by lpiccitto | Jul 25, 2025 | Uncategorized
Jeff Pannell, CEO of Farm Bureau Insurance of Tennessee, will retire at the end of the year after almost 40 years with the company. Pannell made the announcement at the company’s annual agents’ conference on Thursday, Farm Bureau said in …
by lpiccitto | Jul 25, 2025 | Uncategorized
The acting administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency is pushing back on criticisms of the federal response to the central Texas floods that killed at least 136 people earlier this month. “I can’t see anything we did wrong,” David …
by lpiccitto | Jul 25, 2025 | Uncategorized
Importers and exporters based in Texas have so far avoided the harshest effects of the trade war sparked by President Donald Trump’s tariffs on imports from a host of countries, but they could be in for a rude awakening come …
by lpiccitto | Jul 25, 2025 | Uncategorized
Johnson & Johnson Inc. announced it is acquiring the assets of Erickson-Larsen, Inc (E&L). The parties expect to complete the transaction effective August 1, 2025. With offices in Maple Grove, MN, and Fargo, ND, Erickson-Larsen is a wholesale insurance firm...
by lpiccitto | Jul 25, 2025 | Uncategorized
A Kentucky tobacco warehouse manager at the center of a long-running crop insurance fraud scheme has agreed to pay millions in restitution for his role in enabling the fraud. Thomas Kirkpatrick, of Danville, pleaded guilty last week to conspiracy to …
by lpiccitto | Jul 25, 2025 | Uncategorized
Five years after a $60 million bribery scheme funded by FirstEnergy Corp. came to light in Ohio, expert observers say the resulting prosecutions, lawsuits, penalties and legislation haven’t led to enough change and accountability to prevent politicians and corporate...
