More federal and state aid has reportedly flowed, and flowed faster, for Hurricane Charley than for any presidentially declared disaster in history. Total federal and state grants to individuals and families in the 12 days from Charley’s landfall at 5 …
ESIS Inc., the risk management services arm of ACE USA, announced the appointment of David Patterson as executive vice president, Claims and Account Management. Based in Philadelphia, Patterson will be responsible for leading the network of claims centers including field …
Atlanta-based Crawford & Co. announced that its Board of Directors has named Thomas Crawford as CEO. Crawford will assume his CEO responsibilities effective Sept. 1. Jesse Crawford will continue to serve as interim chairman of the Board. Crawford has more …
Georgia Insurance Commissioner John Oxendine has fined a Georgia industrial loan company $400,000 for reportedly overcharging customers in various financial transactions. Covington Credit of Georgia Inc., which has 22 branch offices throughout the state, signed a consent order agreeing to …
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced the simultaneous filing and resolution of a class-wide discrimination and retaliation lawsuit against Atlanta-based Home Depot U.S.A. Inc., on behalf of employees in the company’s Colorado stores (Civil Action No. 04 D …
St. Paul Travelers has announced that Kenneth F. Spence III, 49, has been named senior vice president and general counsel effective immediately. Spence will report directly to Jay Fishman, president and CEO. Most recently, Spence was vice president of the …
Laying a Foundation for Long Term Success By Stephanie K. Jones Being first is not a new thing to Kathleen Babineaux Blanco, who was sworn in on Jan. 12, 2004, as the first female Governor of Louisiana. Twenty years earlier, …
Caliber Collision Centers, an Irvine, Calif.-based operator of collision repair facilities in California and Texas, recently earned a nomination for a United Way of San Antonio Volunteer of the Year Award after the company donated more than $5,000 worth of …
Robert Snashall, founder and principal of Snashall Associates, will deliver a keynote address at the Georgia State Board of Workers’ Compensation Educational Conference and Seminar being held Aug. 29 – Sept. 1, at the Renaissance Waverly Hotel in Atlanta. In …
Variations of a telephone scam directed at residents and business owners in disaster-designated areas that began in Ohio and spread to West Virginia and North Carolina, are reportedly now operating along the East Coast, according to federal and state officials. …