ICT Pegs Hurricane Harvey Insured Losses at $19B September 15, 2017 The Insurance Council of Texas (ICT) has placed the insured losses from Hurricane Harvey at $19 billion. That number includes...
Workers’ Comp Loss Costs to Fall 16.3% in Oklahoma Next Year September 15, 2017 Workers’ compensation loss costs for 2018 will decrease by 16.3 percent in Oklahoma according to a filing by the National...
California Worker’s Comp Insurer Written Premium Down 4% in First Half of 2017 September 15, 2017 The Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau has completed its report on statewide workers’ comp insurer loss and premium experience through...
Fines for Workplace Deaths in Nevada Reduced Often September 15, 2017 Companies that contested Nevada workplace safety citations after an employee died on the job received reduced fines about half the...
Arizona Supreme Court Won’t Review Lower Court Ruling on Medical Marijuana September 15, 2017 The Arizona Supreme Court is letting stand a lower court’s ruling that the state’s medical marijuana law is constitutional in...
FTC, Congress, States Investigating Equifax Over Data Breach September 15, 2017 By David McLaughlin and Todd Shields The U.S. Federal Trade Commission and a powerful Congressional committee are investigating the data breach at Equifax Inc., deepening government...
Google Faces Lawsuit Alleging Employment Bias Against Women September 15, 2017 By Daniel Wiessner Three female former employees of Alphabet Inc.’s Google filed a lawsuit on Thursday accusing the tech company of discriminating against...
How New EU Rules Make It Tougher for Insurers, Hedge Funds to Manage Currency Risk September 15, 2017 By Saikat Chatterjee New European Union regulations on foreign exchange trading will make it harder and more expensive to manage currency risk, traders...
AIA and Zurich Make Separate Bids for Australian Insurance Businesses: Reuters September 15, 2017 By Sumeet Chatterjee Hong Kong-based insurance giant AIA Group Ltd. has shown interest in buying Commonwealth Bank of Australia’s insurance business, which is...
Fire Destroys Large Section of New York Motel September 15, 2017 Investigators are trying to determine what caused a fire that destroyed a large section of a northern New York motel...