Georgia Appeals Court Questions Insolvency Pool’s Subrogation in Comp Cases July 18, 2024 By William Rabb Georgia employers and their workers’ compensation insurers can rest a little easier after an appeals court this week narrowed the...
Blue Cross Won’t Appeal: Aetna Set to Run NC State Worker Health Benefits July 17, 2024 RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Aetna is poised to manage health coverage plan benefits for North Carolina state workers and teachers...
Rebuilding After Hurricanes is Complex, Can Change Character of a Community July 17, 2024 HORSESHOE BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Before Hurricane Idalia smashed into a small fishing village in northwestern Florida, Charles Long, 68,...
Surplus Lines Commercial Growth; Fla. Litigation Costs Reach New High in 2023 July 17, 2024 By William Rabb Two recent reports reflect trends in Florida’s property insurance market, including the continued growth of surplus lines’ business and an...
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,...