Full content: Arkansas’ Senate president has proposed a new tax and regulations on vaping products, and said he hopes the governor will call lawmakers back to the Capitol to take up the issue. Republican Sen. Jim Hendren proposed the legislation in response …

Full content: Texas Mutual Insurance Co. reported that a Travis County district court sentenced Ramon S. Flores of Kingwood on workers’ compensation fraud-related charges. Flores reported a job-related injury while working as a driver for Direct International Wine and Spirits in Houston …

Full content: FCCI Insurance Group reported it has awarded a dividend based on favorable results for its Contractors Select program with Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC) of Indiana/Kentucky. The program is designed to reward ABC of Indiana/Kentucky member policyholders with a record …

Full content: J.M. Wilson has promoted Crystal Russell to accounting and finance specialist in its Portage, Michigan, office. Russell will also be responsible for JM Wilson’s in-house finance company, Cedar Finance. Her duties also include processing accounts payable and receivable, finance contracts …

Full content: The Spencer Educational Foundation announced the addition of Megan Miller as executive director, a new position. Miller will oversee the foundation’s day-to-day operations including the administration of grants, the Risk Manager in Residence program for universities, and the scholarship and …

Full content: Cover in San Francisco, Calif., has named Robert Houlihan chief insurance officer. He becomes part of the management team in the company’s U.S. headquarters. Houlihan has more than 20 years of industry experience. He joins Cover following positions at Progressive …

Full content: New York Governor Andrew Cuomo is pushing to enact a statewide ban on the sale of flavored e-cigarettes amid growing health concerns connected to vaping, especially among young people. The Democrat announced Sunday that the state health commissioner would be …

Full content: When it comes to cybersecurity, Americans say they are concerned, but many are not taking the preventative steps needed to protect themselves from a cyber attack. According to Chubb’s Third Annual Cyber Report, complacency seems to have taken hold: eight-in-10 …

Full content: Conner Strong & Buckelew, an insurance, risk management and employee benefits brokerage and consulting firm, has hired Thomas Trullinger as senior vice president of Mergers and Acquisitions. He will be based in the firm’s Camden, N.J., headquarters. In this role, …

Full content: A majority of busy board members and senior executives, who are responsible for their organization’s cyber risk management, spent less than a day in the last year to focus on cyber risk issues, according to a new report published by …

Full content: Lloyd’s of London expects “sobering” results from a survey of the workplace culture at its member firms, the insurance market’s chairman said on Wednesday as a rise in investment income drove a four-fold profit rise. In May the 330-year old …

Full content: Lloyd’s of London, the world’s biggest insurance market, returned to profit in the first half after two full-year losses. The more than 300-year-old corporation made a profit before tax of 2.3 billion pounds ($2.8 billion) in the first six months …

Full content: Activity in the legacy insurance market has boomed. However, as capital pours in, perhaps it is best to understand how pricing will develop in the space and whether increased capital will drive price deterioration. For a start, it is widely …

Full content: Gerald Bostock says he’s convinced his participation in a gay softball league was why he was fired from his job running the child-advocate program at the juvenile court in Clayton County, Georgia. The Atlanta-area county’s decision sent “a homophobic message …