The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday agreed to hear a bid by states, including coal producer West Virginia, and industry groups to limit federal power to use the landmark Clean Air Act to regulate carbon emissions from power plants. The …
This post is part of a series sponsored by AgentSync. Many insurance organizations see compliance as a challenge to growth, a shackle that keeps them from going too far too fast. But what if, instead, your compliance mechanism was a …
A Missouri woman is suing GEICO after contracting a sexually transmitted disease in a car insured by the company. The woman, identified in District Court documents as M.O., had a sexual relationship with the insured, M.B., in late 2017 including …
You may have heard and even laughed about GEICO being sued by a Missouri woman who contracted a sexually transmitted disease (STD) as a result of unprotected sex in a GEICO-insured vehicle. Beyond the sheer inventiveness of the plaintiff, this …
On her family’s first trip since the pandemic began, 6-year-old Wongel Estifanos got on a vertical drop ride at a Colorado amusement park with her uncle, aunt and cousins last month. When the floor pulled away, everyone else fell in …
Recent court decisions across the South continue to shape the risk management landscape, from workers’ compensation to property insurance issues. Workers’ comp In South Carolina, the state Supreme Court recently upended decades of practice and joined the national debate over …
Utilization of telemedicine services in the Texas workers’ compensation rose dramatically during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a recently published report from the Texas Department of Insurance (TDI). The report, “Evaluation of Telemedicine Services in the Texas …
Louisiana has established a voluntary mediation program for the purpose of resolving property/casualty insurance claim disputes related to damage caused by Hurricane Ida, which struck Southeast Louisiana as a category 4 hurricane in late August. Bulletin 2021-08 states its purpose …
If you work at Morris & Garritano you’re probably quite familiar with the term “walk the walk.” The agency was voted by its employees as Insurance Journal’s Best Agency to Work For – West. The San Louis Obispo, Calif.-based agency …
U.S. commercial auto insurers continue to face disruptions on their road to profitability due to inflation and the spotty post-pandemic economic recovery, according to a Standard & Poor’s Global Ratings report. The commercial auto sector had a reprieve in 2020 …
