Oregon Rolling Out Hospital Crisis Care Standards as COVID Surges January 11, 2022 By Gillian Flaccus Oregon hospitals have new interim guidelines to help them determine which patients should get lifesaving care if the current COVID-19...
Pandemic Adding Cost to Rebuild After Colorado Wildfire January 11, 2022 By Patty Nieberg and Lindsay Whitehurst Rex and Barba Hickman’s home of 23 years near the foothills of the Rocky Mountains has been reduced to a...
More Coastal Areas Join Forces Over New Flood Risk Rating System January 11, 2022 Despite studies showing a new federal flood-risk rating is more equitable and accurate, opposition to higher flood insurance rates continues...
California Lawmakers to Consider Universal Healthcare Proposal January 11, 2022 By Adam Beam California lawmakers will start debating whether to create the nation’s first universal health care system in a key measure of...
Transverse Insurance Completes $48M Capital Raise January 11, 2022 New Jersey-based specialty insurer Transverse Insurance Group reported it has raised $48 million of additional capital to support expansion of...
Hippo Expands Homeowners Association Insurance Offering to 15 States January 11, 2022 Technology-driven Hippo has expanded its commercial lines homeowners association (HOA) insurance offering into 15 additional states after debuting it last...
Kentucky Lawmakers Plan to Move Quickly on Tornado Recovery Package January 11, 2022 Kentucky lawmakers, back in session, are planning to take up tornado-recovery legislation this week, with the goal of quickly distributing...
People Moves: BHSI Promotes Kidd to Country Mgr., Ireland; BMS Iberia Hires WTW’s Melero for Affinity Practice; Fidelis Promotes Jarvis to Deputy Dir. of Underwriting January 11, 2022 This edition of International People Moves details appointments at Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance, BMS and Fidelis Insurance. A summary of...
Insurer Need Not Defend Drug Chain in Opioid Suits Claiming Economic, Not Personal, Injury January 11, 2022 By Andrew G. Simpson In the latest turn in litigation over the opioid crisis, a state’s high court has found an insurer does not...
Florida OIR Says Claims Info Data Call Coming Early Next Year January 11, 2022 Florida’s insurance commissioner announced that his office had begun a rulemaking process to draft a form insurers should use to...