Legislation designed to address North Carolina’s opioid abuse problem is headed to Gov. Roy Cooper’s desk. The House gave final approval Tuesday to a bill that would improve the rules on prescribing and dispensing certain drugs like Oxycotin and morphine. …
American Integrity Insurance Group (AI), a Florida-based insurance provider, has unveiled a private flood insurance option for homeowners. AI is one of nine Florida-based insurers to offer its own flood program that includes a Florida Office of Insurance Regulation (FOIR) …
The California Division of Workers’ Compensation has posted a report from the Rand Corp. with recommendations to prevent fraud in the workers’ compensation system. The Department of Industrial Relations last year requested that the Rand assess medical provider fraud in …
The Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau of California issued report containing estimated California workers’ compensation costs for 2016 based on insured employer experience. The report also reflects payments made by the California Insurance Guarantee Association in the statewide loss payments …
A month after a 33-year-old worker died while working in an unprotected trench, U.S. Department of Labor Occupational Safety and Health Administration inspectors found another employee of the same Missouri plumbing contractor working in a similarly unprotected trench at another …
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers officials are expected to begin repairing nine sections of a levee along the Black River in northeast Arkansas that was damaged by floods last month. Emergency workers are making plans to cover the holes in …
A company that operates a northwestern Indiana water park authorities closed after 11 children suffered chemical burns says it’s “profoundly sorry” for the injuries. An advertisement Seven Peaks Resorts placed in local newspapers says the children were burned after an …
Austin-based Watkins Insurance Group, one of the largest full-service, locally owned independent insurance agencies in central Texas, has added Chris Scott as vice president of Finance. Scott brings to Watkins Insurance Group more than 15 years of experience as a …
Starr Companies has promoted Richard Bessinger to chief underwriting officer of Starr Indemnity & Liability Co., Starr Specialty Insurance Co. and Starr Surplus Lines Insurance Co. Bessinger has 25 years of experience in the insurance industry and long term service …
AXIS Insurance, a business segment of AXIS Capital Holdings Limited, has appointed Marc Nance executive vice president, Excess & Surplus Property. He is based in Chicago. Nance is responsible for growing and managing AXIS Insurance’s E&S property business in the …
