Fla. Solons Pass Accountability Bill, Banning Unexplained Changes to Adjuster Reports May 4, 2023 After years of chipping away at incentives for lawsuits against property insurers, the Florida Legislature has approved the Insurer Accountability...
Summit Makes Grimm Senior VP of Claims May 4, 2023 By William Rabb Summit Consulting, a manager of five workers’ compensation insurance companies in the Southeast, has named Robert Darin Grimm senior vice...
Tennessee Lawmakers Approve PTSD Workers’ Comp Presumption for Firefighters May 4, 2023 By William Rabb The Tennessee General Assembly has approved a workers’ compensation presumption that post-traumatic stress disorder is work-related for firefighters, joining several...
DeSantis vs. Disney: New Governing Board Countersues Entertainment Giant May 3, 2023 Days after Disney sued Florida’s governor in federal court for what it described as retaliation for opposing the state’s so-called...
SE University VP Sentenced for Defrauding School in Website Design Project May 3, 2023 By Staff and Wire Reports A former Florida college administrator has been sentenced to one year and three months in federal prison for defrauding the...
Just Married, Then Hit by Alleged Drunk Driver: SC Bride Dies After Car Slams Golf Cart May 3, 2023 A bride leaving her wedding reception was killed when a woman driving under the influence and well over twice the...
Florida Lawmakers Approve Expanded Wind-Mitigation Program May 3, 2023 By William Rabb More rich and more poor residents will qualify for home-hardening grants under an expanded My Safe Florida Home measure approved...
Florida Legislature Sends Windshield Repair Bill to Governor, Ending AOBs May 3, 2023 By Insurance Journal Staff Reports The Florida House of Representatives on Tuesday overwhelmingly approved a bill that would prohibit assignments of benefits for windshield repairs,...
Widow Bound by Exclusive Remedy in Band-Saw Fatality, NC Court Finds May 3, 2023 By William Rabb A longtime worker at a North Carolina furniture products company, described as a model employee, died in 2020 under somewhat...
Leavitt Group Expands with Another North Carolina Agency Acquisition May 2, 2023 Leavitt Elite Insurance Advisors, part of the multi-state Leavitt Group, has merged with another North Carolina agency. Simmons Insurance Agency,...