Archive for May 2017

By L.S. Howard British hospitals urged people with non-emergency conditions to stay away after a cyber attack affected large parts of the country’s National Health Service. Sixteen NHS organizations were hit in the U.K. on Friday, while a large number of Spanish companies … Read More Read more here:: Insurance Journal       

By Stephanie K. Jones Árachas Group of Bartlett, Illinois, created by the merger of two local insurance agencies, has joined Keystone Insurers Group, becoming the network’s 18th partner in the state. Sullivan & Associates, led by William Sullivan, and Bartlett Insurance Group, led by … Read More Read more here:: Insurance Journal       

By Don Jergler The California Supreme Court this week rejected a petition for review by Mercury Insurance and a coalition of insurance industry groups in a case that pitted them against California Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones. The California Department of Insurance hailed the … Read More Read more here:: Insurance Journal       

By Stephanie K. Jones Fort Worth, Texas-based insurance agency, Higginbotham, has purchased a portion of the Hilb Group of Texas LLC’s operations in San Antonio. The transaction adds eight insurance and customer service professionals with a book of commercial and personal property/casualty insurance and … Read More Read more here:: Insurance Journal       

By Don Jergler Allianz Group’s specialist corporate insurer Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty has promoted Tobel Thomas to West zone programs team leader. Thomas will be based in San Francisco and will be responsible for developing and implementing growth strategies. He will also … Read More Read more here:: Insurance Journal       

By Don Jergler The city of Tacoma, Wash. is considering suing the manufacturers of opioids such as OxyContin in its fight against homelessness. Mayor Marilyn Strickland said at this week’s City Council meeting that the city is looking at possible litigation to hold … Read More Read more here:: Insurance Journal       

By Don Jergler The National Transportation Safety Board has joined the investigation into a fatal Colorado house explosion blamed on unrefined natural gas flowing from a severed pipeline. The Longmont Times-Call reported the agency got involved because pipelines are considered transportation and because … Read More Read more here:: Insurance Journal       

By Don Jergler Thousands of workers at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation were told to stay home as efforts began to plug a hole that developed in the partial collapse of a tunnel containing dangerous radioactive waste from the building of nuclear bomb materials. … Read More Read more here:: Insurance Journal       

By Andrew G. Simpson The U.S. medical professional liability (MPL) insurance sector is stable, with strong capitalization and profitable, albeit declining, operating performance, plus the prospect of positive earnings in the medium term, according to an assessment by A.M. Best. In addition, stable claims frequency … Read More Read more here:: Insurance Journal