The Texas Supreme Court ruled that a Texas Workers’ Compensation Act (TWCA) provision for what constitutes an employee does not affect the enforceability of an additional-insured provision under the Texas Anti-Indemnity Act (TAIA). In a March 4 opinion delivered by …
US Insurers — already hammered by extraordinary losses caused by natural disasters — are also failing to raise premiums at a pace that matches an historic inflation rate, the American Property Casualty Insurance Association said Friday. APCIA said private property …
While he didn’t say that distribution of Root Insurance products through independent agents was off the table in 2022, the insurtech’s chief executive officer did say during a recent earnings call that the company is now laser-focused on embedded insurance. …
A single hour of downtime from mission-critical, third-party IT service providers can cost small and medium-sized enterprises tens of thousands of dollars, but traditional insurance often does not cover these significant losses. That’s why the founders of Parametrix Insurance came …
In a workers’ compensation case that has been called “highly unusual,” Employers Insurance Co. of Wausau has avoided having to pay for a new septic tank, a new central air system and vehicle insurance for an injured worker. The worker …
A Seattle, Washington, construction company owner is facing jail time in a case that’s holding an employer criminally responsible for a preventable worker death. Alki Construction owner Phillip Numrich was sentenced today to 45 days in jail for his role …
A federal judge has dismissed a wrongful death lawsuit filed by the family of a Utah man who was shot at nearly 30 times and killed as he ran away from Salt Lake City police in 2020. U.S. District Judge …
ALKEME acquired Chergey Insurance in Thousand Oaks, California. Chergey Insurance offers services including workers’ compensation, property, general liability, and commercial auto. ALKEME is brokerage operating in 50 states, specializing in workers’ comp, property, liability, and commercial auto.
Natick, Massachusetts-based Eastern Insurance Group reports it has acquired the operating assets of Michals Insurance Agency, an insurance agency about 16 miles away in Watertown. Terms were not disclosed. The transaction marks the 35th acquisition of an independent insurance agency …
Burns & Wilcox Adds Tameka Livatino and Erin Pritchett to Professional Liability Practice Group Burns & Wilcox has named Tameka Livatinoas underwriting director of architects and engineers, based in Chicago. With nearly 25 years of professional liability underwriting experience, Livatino …
