Monthly Archives: <span>August 2021</span>

Epstein Accuser Sues Prince Andrew Claiming Sexual Abuse

Prince Andrew was sued in New York by a woman who claims she was recruited by Jeffrey Epstein as a teenager and “lent out” to powerful men, including the second son of Queen Elizabeth II, for sexual purposes. Virginia Giuffre …

eMaxx Announces Return of Risk Management Summit in Miami, Florida

Three day meeting packed with educational sessions addressing loss prevention, technology, claims and litigation management industry trends PEABODY, Mass. (August 10, 2021) – eMaxx, a tech-enabled specialty provider of commercial property and casualty insurance programs, announced the Risk Management Summit …

Florida Appeals Ruling Allowing Norwegian Cruise Line to Demand Vaccine Documentation

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis said on Monday the state will appeal a federal judge’s ruling that allowed Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd to require Miami passengers show documented proof they are vaccinated against COVID-19, which he has called discriminatory. In …

Tornado in Wisconsin’s Grant County Destroys, Damages Buildings

Residents of Grant County, Wisconsin, are cleaning up debris after a tornado touched down near Boscobel destroying or damaging homes and farm outbuildings. Initial damage assessments by fire departments in the area indicate six homes were destroyed, five had major …

Northern California’s Dixie Fire Has Affected 800-Plus Structures, And High Winds Are on Their Way

When Tom Larsen thinks of the Dixie Fire in Northern California, he thinks about better modeling. Larsen, the senior director for content strategy for catastrophe modeler CoreLogic Inc., pointed to some grim facts about the ongoing Dixie blaze: It’s already …

Insurers: Washington Commissioner’s ‘Rushed’ Regulatory Process Will Hurt Policyholders

The American Property Casualty Insurance Association submitted comments in opposition to stakeholder draft regulations which will make Washington Commissioner Mike Kreidler’s emergency regulations banning the use of credit-based insurance scores permanent for three years. APCIA is again calling on the …

People Moves: LineSlip Hires Hunter Reilly; Lockton Adds Schwartz

LineSlip Solutions Chicago-based LineSlip Solutions Inc. appointed Denise Hunter Reilly, a seasoned risk manager and former insurance broker, as vice president – account executive. Hunter Reilly was most recently with Universal Health Services Inc. as director, insurance. Earlier, she was …

Minnesota Restaurant Workers Shortchanged During COVID Awarded $230K

Employees of a Minneapolis, Minnesota, restaurant group will receive money they were denied after the company laid off workers during the COVID-19 shutdowns without giving them their final paychecks. A settlement completed between Bartmann Companies and the Minnesota Attorney General’s …

U.S. Fines Company $35M Over North Dakota Drilling Wastewater Spill

An oil company that waited more than five months to investigate and report a 2014 pipeline spill in North Dakota that discharged more than 29 million gallons of drilling wastewater has agreed to pay more than $35 million in civil …

Louisiana 2020 Hurricane Update: $10B in Claims Reported as of June 30

The amount of money that insurers expect to pay for the 2020 hurricanes continues to grow, albeit more slowly, as Louisiana gets further away from last year’s historic storm season. According to the Louisiana Department of Insurance, insurance companies have …