Dempsey Partners LLC, a professional services firm providing catastrophic insurance claim recovery assistance to Fortune 500 corporations, announced that Jeffrey M. Phillips has joined the firm’s Irvine, Calif., office as partner in charge of the Western Region property damage claims …
Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services said today that media reports of a possible merger among Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Group Holdings Inc., the holding company of Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Co. Ltd. (MSI) ( AA/Stable/A-1+), Aioi Insurance Co. Ltd. (A+/Stable/–), and Nissay …
Kellie Barwick has been promoted to vice president-claims and Kimberly R. Levensky has also been promoted to vice president-claims of Nautilus Insurance Group, effective Jan. 1, 2009. Barwick has been with Nautilus Insurance Group for 15 years and has served …
An Arkansas insurance agent accused of bilking retiree investors out of tens of thousands of dollars and converting the money to his own use is being sought by the Arkansas Securities Department. Terry Mitchell of Greenbrier allegedly raised $92,000 from …
The latest look at Louisiana’s state-backed insurance company says lack of board oversight caused a number of problems that hurt the company’s ability to reliably start, authorize, record, process or report transactions. Chief executive officer John Wortman says new management …
A federal report shows the rate of work-related injuries and illnesses in Louisiana declined slightly between 2006 and 2007. The Survey of Occupational Injuries and Illnesses found private industry in the state had an injury and illness rate of 2.9 …
Problems have arisen with a new Missouri law that was supposed to make it easy for residents powering their own homes to put in wind turbines or solar panels. The idea was for the homeowners to be able to send …
North Dakota lawmakers strongly support toughening state laws that govern teenage drivers, and many favor raising the state’s 14-year-old minimum driving age, an Associated Press survey shows. Insurance Commissioner Adam Hamm, state Rep. Ed Gruchalla, D-Fargo, and a group that …
Federal regulators will require coal operators to provide protective shelters, known in the industry as refuge chambers, in all of the nation’s nearly 600 underground coal mines. U.S. Mine Safety and Health Administration director Richard Stickler said his agency plans …
State officials are disputing the federal government’s claim that Alabama should repay $5.7 million it received for disaster preparedness. The government reimbursed Alabama for the millions it spent for its Bioterrorism Hospital Preparedness Program that was part of a federal …