Could Allstate’s ‘5 Minute’ Small Business Policy Transform Commercial Lines Sales? October 19, 2016 By Andrew G. Simpson At a time when technology startups are also targeting the small commercial insurance market, giant Allstate has debuted a hi-tech...
California Commissioner Issues Decision on Workers’ Comp Regulatory Filing October 19, 2016 California Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones issued a decision regarding the Workers’ Compensation Rating Bureau’s Jan. 1, 2017 regulatory filing submitted...
Minor Flooding Follows Downpour in Nevada Wildfire Area October 19, 2016 Fears of flooding are dissipating after rainfall helped quell a wind-whipped wildfire in Northern Nevada that destroyed 22 homes and...
Gender-Bias Case Against Can Microsoft Proceed, Judge Rules October 19, 2016 A judge has allowed a class-action lawsuit alleging gender discrimination by Seattle, Wash.-based Microsoft Corp. to proceed. U.S. District Judge...
Washington Employer Fined for Asbestos Violations October 19, 2016 A Kirkland, Wash. asbestos removal contractor has been cited for several workplace health violations that reportedly put workers, contractors and...
Native American Tribe Suing Connecticut for $613M for Land Taken in 1800s October 19, 2016 A Connecticut-based Native American tribe is suing the state for at least $613 million in damages for land it says...
New York to Test Blood of City Residents Exposed to Toxic Chemical October 19, 2016 New York is offering free blood tests for residents of a Hudson Valley city where the water supply was contaminated...
HUB International Promotes Brophy to President of East Region October 19, 2016 HUB International, a Chicago, Ill., headquartered global insurance brokerage, has announced that Charles Brophy has been promoted to president of...
New Jersey Man Sentenced to 3 Years in Prison for Insurance Fraud October 19, 2016 New Jersey Attorney General Christopher S. Porrino and the Office of the Insurance Fraud Prosecutor announced that a Woodbridge, N.J.,...
Judge ‘Strongly’ Inclined to Approve Volkswagen $14.7 Billion Settlement October 19, 2016 By Kartikay Mehrotra and Margaret Cronin Fisk Volkswagen AG and car owners will likely secure a federal judge’s final sign-off on their $14.7 billion settlement as the...