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Gulfstream Property and Casualty Insurance Company, a regional property carrier providing homeowners, renters, condominium and fire coverage with operations in five states, today announced the appointment of industry veteran Douglas W. Reynolds as President and Chief Executive Officer. During his career, Reynolds has served in key executive leadership…

DALLAS& AUSTIN, Texas—- Giact Systems, LLC, a leading provider of risk management solutions for electronic payments, announced a majority investment by Tritium Partners to accelerate its growth. Tritium Partners will be working closely with Melissa Brown, Giact’ s co-founder& CEO, and Merlin Bise, co-Founder and CTO, and their team in Dallas to execute their growth…

A three-vehicle accident at Howley and Main streets at 3:30 p.m. sent a child to Salem’s Children’s Hospital. A woman reported the theft of medication from her vehicle while it was on Lowell Street, as logged at 5:36 p.m. Police are looking at video of the scene. Words carved on mirrors at J.C. Penney in the Northshore Mall amount to vandalism and $250 in damages,…

Compare-autoinsurance.org has released a new blog post explaining what safety devices can help clients find low cost auto insurance plans. Finding low cost auto insurance plans is not difficult if clients have some safety devices installed on their car. The newly released blog post also presents some tips that will aid drivers in their search for…

HOUSTON& NEW YORK—- Virtus Partners, LLC, a market leader in technology-enabled, fixed-income collateral administrative services, announced today that Aquiline Capital Partners LLC, a New York- based private equity firm investing in financial services, has made a significant minority investment in Virtus. “Partnering with Aquiline will help us execute on our…

Cosmos Holdings Inc., a fully reporting holding company with offices in New York, Chicago and Europe, today announced that it entered into an LOI to acquire a 70 percent majority stake in Terranova Inc., a Chicago- based mobile technology company. “Terranova transforms how mobile users search, connect and transact in the real world,” said Cosmos Holdings Chairman…

City Holding Company announced that on January 9, 2015 its banking subsidiary, City National Bank has agreed to sell the company’ s insurance operations to The Hilb Group, effective January 1, 2015. City Holding Company President& CEO Charles Hageboeck said“ City has enjoyed significant success in our insurance subsidiary in recent years.

Jan. 09– PORT ORCHARD– South Kitsap School District has reached a legal settlement with a former employee who claims he was subject to racial discrimination. Derek Sparks, now head football coach at Seattle’s Garfield High School, was a counselor and assistant coach at South Kitsap High School from 2009 through July 2011, when his contract was not renewed.

In 2015, U.S. payers will adopt an omni-channel understanding and delivery model for engaging with consumers, according to the new IDC Health Insights report, U.S. According to Deanne Primozic Kasim, Research Director, Payer Health IT Strategies, IDC Health Insights, “A post-health reform environment has brought many business and IT-related challenges for…

“Big Randy” Linhoss, 62, of Orrville, died Thursday, Jan. 8, 2015 at Ohio State University Hospital in Columbus, following a short illness. Randy was born Jan. 20, 1952 in Orrville to Richard and Ruth Linhoss and graduated from Orrville High School, class of 1970. He later earned his license to sell insurance, annuities, stocks and bonds. Randy was a member of Calvary…

The money is to cover the city’s deductible under its liability insurance coverage through the Ohio Plan, which defended the city in the case filed in 2013 in federal court in Akron by two wheelchair- bound Wayne County residents, Angela Hunter and Megan Hammond. The issues cover City Hall, the downtown gazebo, the city-owned Merchants Block parking lot,…

HMS, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of HMS Holdings Corp., today announced that the Company won a competitive bid by the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services Division of Medical Assistance to provide coordination of benefits solutions for the State’ s Medicaid population. “HMS and DMA have enjoyed a long and valuable partnership over the past…

Jan Schakowsky, introduced the Public Option Deficit Reduction Act. This bill would create a publicly run health insurance plan that would be available in every Obamacare marketplace, an option that would save $158 billion over 10 years, according to the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office. Rep. Schakowsky released the following statement on the bill:.

Donna Beatty, Beth Garrett and Kelly Garrison were elected to partner based on their expertise, client service and contributions to the firm. Donna Beatty, CPA, brings more than 25 years of professional tax and accounting experience to the firm. Beth Garrett, JD, CPA, CVA, leads the Divorce Litigation Support Practice, assisting high net-worth individuals and…

The Federal Home Loan Bank of Dallas reported the election of Joseph F. Quinlan, Jr. as Chairman and R. Michael Rigby as Vice Chairman of FHLB Dallas’ Board of Directors. Quinlan is chairman of First National Bankers Bank in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and Chairman, President, and Chief Executive Officer of its privately held holding company, First National Bankers…

June H. Dwyer has joined XL Group’s Distribution& Network team to help accelerate business growth in the Northeastern US and coordinate brokers and clients access to XL Group’s global risks management resources and multi-line insurance coverages. Joining as Northeast Regional Lead, Dwyer is based in New York and reports to Ken Riegler, Head of XL Group’s…