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19 07, 2016

HGGC/Integrity Partnership to Acquire Nebraska Insurance Marketing Firm

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Palo Alto, Calif.-based middle market private equity firm HGGC, has completed its equity investment in Integrity Marketing Group LLC (Integrity), an independent distributor of life/ health insurance products focused on serving the senior market. Concurrently, HGGC and Integrity announced they …

19 07, 2016

Insurers, Private Hospitals in Houston Fighting over Patients’ Rates

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Insurance companies and private hospitals are facing off in Houston over how much to charge patients for “out-of-network” surgeries and procedures. According to the Houston Chronicle at least a dozen lawsuits have been filed in Houston in recent years over …

19 07, 2016

NW Wisconsin Flood Damage Up to $30 M

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Flooding from recent heavy rains has caused $30 million dollars in damage in northwestern Wisconsin. State emergency management officials said that storms have caused nearly $1.8 million in damage to homes and businesses. Damage to roads, bridges and trails is …

14 07, 2016

U.S. Risk, Kohlberg & Co. Forge Partnership Agreement

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Dallas-based international specialty lines underwriting manager and wholesale broker, U.S. Risk Insurance Group Inc. (U.S. Risk), announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to partner with the private equity firm, Kohlberg & Co. LLC (Kohlberg). Subject to receipt of …

18 07, 2016

AID Recovers More than $1.5M for Consumers in First Half of 2016

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Arkansas Insurance Commissioner Allen Kerr says the Consumer Services Division (CSD) of the Arkansas Insurance Department recovered $1,580,421 for Arkansas insurance customers in the first six months of 2016. The amounts recovered for Arkansas consumers by CSD are in excess …

18 07, 2016

4 Promoted to Vice President Positions at M3 Insurance

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Wisconsin-based M3 Insurance has promoted Tim Cleary, Matt Cranney, Nezih Hasanoglu and Zach Penshorn to vice president positions. Cleary, Cranney, Hasanoglu and Penshorn have accepted these leadership roles, respectively, in the areas of Sales for Property/Casualty, Insurance Operations, Business Development and Human …

14 07, 2016

Illinois Emergency Medical Service Provider Fined $290K for Workplace Hazards

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Federal safety and health investigators have cited Altamont Ambulance Service Inc. in Fairview Heights, Ill., for workplace safety and health violations and find the company $290,100. The federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration said Altamont failed to follow specific guidelines …

14 07, 2016

Combined Agents of America Names Cross as CEO

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Austin, Texas-based insurance agent network, Combined Agents of America LLC (CAA) has hired Peter Cross as its new chief executive officer. CAA has 53 independent agency members in Kansas, Texas, Oklahoma and Nebraska. Cross holds the CPCU, CIC and ARM designations, …

14 07, 2016

In Office Expansion, Oak Street Funding Moves to Indianapolis

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Indiana-based Oak Street Funding a commercial lender to financial services business nationwide, is relocating its offices from Carmel to Indianapolis. The company said in its announcement that the move will accommodate recent and projected future growth. Oak Street Funding has …

14 07, 2016

At Least 2 Dead in Midwest Floods that Damaged Homes, Stranded Motorists

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At least two people have died in flooding caused by powerful storms that damaged homes, washed out roads and stranded motorists in Wisconsin, Minnesota and Michigan. In northern Wisconsin, an 84-year-old Illinois man died when his vehicle became submerged in …