Archive for July 2016

Suren Hovhannisyan, 27, a licensed insurance agent of North Hollywood, Calif., was arrested at his residence this week on multiple felony counts of burglary, grand theft, and unauthorized use of access cards after allegedly scheming to embezzle over $100,000 from … Read More Read more here:: Insurance Journal       

By Amy O’ Connor Baldwin Krystyn Sherman Partners (BKS-Partners), an independent insurance brokerage firms, has appointed of Steve Olson to advisor. Olson comes to BKS with over 25 years of industry experience in the Tampa Bay market. Most recently, he served as area senior … Read More Read more here:: Insurance Journal       

By Don Jergler Employees laid off by Spirit AeroSystems Holdings Inc. in 2013 filed a lawsuit on Monday accusing the aircraft parts supplier of singling them out by age and disability. Twenty-four plaintiffs were named and another 150 may join the case, attorney … Read More Read more here:: Insurance Journal       

By Andrew G. Simpson After two confirmed U.S. cases of a superbug that thwarts a last-resort antibiotic, infectious disease experts say they expect more cases in coming months because the bacterial gene behind it is likely far more widespread than previously believed. Army scientists … Read More Read more here:: Insurance Journal       

By Andrew G. Simpson New York’s insurance regulator has conditionally approved Aetna Inc.’s $37 billion takeover of Humana Inc., one of the last state sign-offs needed for the deal, people familiar with the matter said. The transaction is still under review by U.S. officials. … Read More Read more here:: Insurance Journal       

By Andrew G. Simpson President Barack Obama recently nominated four more individuals to sit on the governing board of a new national insurance producer licensing system. The four nominations in recent months — one in April and three this month— bring the total of … Read More Read more here:: Insurance Journal       

The University of Alaska Fairbanks and the state officials are seeking public input on new guidelines for how coastal communities should respond to tsunamis. The Kodiak Daily Mirror reported that new modeling shows the potential for extreme currents and flooding … Read More Read more here:: Insurance Journal       

An Oregon cyclist who was clotheslined by a cable cord suspended across a road is suing Comcast and Portland Disposal. Portland attorney, Mark Ginsberg told the Oregonian that his 64-year-old client Michael A. Horner was bicycling to work at Shriners … Read More Read more here:: Insurance Journal       

Golf tournament insurance scammer and convicted felon Kevin Kolenda is wanted on a national extradition warrant after he failed to appear in Snohomish County Superior Court in Washington July 7 to face one felony charge for selling insurance without a … Read More Read more here:: Insurance Journal