Archive for July 2017

By Don Jergler The National Weather Service confirmed a small tornado has touched down in southeastern Arizona. Meteorologists confirmed the sighting through images on social media after issuing a tornado warning for the Picacho Peak and Red Rock areas. The landspout happened in … Read More Read more here:: Insurance Journal       

Police say one employee has been injured after a gas tank explosion caused a massive fire at a Pennsylvania salvage yard. York Area Regional Police Detective Don Hopple Jr. says an employee was using a grinder to remove the tank … Read More Read more here:: Insurance Journal       

By Amy O’Connor Starr Companies has launched an enhanced crime & fidelity endorsement expanding coverage for fraudulent impersonation losses. According to Brian Inselberg, senior vice president, Financial Lines, the enhanced coverage offers coverage for losses associated with certain transfers of tangible property because … Read More Read more here:: Insurance Journal       

By Amy O’Connor Tennessee on Thursday imposed restrictions on the use of dicamba, a flagship pesticide for Monsanto Co., becoming the fourth state to take action as problems spread over damage the weed killer causes to crops not genetically modified to withstand it. … Read More Read more here:: Insurance Journal       

By Stephanie K. Jones For the past year, Des Moines, Iowa-based Holmes Murphy team members across the nation have overwhelmingly embraced the independent insurance brokerage’s Responsible Time Off program. Holmes Murphy said it began a redesigned, more flexible time off practice for exempt employees … Read More Read more here:: Insurance Journal       

By Stephanie K. Jones Brent Lombardi has joined National Real Estate Insurance Group (NREIG) in Kansas City, Mo., as president, effective July 1. He reports to Tim Norris, co-CEO, NREIG; and Mike Wrenn, co-CEO, NREIG, and CEO, Affinity Worldwide. Lombardi oversees all NREIG departments: … Read More Read more here:: Insurance Journal       

By Stephanie K. Jones Authorities say nearly everyone in the Kenosha County community of Burlington, Wisconsin, is dealing with some type of flood damage. Police Chief Mark Anderson says flooding in the city of about 10,000 is “massive” and “unprecedented.” The city’s four bridges … Read More Read more here:: Insurance Journal       

By Andrew G. Simpson A shareholder of Arconic Inc. on Thursday filed a lawsuit accusing the company of defrauding shareholders over its supply of cladding panels used at Grenfell Tower, the London high-rise where at least 80 people died in a fire last month. In his … Read More Read more here:: Insurance Journal       

By Andrew G. Simpson “We’re going to cut a lot of red tape,” President Trump said at a CEO town hall meeting as he unrolled a long, colorful flow chart showing the process required for a state government to obtain the federal permits necessary … Read More Read more here:: Insurance Journal