The California Department of Managed Health Care approved Aetna Inc.’s acquisition of Humana Inc. with conditions including the insurer’s commitment to keeping premium increases at a minimum in the small group HMO business and to making about $50 million in …
An Austin City Council member who is a supporter of ride-hailing companies Uber and Lyft has filed a lawsuit to overturn a requirement for their drivers to undergo fingerprint criminal background checks left standing in a May municipal vote. Donald …
Minot, N.D.-area officials will ask the state for another $119 million in the next two-year budget period for work on a flood protection project. Officials say completing the first four phases of the project will protect 60 percent of the …
Authorities say four people were injured in an oil rig explosion in western North Dakota. State environmental scientist Bill Suess says it happened Saturday morning near Watford City at a well site operated by XTO Energy Inc. Suess says a …
Houston-based managing general agent (MGA), IMS/London American, has hired Faith Davis as a commercial underwriter in its San Antonio office. Davis has more than 25 years of experience in the insurance marketplace. Most recently she was the commercial underwriting manager …
Lansing, Mich.-based insurance holding company, AF Group, has appointed Kevin Zielke as senior vice president and general counsel. Prior to joining AF Group, Zielke was a member of the litigation department in the Detroit office of Dykema Gossett. Founded in 1912, AF Group is …
Following a severe hailstorm in south Texas in 2012, insurers were beset with homeowner property lawsuits — sometimes after claims were paid and repairs were completed — even though data from the Texas Department of Insurance show few complaints were …
Alliant Insurance Services Inc., headquartered in Newport Beach, Calif., announced that veteran underwriter, Amy Souissi, has joined the company as vice president. She is based in the San Francisco Bay area, and will serve a diverse portfolio of real estate and …
A federal lawsuit filed against Waco, Texas-based Baylor University accuses the nation’s largest Baptist school of creating a “hunting ground for sexual predators.” The lawsuit, brought by a former Baylor student, is the third in recent months to claim the …
Jury selection began on June 20 for what’s expected to be a lengthy and complex trial arising from lawsuits over an offshore oil platform explosion and fire that killed three workers off Louisiana’s coast in November 2012. The case combines nine …