Dwight Andrus Insurance Dwight Andrus Insurance in Lafayette, Louisiana, has added Hayden Marze as a commercial lines producer. Hayden has prior business-to-business sales experience in the oil and gas and aviation industries. An independent insurance agency founded in 1945, Dwight …
BroadStreet Partners BroadStreet Partners Inc., an insurance brokerage holding company headquartered in Columbus, Ohio, has appointed Ken Kirk as chief executive officer. Rick Miley, founder and current CEO of BroadStreet, will assume the role of executive chairman. Kirk joined BroadStreet …
A fire at a northwest Louisiana condominium complex has destroyed 30 units. The Shreveport Fire Department tells local news outlets that it took three-and-a-half hours Wednesday to bring the blaze under control at the Fairfield Oaks condominium complex south of …
Two of the six people killed in a massive crash involving about 130 vehicles on an icy Texas interstate in February were fatally struck after getting out of their vehicles, a federal agency reported on April 21. The National Transportation …
Dozens of vehicles crashed in near whiteout conditions on a Washington County, Wisconsin, interstate, killing one person and seriously injuring six people, according to sheriff’s officials. At least 48 vehicles, including several semis, were involved in multiple crashes that closed …
A Black Kansas City firefighter was subjected to racial discrimination then fired in retaliation for his complaints, a federal jury found in a trial that highlighted systemic racism in the department. The Unified Government of Wyandotte County and Kansas City, …
Louisiana senators on April 21 started moving legislation prompted by the sexual misconduct scandals at Louisiana State University, measures aimed at tightening rules for how colleges must handle allegations of sexual assault, harassment and dating violence. The proposals, advanced without …
UFG Insurance Property/casualty insurer, UFG Insurance, has promoted Christine Starr to marketing manager of its Cedar Rapids, Iowa, branch. Starr previously served as senior marketing representative. UFG was founded in 1946 as United Fire & Casualty Company. Omaha National Omaha …
A bill increasing the mobility of professional and occupational licensing across state lines passed unanimously out of the Senate. House Bill 2873, creates the Universal Licensing Recognition Act. The measure provides that a person moving to Oklahoma would be able …
A top workplace safety regulator warned the Republican leaders of the Iowa Legislature that conditions inside the state Capitol are hazardous and may be exposing workers to the coronavirus, according to documents released April 19. Russell Perry, administrator of the …