Kraus-Anderson Insurance in Burnsville, Minn., has promoted Jon Diessner to executive vice president. Diessner will oversee the agency’s property/casualty, employee benefits and surety operations, and Kraus-Anderson Risk Innovation, the agency’s risk consulting practice. He has served as vice president of …
Weather officials say they’re still assessing the effects of a tornado that touched down in Alabama over the weekend. The National Weather Service said Monday that a storm survey team had found preliminary evidence of a tornado that touched down …
Hull & Company LLC, a subsidiary of Brown & Brown Inc., has acquired substantially all the assets of Addison, Texas-based South & Western Inc. and all issued and outstanding shares of its affiliate, S&W Premium Finance Company Inc. With roots …
The Doan Group, a Woodland Capital Holdings Co., has added Roger Crowley to the company in the role of vice president of Sales and Operations. According to Tim Davis, Jr. of Woodland Capital, Crowley has significant experience at an insurance …
A federal judge in western Louisiana has approved a plan on how to settle thousands of lawsuits expected to be filed against insurance companies over damage from a pair of hurricanes that hit the region six weeks apart. Insurance companies …
The North Carolina Rate Bureau, which represents all companies writing property insurance in the state, is seeking an 18.7% statewide average increase in dwelling policies. The North Carolina Department of Insurance said it received the filing for the rate hike …
Vertus Insurance Partners and Zurich North America have expanded the Cat4Home deductible buy-back insurance product to customers in Alabama and Mississippi. The company said the expanded offering comes after the second most active Atlantic hurricane season on record with 30 …
ProFinity Insurance Services in Los Angeles, Calif., a specialty MGA, recently opened its doors to wholesale distribution. ProFinity is led by Ravi Uthayashanker, formerly of Lloyd’s of London, where his main focus was on small-to-medium enterprise engineer and contractor professional …
CopperPoint Insurance Cos. in Phoenix, Ariz., has named Joe Fox vice president of the company’s pay as you go business. Fox will be responsible for developing and implementing a new premium payment process for CopperPoint’s pay as you go workers’ …
A portion of the personal auto insurance business of a Texas insurance company that appeared to be headed for liquidation at the end of November is being assumed by a Georgia-based insurer. Embark General, headquartered in Atlanta, said it is …