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E&O Insights: Don’t Let Insuring Restaurants and Taverns Give You Heartburn
May 5 2014 // Virtually every town in the United States has a restaurant or tavern, so your pursuit of these risks is fairly likely. Unfortunately, at times these types of risks are not the easiest to place. Before you take that first...
10 Challenges Ahead for Workers’ Compensation
May 5 2014 // Today’s challenges are also tomorrow’s opportunities depending on the viewpoint. Those same opportunities could also remain tomorrow’s challenges. This special report highlights 10 current workers’...
Florida Revises Insurer Solvency Review Process
May 4 2014 // The Florida legislature has approved legislation setting out new insurer solvency requirements while also requiring individuals to disclose information about any affiliated company. Sponsored by Senator David Simmons...
Insurance Agents Urged to Follow Overstock.com, Insuritas Online Sales Model
May 2 2014 // Customers of Overstock.com can now furnish their home or office and insure them through the same source. The online retailer this week began selling small business, auto and home insurance along with furniture, rugs,...
How Policies Respond When Buying or Selling an Agency
May 1 2014 // It’s rare to read an industry magazine or attend an industry conference without the topic of mergers and acquisitions coming up. The issues addressed typically include the cost of acquisitions, tax implications,...
Best Affirms State Automobile Mutual and Operating Subs Ratings
May 1 2014 // A.M. Best has affirmed the financial strength rating (FSR) of ‘A’ (Excellent) and the issuer credit ratings (ICR) of “a” of State Automobile Mutual Insurance Company and its operating...
Florida House Nixes Shifting Citizens Policies to Surplus Lines
Apr 30 2014 // The Florida House has rejected a proposal that could shift homeowners away from the state-backed Citizens Property Insurance and into private surplus lines insurers. The Florida Senate last week narrowly voted for a...
High Net Worth Carrier PURE Enters California
Apr 30 2014 // Call it a little luck or good timing – maybe a bit of both– but an insurer focused on high net worth individuals has added California to the list of states in which it does business at a time when the number of wealthy...
Walmart Begins Selling Auto Insurance Online
Apr 30 2014 // Walmart has partnered with AutoInsurance.com to offer car insurance to its customers at “everyday low prices.” The new arrangement provides an auto insurance comparison service through the AutoInsurance.com...
Are Bermuda’s Re/Insurers ‘Victims of Their Own Success?’ S&P Report
Apr 30 2014 // Bermuda’s re/insurers “reaped strong earnings in 2013 despite increasing competition, persistently low investment yields, and a tepid economic recovery in the U.S. and Europe,” according to a Standard...
Virtual Privacy Expert Gives Insurers Privacy Tools for Clients
Apr 29 2014 // Data breach software firm ID Experts has partnered with risk management and claims consultant Enquiron to offer the Virtual Privacy Expert, an on-demand website service for insurance carriers looking to provide online...
Nonprofit in Maryland Builds Different Kind of Health Insurance Company
Apr 29 2014 // Maryland hadn’t had a health insurance co-op for 20 years. Then Dr. Peter Beilenson came along. Although Beilenson — who has held a number of prominent health positions — describes himself as a staunch...
Past Bank, Insurer Battles Don’t Deter Treasure Hunter’s Return to Shipwreck
Apr 29 2014 // Treasure-hunter Bob Evans has spent half his life dreaming about the SS Central America, a pre-Civil War steamship decaying in the lightless depths off South Carolina. Now he’s returning to the shipwreck after 23...
N.J. Resident Charged With Submitting Fraudulent Invoices to Health Insurer
Apr 28 2014 // A Monmouth County, New Jersey, woman has been indicted for allegedly submitting more than $500,000 in bogus invoices to her health insurance company. A state grand jury indictment alleges that from March 2011 and March...
Texas Investigated More than 550 Insurance Fraud Cases in 2013
Apr 28 2014 // Texas Department of Insurance Fraud Unit opened investigations into more than 550 insurance fraud cases in 2013. More than $10.3 million in insurance fraud was identified in criminal cases referred for prosecution in 2013,...
Surplus Lines Insurers Could Pick Up Citizens Policies Under Senate Bill
Apr 28 2014 // Homeowners seeking coverage from Citizens Property Insurance could wind up getting policies from out-of-state insurers that are exempt from many of the state regulations other insurers must honor. The Florida Senate on...
Insurers Cooperated in Writing of Florida Rule on Gun Ownership
Apr 27 2014 // Florida lawmakers have approved legislation that supporters say will uphold a policyholder’s constitutional right to bear arms by preventing insurers from using gun ownership in underwriting. The Florida House of...
Insurer Groups Applaud Arizona’s Brewer For Ridesharing Veto
Apr 25 2014 // Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer’s veto of House Bill 2262, which would have exempted ridesharing companies from commercial insurance requirements imposed on traditional taxi and livery companies, has insurance groups singing...
Florida’s Heritage Insurance Hopes to Raise $100 Million in IPO
Apr 25 2014 // A Florida property insurer that provides insurance coverage to 128,000 homeowners is planning to go public by issuing an initial public offering (IPO) that could result in the insurer raising up to $100 million in new...
Customers Switching Auto Insurers Unhappy with New Prices: J.D. Power
Apr 24 2014 // Customers who switch auto insurance carriers due to poor service often end up sorry they did because they end up paying more with their new insurer, according to the latest J.D. Power 2014 U.S. Insurance Shopping...
