April 4, 2025
The South Carolina Department of Insurance named Andy Noga, formerly CEO and general counsel of GuideOne Insurance Group, as director of captives, underscoring the state’s commitment to fostering captive insurance companies, the DOI said Wednesday. “We focused on identifying a Read more…
Justin Bayern joined Alliant Insurance Services as senior vice president within its Alliant Americas division. Based in Denver, Colorado, Bayern has more than 20 years of experience in finance and insurance. Before joining Alliant, Bayern was most recently a producer Read more…
Katie Scheuer has been promoted to the newly created position of Division Revenue Leader for the Great Lakes Region at World Insurance Associates. She was formerly the Division Growth Leader for the Great Lakes and West Regions, and continues to Read more…
April 3, 2025
Texas, Oklahoma and New Mexico reported new measles cases this week, with the outbreak expanding for the first time into central Texas. Already, the U.S. has more measles cases this year than in all of 2024, the U.S. Centers for Read more…
Deadly storms and flooding rains left a path of destruction across 14 states in the US South and Midwest, knocking out power to more than 400,000 customers. Record rain fell in Memphis and eastern Missouri overnight and more is expected Read more…
At 2 a.m. Friday, Rick Saldaña was traveling back to Edinburg from Mercedes, a city about 26 miles away, in an area known as the Mid-Valley. The roads were flooded. The frontage roads that feed into the expressway resembled lakes. Read more…
Hub international Limited announced that it has acquired the assets of Dansig, Inc., d/b/a Dansig Insurance Risk Advisors (Dansig). Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Located in Decatur, Illinois, Dansig is an independent insurance risk advisor offering a suite Read more…
The team of hurricane researchers at Colorado State University has predicted an above-average Atlantic hurricane season for 2025. CSU’s initial forecast of the hurricane season issued April 3 calls for 17 named storms and nine hurricanes – with four major Read more…
A plumbing contractor has been ordered to pay $1 million in restitution to the State Compensation Insurance Fund as part of a workers’ comp fraud prosecution. Daniela G. Birdwell, 41, owner of GPS Plumbing, pleaded guilty to one count of Read more…
President Donald Trump imposed the steepest American tariffs in a century as he steps up his campaign to reshape the global economy, sparking threats of retaliation and a selloff in markets around the world. Trump announced Wednesday he will apply Read more…