Public Sector Risk

Named as one of the best companies to work for in Texas in 2009, Roach Howard Smith & Barton (RHSB) is a full-service independent insurance brokerage with more than 75 employees and three office locations in Dallas, Fort Worth and San Antonio.

If the person obtaining the insurance was a "broker"-- that is, was a person who transacted insurance with, but not on behalf of, the insurer--the insured's suit against the insurer will fail.

Edward T. Havermann III has joined Westrope as a broker in its national transportation practice. His territory is the Southeast, which includes Florida.

Mention e-mail marketing to fellow insurance professionals and you may find that many remain hesitant to move away from their tried-and-true snail mail methods.

Regional Excess Underwriters LLC, wholesale broker/general agent and member company of W.R. Berkley Corp., has named Jennifer Wilson as a broker/underwriter in REU's Jacksonville office.

The absence of a major catastrophic event in Florida in recent years has not erased memories of the 2004 and 2005 hurricane seasons and the impact of the ensuing hard property insurance market.

While the recession might be officially over, one thing's for sure: its effects aren't going to disappear overnight.

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced this past January that in 2009, more than 93,000 workplace discrimination charges were filed with the federal agency nationwide.