A Maine-based smoked salmon producer is defending itself against claims that its products are not sustainably produced. A New York resident alleged in a lawsuit that Ducktrap River of Maine does not use sustainable practices despite the labels affixed to …
A Montana Senate committee is considering a bill that would provide liability protection for businesses and health care providers against lawsuits related to the pandemic. The Senate Business, Labor and Economic Affairs Committee held a hearing Friday on the bill, …
Hamilton Insurance Group Ltd. announced two senior appointments in its Lloyd’s operations, Hamilton Managing Agency Ltd. – Trevor Ormes as deputy active underwriter of Syndicate 4000 and head of Professional Lines, and Florence Mognetti as head of Political Risk. Ormes …
Licensed insurance agents Robert Farmer, 65, of Camarillo, Calif., and Marion Urcan, 67, of Agoura Hills, Calif., were arraigned this week in Los Angeles County Superior Court on multiple counts of grand theft after allegedly accepting over $687,000 in insurance …
Private equity firm Huron Capital announced today that its insurance brokerage platform, High Street Insurance Partners, has acquired Premier Northwest Insurance in Oregon City, Ore. The firm has also acquired Day, Deadrick & Marshall Inc. in Beltsville, Md. Premier NW …
Crest Insurance Group LLC of Tucson Arizona has acquired Gates Insurance Inc. President Michael Gates and his staff have been serving clients out of their home office in Mesa, Ariz., since 2009. Gates is a full-service property/casualty firm specializing in …
World Insurance Associates LLC (WIA) has acquired Two Rivers Insurance Company Inc. (TRIC) of Burlington, Iowa. TRIC includes Two Rivers Insurance Services (TRIS) and Employee Benefits Systems (EBS). Terms of the Dec. 31, 2020, transaction were not disclosed. TRIC will …
Pinnacle Actuarial Resources Inc. (Pinnacle), a Bloomington, Ill.-based actuarial consulting firm, has named Aaron Hillebrandt a principal and consulting actuary. Hillebrandt is one of the firm’s leaders in the captive industry and alternative markets. He serves as appointed actuary for …
Risk Placement Services (RPS), the E&S wholesale broker, managing general agency and program administrator, has appointed Joe Clifford to lead its self-insured workers’ compensation programs in Michigan within its RPS Signature Programs division. Clifford succeeds Tim Hanna, who has retired …
Dominion Voting Systems filed a defamation lawsuit against lawyer Sidney Powell on Friday, seeking at least $1.3 billion for Powell’s “wild accusations” that the company rigged the presidential election for Joe Biden. “Dominion brings this action to set the record …