April 27, 2021
This post is part of a series sponsored by Worldwide Facilities, an Amwins Company. In November 2020, attendees of the Professional Liability Underwriting Society’s first-ever virtual conference warned insurance brokers they should expect agency errors and omissions (E&O) claims to …
April 27, 2021
Containers piled high on giant vessels carrying everything from car tires to smartphones are toppling over at an alarming rate, sending millions of dollars of cargo sinking to the bottom of the ocean as pressure to speed deliveries raises the …
April 27, 2021
Three Democratic U.S. senators on Monday said they are introducing legislation that would require U.S. regulators to mandate installation of driver-monitoring systems to ensure motorists pay attention while using systems like Tesla’s Autopilot. Senators Ed Markey, Richard Blumenthal and Amy …
April 27, 2021
Integrated Specialty Coverages (ISC), a multi-line program administrator that builds end-to-end insurance products with artificial intelligence (AI) engineering and data analytics, has launched its Vacant Property Program (VPP), designed to address the increasing number of vacant residential and commercial properties …
April 26, 2021
Thein Kevin Nguyen, 31, of Sacramento, Calif., has been charged with one felony count of fraud for allegedly running a scam where he reportedly filed 35 fraudulent cell phone loss claims, collected the proceeds from the claims, and then sold …
April 26, 2021
The South Carolina House is sending a bill preventing people with COVID-19 from suing businesses and other groups to the governor’s desk. The proposal protects businesses as long as they follow guidelines to protect people from the virus. Dozens of …
April 26, 2021
A former wildland firefighter who owns the land where a burn pile ignited a large wildfire near Rapid City says he believe the blaze was intentionally set. In a 60-page report, the landowner told investigators he was “100% sure the …
April 26, 2021
Several small earthquakes have rattled north-central Kansas. The largest had a magnitude of 3.5 and was reported Friday in Jewell County. Two other quakes measuring 2.3 and 2.5 on the Richter scale were recorded Saturday in Smith County, while a …
April 26, 2021
The Florida Supreme Court on Thursday dealt a potentially fatal blow to supporters of a proposed constitutional amendment aimed at legalizing recreational marijuana under certain circumstances. The justices ruled that the initiative’s ballot summary is “misleading” in part because it …
April 26, 2021
A small chain of restaurants in eastern Nebraska will pay $85,000 and issue an apology to a former teenage worker to settle a sexual harassment lawsuit brought against it by a federal equal employment agency. The U.S Equal Employment Opportunity …