The mayor and city attorney of a Florida Panhandle city are the latest to be charged in the theft of $5 million in Hurricane Michael debris removal funds, prosecutors announced Wednesday. Lynn Haven Mayor Margo Anderson and City Attorney Adam …
St. Louis-based independent insurance agency network organization, Valley Insurance Agency Alliance (VIAA), has named Susan Piccione as its regional manager for Missouri. Piccione will oversee new business development and cultivation of the company’s Independent Strategic Member (ISM) alliance. This includes …
A major political donor convicted of attempting to bribe a North Carolina elected official to secure preferential regulatory treatment for his insurance business was sentenced Wednesday to more than seven years in prison. Billionaire businessman Greg E. Lindberg was handed …
West Virginia’s attorney general sued Walmart and drugstore chain CVS on Tuesday, saying they failed to monitor and report suspicious orders of prescription painkillers to their retail pharmacies in a state ravaged by the opioid epidemic. Patrick Morrisey’s lawsuits allege …
A U.S. government weather forecaster on Thursday forecast the development of La Niña pattern during the August-October season, and is expected to last through the 2020-21 winter. There is a chance of about 60% that La Niña will develop during …
Tesla Inc. says hedge fund Cable Car Capital LLC, which is shorting the company’s stock, is funding a former employee’s allegations that the company smeared him by accusing him of sabotage and stealing sensitive information. The carmaker said in a …
Paschal Strong has been appointed vice president of underwriting operations at workers’ compensation insurer, Texas Mutual Insurance Co. In this newly created position within the underwriting division, Strong will be responsible for the company’s regional underwriting operations and advancing the …
Brown & Brown of Michigan Inc., a subsidiary of Brown & Brown Inc., has acquired substantially all the assets of Buiten & Associates, located in Grand Rapids, Mich. Since 1935, Buiten & Associates has provided a wide variety of insurance …
A California judge on Thursday refused to give Uber Technologies Inc. and Lyft Inc. more time to appeal his decision forcing them to classify drivers in that state as employees, which they have said would necessitate restructuring their businesses. At …
Duck Creek Technologies Inc., a software company that serves the property and casualty insurance market, on Wednesday raised the price range for its initial public offering (IPO) and expects to raise about $375 million. Boston-based Duck Creek, which is backed …