Insurers Get Green Light to Pay Less Than Billed Charges in Florida PIP Cases April 29, 2024 By William Rabb The Florida Supreme Court has given auto insurers more flexibility in reducing payments for medical services under the state’s no-fault...
Higginbotham Adds South Florida Benefits Agency to Team April 26, 2024 Texas-headquartered Higginbotham, one of the largest independent insurance and benefits firms, has added Adams Benefits of Boca Raton, Florida, to...
NC Agent, Missouri Lawyers Convicted in $4M Tax Shelter, Insurance Scheme April 26, 2024 By Insurance Journal Staff Reports A federal jury on Thursday found a North Carolina insurance agent and two Missouri lawyers guilty on all counts in...
Employer Can’t Deny Comp Claim in Shooting Then Argue Immunity, Court Says April 26, 2024 An employer cannot deny a workers’ compensation claim on the grounds that a shooting injury was not work-related then turn...
South Carolina Ringleader Sentenced to 8 Years for Staged Accidents April 25, 2024 By Insurance Journal Staff Reports A man that South Carolina authorities have called a ringleader of an insurance fraud ring, who once recruited accomplices while...
4,800 Claims Handled by Unlicensed Adjusters in Florida After Irma, Lawsuit Says April 25, 2024 By William Rabb Two south Florida lawsuits against property insurers argue that two major carriers employed a business strategy of hiring inexperienced or...
Marsh McLennan Agency to Buy Fisher Brown Bottrell for About $316M April 24, 2024 Marsh McLennan Agency, a subsidiary of Marsh, said it has a definitive agreement to acquire one of the largest agencies...
Oakbridge Adds Strawn & Co. in Georgia April 24, 2024 Atlanta-based OakBridge Insurance Agency has continued its rapid expansion with the acquisiton of Strawn & Co., headquartered in McDonough, Georgia,...
Workers’ Comp Apportion Evals Must be Well-Reasoned, WV Supreme Court Says April 24, 2024 By William Rabb West Virginia law, like statutes in a number of states, allows employers to try and apportion contributions to a worker’s...
FAU Gets Grant to Study Seaweed Harvesting, Just as Blobs Approach South Florida April 24, 2024 Researchers at Florida Atlantic University are using a $1.3 million grant to see if huge blobs of seaweed can be...