High Street Insurance Partners (HSIP), a full-service insurance brokerage platform of the private equity firm, Huron Capital, has acquired Vested Risk Strategies Inc. (Vested), based in Hillsdale, Michigan. Founded in 1928, the full-service insurance agency changed its name to Vested …
New York State Department of Financial Services (DFS) Superintendent Linda Lacewell spoke with Elizabeth Blosfield during the most recent episode of the Insuring Cyber Podcast about how she has always seen New York as a leader in cybersecurity and innovation. …
As of Feb. 1, the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) has paid out more than $115 million in flood claims in Louisiana in response to the 2020 hurricane season. FEMA reported that 35% of Louisiana NFIP flooding claims came from …
The North Carolina Department of Insurance has approved or licensed more than 1,000 risk-bearing captive entities (including conditional licenses and approvals) since its captive program inception in 2013 through year-end 2020, according to a statement from the department. As of …
Oregon OSHA is proposing a permanent rule that largely maintains risk-reducing measures required by the current temporary emergency rule to help protect workers against COVID-19. It would replace the temporary rule, which expires on May 4. The proposed permanent rule …
San Diego, Calif.-based Partners General Insurance Agency LLC has named Thomas Farrell president. Jas Chima will become CEO (formerly president and CEO) and John Davis will remain as executive vice president. Farrell joined PGIA in mid-2019. He has more than …
Cargill is permanently halting operations at a Louisiana salt mine where a roof collapse in mid-December killed two workers, the company announced, and will close the site by 2024. According to a statement issued by the company, Cargill was already …
Crawford & Company, an independent provider of claims management and outsourcing services to carriers, brokers and corporations, has appointed Baoling Wang as vice president, managing director and international executive general adjuster. Wang will report to Paul Kottler, president, Crawford Global …
The Louisville Metro Police Department needs more diversity among its leadership and must work to improve trust with the community, especially among Black residents, a consulting firm said in a sweeping report of the department. The city hired the Chicago …
A new Colorado law allowing individual police officers to be sued will soon get a big test. Four Black girls who were mistakenly detained by Colorado police at gunpoint over a suspected stolen car filed a civil lawsuit against police …