June 21, 2019
An overnight fire near the Alabama-Florida state line has destroyed multiple condominiums near the beach at Perdido Key and injured a resident and a firefighter. Escambia County officials say the blaze broke out early Wednesday at a development within yards …
June 21, 2019
Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee has sworn in a new interim commissioner of commerce and insurance. The state Department of Commerce and Insurance tweeted out a photo of Carter Lawrence taking the oath of office this week. Lawrence previously served as …
June 21, 2019
The North Carolina Department of Insurance announced multiple fraud enforcement actions during the month of May 2019. Insurance fraud costs American consumers approximately $80 billion a year. According to North Carolina Insurance Commissioner Mike Causey, fraud costs North Carolinians between …
June 20, 2019
Corvus Insurance, an insurtech specializing in commercial insurance, hired Amanda Stantzos as vice president of Cyber Underwriting, based in the company’s new location in Chicago. Stantzos joins Corvus from NAS Insurance Services, where she was assistant vice president of Underwriting, …
June 20, 2019
A former Oklahoma State Supreme Court justice will attempt to resolve a dispute over how to disburse an $85 million settlement of a state lawsuit with Teva Pharmaceuticals. Cleveland Count District Judge Thad Balkman said Monday that retired Judge Steven …
June 20, 2019
The number of licensed cannabis businesses in California continues to rise. For the state’s three types of licenses – temporary, provisional and annual – the latest figures show roughly 2,700 businesses licensed by the Bureau of Cannabis Control, which includes …
June 20, 2019
Federal disaster assistance has been approved for four more Oklahoma counties affected by severe storms, flooding and tornadoes last month. Gov. Kevin Stitt said the Federal Emergency Management Agency had added Cherokee, Le Flore, Noble and Nowata counties to a …
June 20, 2019
Officials have confirmed that a 10th tornado struck Indiana as part of a weekend outbreak that damaged a school, a shopping mall and other buildings. The National Weather Service issued the update Tuesday, saying the latest confirmed tornado was rated …
June 20, 2019
The Texas Department of Insurance (TDI) has issued special data call to companies that wrote direct commercial property or businessowners insurance in Texas and to certain farm mutual insurance companies that wrote property insurance in Texas during calendar year 2018. …
June 20, 2019
An Ohio hospital system has reached nearly $4.5 million in settlements so far over the deaths of patients who allegedly received excessive painkiller doses ordered by a doctor now charged with murder. At least 29 wrongful-death lawsuits have been filed …