Archive for February 2017

By Don Jergler Alaska Gov. Bill Walker has issued a disaster declaration for two Bering Sea communities hit by storms earlier this winter. The declaration, signed by Walker Feb. 1 and announced this week, says Savoonga and Gambell reported damages in excess of … Read More Read more here:: Insurance Journal       

By Don Jergler A California chiropractor was arraigned in Sacramento Superior Court on Wednesday on eight felony counts of insurance fraud for his alleged role in a fraud scheme billing health and auto insurers for treatment services never provided. The chiropractor is William … Read More Read more here:: Insurance Journal       

By Elizabeth Blosfield Facebook and Manhattan prosecutors went to New York state’s highest court Tuesday to settle a legal dispute over search warrants for users’ accounts, a closely watched case with big implications for online privacy. An attorney for Facebook told the judges … Read More Read more here:: Insurance Journal       

State police are reporting numerous multi-vehicles accidents on Boston-area highways that were turned into skating rinks by early morning freezing rain. Police tweeted that Route 128 northbound north of Interstate 93 in the Wakefield, Mass., area was completely shut down … Read More Read more here:: Insurance Journal       

By Don Jergler Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. has acquired Lewis & Associates Insurance Brokers Inc. in Visalia, Calif. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. James Smallwood, Kevin Veitia and their associates will continue to operate from their current location under the direction of James G. McFarlane, head of … Read More Read more…

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) said it resolved 97,443 charges of employment discrimination in fiscal year 2016 and secured more than $482 million for victims of discrimination in private, federal and state and local government workplaces. Charges of … Read More Read more here:: Insurance Journal       

By Andrew G. Simpson First Lady Melania Trump is suing a British newspaper, saying a defamatory article it later retracted deprived her of the chance to launch a lucrative brand of clothing, shoes, jewelry and perfume. The $150 million suit against the publisher of … Read More Read more here:: Insurance Journal       

By L.S. Howard Aon Benfield, the reinsurance intermediary and capital adviser of Aon plc, has appointed Jeremy Goodman as global head of Broking Strategies. Goodman begins the role with immediate effect and reports to Eric Andersen, chief executive officer of Aon Benfield. Based … Read More Read more here:: Insurance Journal       

RSA Insurance announced it has signed contracts, to dispose £834 million (US$1.04 billion) of UK employers’ liability legacy business to Enstar Group Ltd. The transaction initially takes the form of reinsurance (a 100 percent quota share policy) to be effective … Read More Read more here:: Insurance Journal