Jury Verdict Favors Texas Insurer in Hidalgo County Hail Claim Case March 23, 2015 By Stephanie K. Jones A Texas-based insurance company has prevailed in the first lawsuit to go to trial over claims from two massive hailstorms...
Consequences at the Intersection of Insurance and Corporate Law March 23, 2015 By Robert Redfearn, Jr. Nothing is more exciting than reading the latest updates on insurance law, unless, of course, you can get updates on...
Texas Commissioner Files Revised Farmers Insurance Refund Settlement March 23, 2015 On the heels of a $325.5 million dollar refund agreement with the state’s largest homeowners insurer, State Farm Lloyds, Texas...
Parents Settle with Liquor Store in Oklahoma Teen Drunk Driving Case March 23, 2015 Parents of a 17-year-old Oklahoman who was killed in a traffic accident in 2012 have been awarded $1.5 million in...
CEA Kicks off Earthquake Insurance Selling Program for Agents March 23, 2015 By Don Jergler The California Earthquake Authority has again kicked off its annual “Marketing Value Program,” in which the quasi-private earthquake insurer encourages...
People – West March 23, 2015 The members of the Surplus Line Association of California have named Denis Brady, president of Burns & Wilcox Brokerage in...
Lawsuit Says Oregon Woman’s Brain Tumor Sample for Biopsy Lost March 23, 2015 An Oregon woman has sued a Portland hospital for $900,000, alleging that a brain tumor sample set aside for biopsy...
Increased Chance of Big One in Long-Term Quake Forecast for California March 23, 2015 Chances that California will experience a magnitude 8 or larger earthquake in the next 30 years has increased from 4.7...
Insurance Clusters Not Immune from Trade Secret Liability March 23, 2015 By Craig Robson An insurance cluster — sometimes called an alliance, network or aggregator — is a group of agents and brokers combined...
Nevada’s Captive Domicile Growth Rises by $3.8B in Premium March 23, 2015 The captive insurance program in Nevada outperformed growth and speed expectations by approving 26 captives in 2014, which resulted in...