Insurance
Washington Woman’s Fraud Conviction Saves System $1.3M in Lifetime Payments
An Auburn, Washington woman was convicted for fraud after receiving a lifetime pension following her reported injury while working at a supply company. Lemapu Dorothy Seinafo, 56, pleaded guilty to one count of third-degree theft and was ordered to repay …
Read More Connecticut Collects $95M in Insurance Industry Fees, Fines and Taxes
For the 2025 fiscal year, the Connecticut Insurance Department (CID) collected more than $95 million in revenue that has boosted the state’s general fund. The revenue included approximately $2.2 million from insurance industry fines and penalties, $44 million from various …
Read More People Moves: Mutual of Enumclaw Hires New Executives; King & Neel Appoints Itami and King to Leadership
Mutual of Enumclaw Hires New Executives Mutual of Enumclaw named Daniel Guthrie as vice president of product operations and chief operating officer and Hem Chari as chief information officer. Guthrie has more than 25 years of leadership experience in the …
Read More AM Best Revises Outlook to Positive for Michigan Millers Mutual
AM Besthas revised the outlook to positive from stable and affirmed the Financial Strength Rating (FSR) of A (Excellent) and the Long-Term ICR of “a” (Excellent) of Michigan Millers Mutual Insurance Company (Michigan Millers) based in Lansing, Michigan. Concurrently, AM …
Read More Texas Asks Court to Halt Kenvue Tylenol Marketing, Dividend
Texas officials have asked a state court judge to temporarily block Kenvue Inc. from marketing Tylenol as safe for pregnant women, and from issuing a dividend, escalating the company’s legal woes just days after announcing a major merger with Kimberly-Clark …
Read More LA Wildfire Victims Ask California Governor to Call for Insurance Commissioner’s Resignation
A few of the victims of the Los Angeles wildfires in January are asking California Gov. Gavin Newsom to call for the resignation of California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara over reforms Lara pushed that were designed to help ease the …
Read More Update: Engine Detached From UPS Plane Before Fatal Kentucky Crash
The left engine came off a doomed United Parcel Service Inc. freighter moments before it crashed in a fireball near the company’s global hub in Kentucky, killing at least 12 people. Louisville Mayor Craig Greenberg said in a post on …
Read More People Moves: MGA Pen Underwriting Names Doyle as CEO of Ireland; Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance Promotes de Blieck to Belgium Country Manager
This edition of International People Moves details appointments at the MGA Pen Underwriting and the insurer BHSI. A summary of these new hires follows here. Pen Underwriting Names Doyle as CEO of Ireland Pen Underwriting, the London-based managing general agent, …
Read More Root Inc. Reports Strong Growth Despite Q3 Loss
Root Inc. reported a third quarter 2025 net income loss of $5.4 million after landing in the positive with $22.8 million in profit a year ago. Alex Timm, the Columbus, Ohio-based company’s CEO, said in a letter to shareholders that …
Read More Americans Moving Out of Flood-Prone Neighborhoods With Miami Leading the Pack
The American neighborhoods with the highest risk of floods are again losing residents. For the first time since 2019, high-risk counties lost domestic residents, with 30,000 more people relocating to other places in the country than moved in, according to …
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