Viewpoint: FEMA Flood Rule Will Lead to Safer Rebuilding Post-Disaster July 16, 2024 By Joel Scata FEMA issued a new rule that will increase the nation’s resilience to future flood disasters. The rule is amongst the...
People Moves: Florida Peninsula Holdings Makes Cantor Vice Chair of Board July 16, 2024 Florida Peninsula Holdings and Windward Holdings, which together own and manage Florida Peninsula Insurance Co., Edison Insurance and Ovation Home...
Georgia Governor Reappoints Bahl to Workers’ Comp Board July 16, 2024 Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp has reaapointed Neera Bahl to another term on the state Board of Workers’ Compensation. The three-member...
SC Supreme Court Urges Legislative Fix to Pre-existing Health Issue in Workers’ Comp July 15, 2024 By William Rabb South Carolina lawmakers next year may be asked to revamp a workers’ compensation employment test that judges have relied on...
Letters Don’t Seem to Sway Judge: Oxendine Sentenced to 3.5 Years in Prison July 15, 2024 By Jeff Amy ATLANTA (AP) — A federal judge on Friday sentenced former Georgia Insurance Commissioner John Oxendine to serve three-and-a-half years in...
Project 2025 Plan to End NFIP Welcomed by Some, Rejected by Others in Insurance July 15, 2024 By William Rabb A plan by a politically conservative group to dismantle the National Flood Insurance Program, if Donald Trump is elected president,...
Florida Tax Watch Calls for Renewed Tax Breaks for Home Hardening Efforts July 12, 2024 By Insurance Journal Staff Reports Florida Tax Watch, a nonprofit government watchdog in operation for 45 years, is urging state lawmakers to expand wind-mitigation tax...
Lawsuit Against West Virginia Troopers Settled in Death of Maryland Man July 12, 2024 CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A judge approved a $1 million settlement Tuesday in a wrongful death lawsuit that accused West...
NTSB Investigating Crash of Small Plane That Killed Three in North Carolina July 12, 2024 MARION, N.C. (AP) — Three people were killed when a small plane crashed in western North Carolina, officials said Monday....
Tennessee Sheriff Pleads Not Guilty to Using Prison Labor for Personal Profit July 12, 2024 MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — A sitting Tennessee sheriff pleaded not guilty Wednesday to charges that he illegally profited from the...