Monthly Archives: <span>January 2024</span>

COVID Liability Immunity Includes Slips and Falls at Hospital – Alabama High Court

When the COVID-19 virus spread across the country three years ago, dozens of state legislatures approved statutes that granted health care providers immunity from legal actions brought by people who claimed to have been injured by COVID treatments. “Absent wanton, …

Reforms to US Disaster Aid Expose Growing Home Insurance Gap

When disaster hits in the US, the federal government gives aid to states and counties, but also to individuals. In 2022, the Federal Emergency Management Agency delivered $3.25 billion to nearly 1.4 million households recovering from damaging floods and fires. …

Last Chance: Take This Year’s Agency Salary Survey

It’s the final two days to take this year’s Agency Salary Survey. ALL retail agency owners, principals, producers, CSRs — the entire agency — should participate and be a part of the industry’s favorite salary survey. The survey takes about …

White House AI Council Meets as Legislative Action Stalls

The White House artificial intelligence council is meeting Monday, three months after President Joe Biden signed an executive order that aims to reduce the risks AI poses. White House Deputy Chief of Staff Bruce Reed, who will convene the council …

Markets/Coverages: New WTW Cyber Solution for SMEs With Revenue Under $50M

Broker WTW said it has launched a cyber solution specifically for business with annual revenue under $50 million, including startups and pre-revenue accounts. This tailored solution for small- and medium-sized enterprises (SME) is meant to address challenges faces by these …

Seattle Will Pay $10M to Protesters Who Said Police Used Excessive Force During 2020 Protests

Seattle has agreed to pay $10 million to 50 demonstrators who sued over the police department’s heavy-handed response to racial justice protests in 2020, in a settlement announced by attorneys from both sides. The protesters were among tens of thousands …

Oregon Jury Awards $85 M to 9 Victims of Deadly 2020 Wildfires

An Oregon jury awarded $85 million to nine victims of wildfires that ravaged the state in 2020, the latest verdict in a series of legal proceedings that are expected to put the utility PacifiCorp on the hook for billions of …

Howden Acquires UK-Based AHR Consultants to Boost Risk Management Capabilities

Howden, the London-based global insurance group, announced it has bolstered its risk management capabilities in the UK through the acquisition of AHR Consultants, a leading provider of HR, employment law, training and health & safety services. Financial details of the …

Residents Fight Planned Monkey-Breeding Farm in South Georgia

BAINBRIDGE, Ga. (AP) — Some local residents and an animal-rights group are protesting plans for a monkey-breeding facility in southwest Georgia. Opponents recently urged the Bainbridge City Council to block plans by a company called Safer Human Medicine to build …

Hacking Allegations Expose E-Prescription System Cyber Risk

Scammers hacked into doctors’ electronic prescribing accounts, wrote tens of thousands of bogus orders for addictive drugs, then had runners pick them up from pharmacies in multiple states so they could be illegally resold online, prosecutors in New York announced …