P/C Insurers Must Manage Workforce, Risk, Policy Issues
Challenges will endure beyond the pandemic.
Pro Sports Bubbles May Offer Coronavirus Lessons
Perhaps new sports rules can provide some solutions in the real world.
- Starbucks Barista Who Declined to Wear Gay Pride T-Shirt Sues Over Firing
- Insurers Winning Most, But Not All, Covid-19 Business Interruption Lawsuits
- Huge Vestas Wind Turbine Collapses in Northern Sweden in Rare Accident
- Latest Tesla Safety Probe Involves 115,000 Vehicles Over Front Suspension
- America’s Best Agencies to Work For
- Thanksgiving Fowl Play? No Problem. Whole Foods, Progressive Offer ‘Turkey Insurance’
- Minor Earthquake Reported in Massachusetts
- Maryland’s Westminster American Insurance Company Hires Whelan
- Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. Acquires Pennsylvania’s JP Warner Associates
- Best Agency to Work for East: Stanton Insurance Group
- University of Pennsylvania Vows $100M to Fix School Building Hazards
- Pennsylvania House Votes to Impose Fees on Electric Cars
- New Mexico Cracking Down on Drunken Drivers
- Montana Nursing Home Lawsuit Adding More Claims
- Nevada Supreme Court Rules Undocumented Injured Worker Can Get Benefits
- California OKs Workers’ Comp Advisory Rates, No Virus Adjustment for Now
- California Regulator Raising Concern with PG&E’s Wildfire Safety Measures
- Best Agency to Work For West: The Buckner Co.
- Best Agency to Work For Southeast: Darr Schackow Insurance
- Debris Leaks Out from Cargo Ship on Georgia Coast During Removal
- Death of West Virginia Miner Marks 6th US Coal Mining Fatality of 2020
- Best Agency to Work For Southeast: Fisher Brown Bottrell Insurance
- Pork Producer Smithfield Settles Nuisance Lawsuits in N.C. as Court Affirms Verdict
- Alabama Insurance Department Launches New Website
- Best Agency to Work For: Upshaw Insurance Agency
- Louisiana School Superintendents Seeking Looser Quarantine Rules
- Texas Proposes Changes to Agent, Adjuster CE Requirements
- Best Agency to Work For South Central: INSURICA
- Louisiana Virus Aid Funds Run Low with Small Business, Local Requests Unmet
- Louisiana Ag Commissioner Pushing Farmers, Ranchers to Apply for Virus Aid
- Best Agency to Work For Midwest: Korotkin Insurance Group
- Trucks Keep Striking Missouri Overpass, Again and Again
- Schumacher to Lead Midwest Underwriting, Sales at Frankenmuth Insurance
- South Dakota Law Officers Sue to Overturn Pot Legalization Vote
- Lawsuit: Nebraska Meatpacking Plant Did Not Protect Workers from Virus
- Minnesota Fraud Bureau: Insurance Fraud Referrals Up in 2019 but not for Agents
National News
- Trials Delayed, Cases Pile Up as Too Few Jurors Volunteer Amid Coronavirus
- Independent Film Productions Shut Down as Virus Insurance Is Hard to Find
- Insurers Winning Most, But Not All, Covid-19 Business Interruption Lawsuits
- Q&A on Mental Health Issues Among Employees and How AI Might Help
- Latest Tesla Safety Probe Involves 115,000 Vehicles Over Front Suspension
- HGTV’s ‘Property Brothers’ Sign With American Family Insurance as Spokesmen
East News
- Minor Earthquake Reported in Massachusetts
- Maryland’s Westminster American Insurance Company Hires Whelan
- Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. Acquires Pennsylvania’s JP Warner Associates
- Best Agency to Work for East: Stanton Insurance Group
- University of Pennsylvania Vows $100M to Fix School Building Hazards
- Pennsylvania House Votes to Impose Fees on Electric Cars
Midwest News
- Michigan Car Insurance Fee for Medical Coverage to Go Down Again
- Former Michigan Insurance Agent Sentenced to Jail for Embezzlement
- Rawlins to Succeed Moore as President, CEO at Missouri’s Shelter Mutual Insurance
- Best Agency to Work For Midwest: Korotkin Insurance Group
- Trucks Keep Striking Missouri Overpass, Again and Again
- Schumacher to Lead Midwest Underwriting, Sales at Frankenmuth Insurance
Taking California Gig Worker Law Nationwide
Gig employers to push contractor status with limited benefits.
Texas / South Central News
- Recorded Texas Surplus Lines Premium Rose to $629.53 Million in October
- $300K State Grant to Help New Orleans with Traffic Safety
- Tornado Causes Damage, Injuries in Arlington, Texas
- Best Agency to Work For: Upshaw Insurance Agency
- Louisiana School Superintendents Seeking Looser Quarantine Rules
- Texas Proposes Changes to Agent, Adjuster CE Requirements
Southeast News
- Damage Toll from Hurricane Zeta Totals Nearly $90M in Mississippi
- Best Agency to Work For Southeast: Darr Schackow Insurance
- Debris Leaks Out from Cargo Ship on Georgia Coast During Removal
- Death of West Virginia Miner Marks 6th US Coal Mining Fatality of 2020
- Best Agency to Work For Southeast: Fisher Brown Bottrell Insurance
- Pork Producer Smithfield Settles Nuisance Lawsuits in N.C. as Court Affirms Verdict
Q&A: The Race for COVID-19 Vaccine
Pfizer's positive report raises hopes.
West News
- New Mexico Cracking Down on Drunken Drivers
- Montana Nursing Home Lawsuit Adding More Claims
- Nevada Supreme Court Rules Undocumented Injured Worker Can Get Benefits
- California OKs Workers’ Comp Advisory Rates, No Virus Adjustment for Now
- California Regulator Raising Concern with PG&E’s Wildfire Safety Measures
- Best Agency to Work For West: The Buckner Co.
International News
- AXA Sells Persian Gulf Business for $269 Million to Kuwaiti-Based Group
- Vienna Insurance Bolsters Position in E. Europe with Purchase of Aegon Unit
- Ant Group’s Massive, Suspended IPO May Not Be Revived Until 2022
- Aviva in Talks to Sell Units in France, Poland and Italy, CEO Confirms
- Europeans Buy Older Cars to Avoid Public Transport During Pandemic
- Lloyd’s Gets Nod to Transfer European Policies to Lloyd’s Europe in Time for Brexit
- Ki Syndicate 1618 Binds 1st Risk with AmWINS’ Broking Unit THB
- HDI Global Specialty Renews Agreement with German MGA AMANIKI
Insurance Journal Blogs and Columns
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