Alera Group, a Deerfield, Ill.-based insurance and financial services firm, has named Brian Parker as vice president of Employee Benefits Technology & Services, effective November 1, 2020. He will be based out of Philadelphia, Penn. In this role, Parker will …
World Insurance Associates LLC (WIA) acquired Danaher-Skewes & Associates Inc. of Manassas, Va., on November 1, 2020. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Established in 1963, Danaher-Skewes is an independent insurance agency, serving residents and businesses in Alexandria, Va., …
Independent insurance agents and their carrier partners face strong headwinds in their efforts to maintain their dominance among distribution channels due to increased competition and evolving consumer expectations, according to new research. According to the J.D. Power 2020 U.S. Independent …
A Massachusetts septic hauling company has agreed to pay up to $500,000 to settle allegations that it dumped waste into a local town’s sewer system to avoid paying disposal fees. State Attorney General Maura Healey said Friday that as part …
Hub International Limited has acquired the assets of The Vitolo Co. in Seattle, Wash. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Mike Vitolo, founder and president of The Vitolo Co., as well as the Vitolo team, will be joining Hub …
Major insurance companies told the UK Supreme Court on Monday it was wrong to assume there could be unlimited cover during a pandemic in an appeal closely watched by thousands of British businesses devastated by the coronavirus crisis. Opening a …
Jamil Reinery Flores, 39, and Nelly Patricia Turcios, 32, a married couple from Fullerton, Calif., were charged with multiple felony counts of insurance fraud after allegedly misrepresenting when a car accident occurred in order to receive an undeserved insurance payout. …
Three strong typhoons over the past three weeks have killed more than 100 people in the Philippines and damaged farms and infrastructure worth almost 25 billion pesos ($518.5 million), based on reports from its disaster agency. A number of provinces …
The federal government has designated six Louisiana parishes as contiguous natural disaster areas resulting from excessive rain and flooding, Louisiana Agriculture and Forestry Commissioner Mike Strain said. The weather occurred April 1 through June 30, Strain said in a news …
Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt has requested a federal major disaster declaration from last month’s ice storm that caused an estimated $27 million in damages in 13 central Oklahoma counties. Stitt said in a press release that additional counties could be …