Today's Most Read Insurance News

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    May 21, 2013
    Wage and Hour Claims Among Top Threats to U.S. Employers
    Federal wage and hour lawsuits have reached a surprise record high, according to a report by law firm Seyfarth Shaw LLP. Cases filed under the Fair Labor ...
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    May 22, 2013
    Liberty Mutual Appoints Northeast Division VP for Commercial Insurance
    Liberty Mutual Insurance's Commercial Insurance business unit announced that Patrick Tully has been appointed vice president and managing director of ...
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    May 22, 2013
    N.Y. Assemblyman Takes Aim at Anti-Concurrent Causation Clauses
    A New York State Assemblyman has introduced a bill that seeks to prohibit the insurers' use of anti-concurrent causation (ACC) clauses in the state. The bill, ...
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    February 11, 2013
    Price Stability on the Horizon for Lawyers E&O Class
    Claims from the real estate and financial meltdown of 2008 are finally catching up to carriers in the lawyers professional liability marketplace, pushing rates ...
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    May 21, 2013
    Maine Legislature Votes Down Vacant Property Insurance Bill
    The Maine Legislature last week voted down a bill that sought to place stricter requirements on home insurers' use of exclusions for losses on vacant homes. The ...
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    May 21, 2013
    ‘Major Disaster’ Declared in Wake of Deadly Oklahoma Tornadoes
    An estimated EF4 tornado with a wind range of up to 200 mph roared through the Oklahoma City suburb of Moore, Okla., on May 20, leaving behind massive ...
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    May 21, 2013
    Brokerage Firm Fined $9M for Email Violations, Misstatements
    LPL Financial LLC must pay a total of $9 million for significant email system failures and making misstatements to Wall Street's watchdog, the regulator said on ...
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    May 21, 2013
    White House Urges Senate to Cut Crop Insurance by $1 Billion
    The U.S. Senate should cut crop insurance subsidies, the most expensive part of the farm safety net, by $1 billion a year before it passes the new farm bill, the ...
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    May 21, 2013
    PURE Introduces Auto Insurance Option to Massachusetts Drivers
    Privilege Underwriters Reciprocal Exchange (PURE), the policyholder-owned property/casualty insurer that exclusively caters to high net worth individuals and ...
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    May 21, 2013
    Mom, Daughter Charged With Arson, Insurance Fraud in Connecticut
    A mother and daughter have been charged with setting a fire that heavily damaged the older woman's home in Stratford, Conn. Police tell the Connecticut Post they ...
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    May 14, 2013
    50 Top Apps for Independent Agents
    Mobility technology is changing the way the insurance industry operates. But when it comes to working on the go, nothing is as important as mobile device ...
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    May 21, 2013
    DriveID Can Block or Track Driver’s Mobile Use
    Fleet managers and parents of teenager drivers were given another weapon in their battle against distracted driving on Tuesday. That’s according to ...
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    May 21, 2013
    GOP Questions Fundraising for Obamacare
    With the White House already reeling from three major controversies, some Republican lawmakers are zeroing in on what they perceive is another possible scandal ...
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    May 21, 2013
    XL Group Launches New Motor Cargo Truck Coverage
    XL Group has added to its inland marine business with customizable coverage for mid-to-large size trucking operations in North America. Motor truck cargo ...
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    May 20, 2013
    Cyber Attacks On Banks More Serious Than Public Realizes
    The series of cyber attacks that repeatedly knocked major U.S. banking websites offline in the past nine months has been more powerful than the general public ...
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    May 21, 2013
    Connecticut Court Rules That Lawyers Can’t Be Sued for Fraud
    The state Supreme Court has ruled in an ex-NFL player’s case that Connecticut lawyers can’t be sued for fraud for their conduct in court cases because of a ...
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    May 21, 2013
    Oklahoma Tornado Damage Likely to Exceed Joplin – Commissioner
    The damage from Monday's tornado in a suburb of Oklahoma City is likely to exceed that caused by the 2011 twister in Joplin, Missouri, that killed 161 people, ...
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    May 20, 2013
    Criminal Investigation Launched into Texas Fertilizer Explosion
    Texas law enforcement officials said on May 10 that they are beginning a criminal investigation into the fertilizer plant fire and explosion that occurred on ...
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    May 17, 2013
    Opioid Epidemic Plagues Workers’ Comp
    Editor's Note: This is part of a team report on opioid use by injured workers. For stories focused on particular regions click on the respective links below. The ...
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    May 16, 2013
    A.M. Best Revises Outlook to Negative for Grange Mutual Fire Insurance Co.
    A.M. Best Co. said it has revised the outlook to "negative" from "stable" and affirmed the financial strength rating of B+ (Good) and issuer credit rating of ...