Posts by Hometown Insurance

Ukraine, the United Nations and Turkey hailed progress at talks in Istanbul that aim to resume Black Sea grain exports blocked by Russia and ease the risk of starvation faced by millions, but an end to the war remained far …

PCF Insurance Services acquired Andreini & Company in San Mateo, California. Andreini & Company specializes in industry niches such as agriculture, aviation, transportation, oil & gas and equine mortality. The brokerage employs more than 200 insurance professionals and has 15 …

A Louisiana judge ruled last week that the state’s insurance commissioner’s directive ordering insurers to pay policyholders’ Hurricane Ida evacuation expenses is invalid and unenforceable. Judge Patrick E. Monroe of the Division of Administrative Law wrote that Louisiana Department of …

Insurance industry trade associations said they do not want “misguided provisions” related to cyber claims data sharing in the next National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for fiscal year 2023. The American Property Casualty Insurance Association (APCIA), National Association of Mutual …

When an officer pulled Brandy Bottone over for driving by herself in a high occupancy vehicle lane in Texas just days after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, she pointed to her pregnant belly and told him her …

A group that wants to legalize recreational marijuana in North Dakota turned in more that 25,000 signatures to the secretary of state Monday in an effort to place the matter before voters in November. The group, New Approach North Dakota, …

A dog kennel company in suburban Chicago, Illinois, Rover’s Place, will pay $60,000 and furnish other relief to settle a lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced today. The EEOC charged alleging that …

New Jersey-headquartered Specialty Program Group (SPG) said it has acquired ESP Insurance Brokerage, a national insurance broker and program administrator for the sports, events and promotion marketing and entertainment industries. Terms were not disclosed. Headquartered in Worcester, Massachusetts, ESP offers …

An insurance company that covers counties and other public entities in Idaho says it won’t renew Canyon County’s insurance policy because of increasing risks and a high volume of claims. The Idaho Counties Risk Management Program, known as ICRMP, sent …

Amazon worker Gerald Bryson had hand-counted thousands of items in his warehouse’s inventory over three days when his manager showed him a “Supportive Feedback Document.” Bryson had made 22 errors, the 2018 write-up said, including tallying 19 products in a …