Posts by Hometown Insurance

As Young Risk Professionals looks towards continued growth in 2024, the networking organization has announced the appointment of Taylor Jones, Michelle Khajeh, and Holly Ragsdale as board members to the national leadership team. These elections reflect the organization’s commitment to …

Wallace & Turner, Inc., headquartered in Springfield, Ohio, named Mary Jo Leventhal director of operations and business development. Leventhal has more than 25 years of experience in the insurance industry. Before joining Wallace & Turner, she was a commercial lines …

Brawner Insurance Agency, headquartered in Kirksville, Mo., joined Valley Insurance Agency Alliance (VIAA), comprised of more than 160 independent insurance agencies in Missouri and Illinois. Founded in 1992, Brawner Insurance Agency is led by second generation owner Jared Brawner. By …

North Carolinians have had plenty to say about a proposed homeowners insurance rate increase that could, on average, raise rates in the state by double digits. At a public forum held online and in Raleigh, homeowners blasted the 42% average …

Trinity Health Grand Rapids, formerly known as Mercy Health St. Mary’s, a hospital and member of the Trinity Health-Michigan health system, agreed to pay $50,000 and provide other relief to settle a religious discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal …

Weeks of attacks by Iranian-backed Houthi militants on vessels in the Red Sea have disrupted shipping in the Suez Canal, the fastest sea route between Asia and Europe, carrying around 15% of global sea trade. For the European economy, already …

Microsoft Corp.’s Bing search engine, Edge web browser and Advertising services are set to be exempt from strict new European Union antitrust rules reining in Big Tech platforms because watchdogs tentatively concluded they’re not dominant enough to be hit by …

(AP) — Subfreezing conditions and treacherous roadways have contributed to dozens of deaths this month across the U.S., where states as far south as Texas and Florida were gripped by deadly arctic weather on Sunday. Nationally, winter storms have claimed …

Wall Street’s top regulator was the victim of “SIM swapping,” a technique internet fraudsters use to seize control of telephone lines, when its account on the social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter, was hacked earlier this month, the …

Johnson & Johnson on Tuesday said it had reached a tentative settlement to resolve probes by U.S. states into whether it misled consumers about the safety of its talc products, which thousands of lawsuits claim can cause cancer. The deal …