Burns & Wilcox, the specialty insurance provider, has opened a new office in Portland, Maine. The announcement was made by Richard C. Trippe, Jr., Burns & Wilcox assistant branch manager for the company’s Baltimore office. Burns & Wilcox also announced …
Oregon Gov. Ted Kulongoski has floated the idea of a state fee on car insurance policies to help put more Oregon State Police troopers on the state’s roads and highways. The Democratic governor also said he is halting a state …
Insurance companies can use a person’s gender and age to determine what they pay for insurance. Oregon voters will decide in November if insurers should be able to use a person’s financial history too. In 2003, the Legislature prohibited insurance …
Miami insurance agent Alex Soto has been inaugurated as the new president of the Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America (the Big “I”), with Robert E. Fulwider and C. Brett Nilsson assuming the offices of president-elect and vice president, …
Oklahoma Labor Commissioner Brenda Reneau recently recognized York International, Norman, Okla., with a Commissioner’s Commendation for its standard-setting achievement of operating more than one-million hours without a recordable injury. “You’ve got to understand the high risk nature of manufacturing to …
The National Association of Insurance Commissioners announced that beginning in October its new Insurance Regulator Professional Designation Program will be available to state regulators. The program, which is the first of its kind offered by the NAIC, will enable state …
A Lafayette, La., couple was arrested on charges of felony insurance fraud and theft, state police said. Shaundaniquea Senegal and her husband, Chase, are accused of intentionally defrauding their insurer when Mrs. Senegal initiated a claim by reporting the rims …
The Nebraska Public Employees Retirement Board has decided to fire Union Bank & Trust, citing performance issues. The Lincoln-based bank had won a contract earlier this year to manage the retirement plan records of 31,000 current and retired state and …
Payments from Ohio’s investment fund for injured workers to companies that manage cases have jumped more than 40 percent since the arrangement began, though the state is seeing about half as many claims, according to published reports. Changes that were …
The United States Geological Survey, National Earthquake Information Center, reported that a strong earthquake occurred about 250 miles (405 km) south-southwest of Apalachicola, Florida at 10:56 am EDT, Sept. 10 2006. This earthquake was felt in parts of Florida, Georgia …