurance intermediary and capital advisor Aon Benfield, has released its latest report –“Insurance-Linked Securities Second Quarter 2015 Update” – on the insurance-linked securities (ILS) sector, which analyses the key trends witnessed in …
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Drenching rains and flooding over the past two months have greatly reduced barge traffic along the 455-mile McClellan-Kerr Arkansas River Navigation System and dented the finances of companies that depend on the waterway. The navigation system stretches from Catoosa, Okla., …
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