Archive for June 2016

By Don Jergler Legal marijuana is giving Colorado a stinky conundrum. Visitors can buy the drug, but they can’t use it in public. Or in a rental car. Or in most hotel rooms. The result is something marijuana advocates and opponents feared – … Read More Read more here:: Insurance Journal       

Authorities say a worker who died last week after falling from a catwalk at the Amazon distribution center in Phoenix, Ariz. had a preexisting medical condition. Phoenix police say the incident occurred about 1:15 a.m. Friday. The woman was pronounced … Read More Read more here:: Insurance Journal       

By Andrew G. Simpson Munich Re U.S. has appointed Stephan Hochburger and Paul Ludwig as senior vice presidents and client executives for the Reinsurance Division. They will report to Steven Levy, president of the Reinsurance Division (RD), and serve on the RD executive leadership … Read More Read more here:: Insurance Journal       

Michael Day and Judy Mann have been named to the board of Directors for Topa Insurance Group in California. Day was the chief financial officer for CSAA Insurance Group, a AAA Insurer, until his retirement in 2015. Mann was a … Read More Read more here:: Insurance Journal       

USI Insurance Services has named Mark Escobedo its Salt Lake City, Utah, senior sales executive. Escobedo is responsible for managing the costs and coverages of property/casualty portfolios for a range of Utah companies. Escobedo was with Leavitt Group Insurance Advisors … Read More Read more here:: Insurance Journal       

The Foo Fighters are suing insurers for failing to reimburse them for European shows they cancelled following the Paris terrorist attacks in November. The suit, filed Monday in federal court in Los Angeles against underwriters with Lloyd’s of London and loss adjuster … Read More Read more here:: Insurance Journal       

By Don Jergler Residents of Southern California and the Southwest were looking for a break after some of the hottest weather in decades had utilities warning of power failures and cities opening pools and cooling centers. At least four hikers died in Arizona, … Read More Read more here:: Insurance Journal       

By Andrew G. Simpson The Obama administration is opening U.S. skies to more commercial drones with long-awaited regulations that the government hopes will spawn new businesses inspecting bridges, monitoring crops and taking aerial photography. In the most comprehensive set of rules yet for the … Read More Read more here:: Insurance Journal       

By Andrew G. Simpson QBE North America said that Nathan Bleich has joined the organization as vice president, Commercial Agriculture underwriting. Bleich joins QBE from Nationwide where he spent the past 12 years working in the agribusiness division, most recently as agribusiness underwriting director … Read More Read more here:: Insurance Journal