Suzy Baird has joined Dallas-based Southwest Risk Agency Services LLC as assistant vice president/underwriter. Baird is a 35-year veteran of the insurance industry. She previously worked at Atlantic Specialty Lines of Texas as the regional sales manager. Baird relocated to Texas …
Former Gov. Bobby Jindal’s privatization of claims processing and loss prevention services for Louisiana’s self-insurance program saved the state money, though less than projected, according to an audit released on June 27. The Jindal administration privatized the Office of Risk …
The Woodlands, Texas-based The Woodlands Financial Group announced its annual agent awards at the group’s recent national convention. President and CEO Gordy Bunch inducted 20 new members into the Million Dollar Club and welcomed three new members into the TWFG President’s Club. …
The Texas Department of Insurance, Division of Workers’ Compensation has set the rate for any interest or discount provided for the third quarter of 2016 at 4.03 percent. This rate is computed by using the treasury constant maturity rate for …
The Oakland City Council in California voted unanimously to kill a plan to use a proposed marine terminal to transport Utah coal to Asia, calling such shipments public health and safety hazards. Backers argued the project would bring needed jobs …
National Interstate Corp., Richfield, Ohio, has rejected a verbal proposal from Great American Insurance Co., a wholly-owned subsidiary of American Financial Group Inc., to pay $30.75 per share of common stock of the company for the outstanding shares of the …
Greenbay, Wis.-based Associated Bank announced that it will rebrand its Associated Financial Group (AFG) subsidiary to Associated Benefits and Risk Consulting (ABRC). The move follows the February 2015 acquisition and subsequent integration of Ahmann & Martin Co., a risk and …
Authorities say the Detroit fire department responded to a string of 17 suspected arson fires that burned over a roughly 12-hour period. Chief of Arson Patrick McNulty tells the Detroit Free Press the first fire was reported about 8 p.m. …
Nick Galati has joined Texas-based independent insurance broker, RHSB, as assistant vice president. He is a sales executive focusing on commercial property/casualty insurance products and services for middle-market companies. Galati comes to RHSB with more than six years’ experience in …
Nearly $1.24 billion in punitive damages arising from BP’s 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill will become available to property owners and some fishermen affected by the spill under a pending settlement with two corporations that also had a role …