Pacific Gas & Electric Co. ignored pipeline safety regulations to cut costs and tried to cover up its illegal practices by misleading federal officials investigating a deadly explosion of one of its natural gas pipelines in the San Francisco Bay …
The worst oil bust since the 1980s is putting Texas and other oil producing states on the hook for thousands of newly abandoned drilling sites at a time when they have little money to plug wells and seal off environmental …
National employee benefits firm, Digital Benefit Advisors (DBA), has acquired its second Houston-based firm, The Stevenson Group. Principals Brian and Audrey Stevenson, along with their 16-member team will continue servicing clients of the firm which has been providing professional services …
Property/casualty losses arising from construction defects, earthquakes, hurricanes, floods, fires, industrial accidents, tornadoes or any number of other perils can strike at almost any time. When they do, the impacts to a business can be crippling, and managing the operational, …
Wholesale insurance broker, Burns & Wilcox, has added Mary Mullen as manager, Personal Insurance, in its Chicago office. Mullen, who most recently served as vice president, regional operations officer at Willis Towers Watson, will lead the Personal Lines practice within …
Seattle-based PEMCO Insurance announced that nearly half of Northwest drivers admit they illegally use their phones while driving – and a majority do it because they don’t think it’s “too dangerous.” That’s according to a poll the insurer commissioned in late …
USI Insurance Services (USI) named Mark Escobedo as senior sales executive in its Salt Lake City office. In this role, Escobedo is responsible for managing the costs and coverages of property/casualty portfolios for a wide range of Utah companies. He …
Bull Insurance Agency, based in Lamar, Mo., has promoted Liane Ayres to customer service producer (CSP). Ayres, who recently earned her property/casualty insurance license, was previously a customer service representative (CSR) at the company. Bull Insurance Agency is a …
Merrill, Wis.-based Church Mutual Insurance Co. announced it has partnered with Insight Worldwide to offer access to pre-employment screening for those who hire employees at senior living communities. Pre-screening applicants before engaging in an employment agreement helps ensure that new …
American Family Mutual Insurance Co., headquartered in Madison, Wis., announced the filing of a plan to create a mutual holding company that it says would provide more flexibility to pursue customer-driven initiatives while preserving the company’s founding principle of policyholder ownership. …