Yearly Archives: <span>2016</span>

Texas Mutual Offers Guidance on New OSHA Rules

Recognizing the complex nature of keeping up with rules promulgated by the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), workers’ compensation insurer, Texas Mutual, has provided guidance on one of OSHA’s newest rules: Improved Tracking of Workplace Injuries and Illnesses. …

California Commissioner Issues Anti-Steering Regulations

California Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones has issued new Anti-Steering in Auto Body Repair regulations that he says increase protections to prevent consumers from being misled or claims delayed when a collision-damaged vehicle needs to be repaired. The new rules prohibit …

Wisconsin Commissioner Elected President of NAIC for 2017

Wisconsin Insurance Commissioner Ted Nickel has been elected as president of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC). Created in 1871, the NAIC establishes standards and conducts peer reviews for insurance regulatory agencies across the nation. In addition to Nickel, …

Possible Petroleum Contamination Prompts Tap Water Warning in Corpus Christi

Corpus Christi, a Texas Gulf Coast city, is warning its 320,000 residents not to use tap water because it might be contaminated with petroleum-based chemicals, prompting a rush on bottled water and the closure of local schools. City officials said …

HUB International Promotes 4 Midwest Executives

Insurance broker HUB International announced the promotions of four executives in the Midwest region that become effective on Jan. 1. Neil Hughes, current president of HUB International Midwest, will assume the role as president of HUB International’s U.S. North Region, …

California Vs. Uber in Legal Bout over Self-driving Cars

Uber is riding its self-driving cars into a legal showdown with California regulators. The ridesharing company is refusing to obey demands by the state’s Department of Motor Vehicles that it immediately stop picking up San Francisco passengers in self-driving cars. …

Yahoo’s Cyber Breach Adds to Age of Hacker Anxiety

Sunnyvale, Calif.-based Yahoo has become the worst-case example of an unnerving but increasingly common phenomenon – massive hacks that steal secrets and other potentially revealing information from our personal digital accounts, or from big organizations that hold sensitive data on …

Former Gunpowder Plant Owner to Surrender $65K in Maine Case

A former gunpowder plant owner imprisoned over a deadly 2010 explosion in New Hampshire has agreed to surrender some money to the federal government in a separate wire fraud case in Maine. Craig Sanborn, of Maidstone, Vermont, is serving a …

Recreational Marijuana Law Takes Effect in Massachusetts

Having spent nearly three decades crusading for relaxed marijuana laws in Massachusetts, Bill Downing is greeting the state’s new recreational marijuana law with a mix of satisfaction and trepidation. The voter-approved measure took effect on Thursday, making it legal for …

2017 Changes to Used Car Dealer Bonds in New York

Those in the business of selling used cars in the state of New York will need to comply with new surety bond requirements in the spring of 2017. The car dealer bond is part of the licensing criteria enforced by …