Archive for August 2016

By L.S. Howard Willis Re announced the appointment of Chris McDowell as CEO of Willis Re Bermuda. Effective Jan. 1, 2017, he will succeed Michael Harden, CEO of Willis Re Bermuda since 2014, who is returning to the Asia Pacific region as president … Read More Read more here:: Insurance Journal       

The family of an Idaho woman who was beaten to death in October has filed a lawsuit against the treatment center where the killing occurred. Linda Westmoreland’s daughters, Amanda Ingram and Stormy Dye, filed the lawsuit against Port of Hope, … Read More Read more here:: Insurance Journal       

State authorities and forest officials say at least 14 wildfires that have erupted across central Oregon over the last three weeks are believed to have been intentionally started. Officials did not release details on which fires were started by arsonists, … Read More Read more here:: Insurance Journal       

Honolulu Mayor Kirk Caldwell is allowing a bill placing stricter regulations on ridesharing companies such as Uber and Lyft to become law. Caldwell returned the bill to the City Council and cited logistical concerns in allowing it to become law … Read More Read more here:: Insurance Journal       

Grass Valley, Calif.-based Networked Insurance Agents has named Deanna Mallette director of personal Lines. Mallette will continue to report to Scott Smith, vice president. Mallette joined Networked in 1993, working her way up to manager of personal lines. She left … Read More Read more here:: Insurance Journal       

By Elizabeth Blosfield A judge says New Castle County, Delaware’s former chief administrative officer can proceed with a defamation suit over his firing last year by County Executive Tom Gordon. While dismissing David Grimaldi’s claims that his firing violated his First Amendment rights … Read More Read more here:: Insurance Journal       

The family of a New York man who died in the University of Vermont Medical Center’s emergency room in February has filed a lawsuit against the hospital claiming malpractice. The Burlington Free Press reported the suit, filed last month in … Read More Read more here:: Insurance Journal       

A Tacoma, Wash.-area man faces a felony theft charge after he was caught working while receiving more than $81,000 in workers’ compensation disability payments. Bobby R. Johnson, 47, was charged with first-degree theft. The Washington Attorney General’s Office filed the … Read More Read more here:: Insurance Journal       

By Elizabeth Blosfield A man federal prosecutors say was victimized in an overseas, online romance scam has pleaded guilty to wire fraud for stealing more than $1.4 million from two Pittsburgh, Penn., area companies whose funds he controlled, according to officials. Jeffery Plimpton, 59, … Read More Read more here:: Insurance Journal