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Insurance Rates for Architects, Engineers Stabilize or Decline in 2016: Survey
Apr 17 2017 // Although a slim majority of insurance companies providing architects and engineers professional liability insurance saw their rates stabilize in 2016, nearly one in three experienced modest rate decreases, according to a...
Downward Trend in Workers’ Comp Claims Continues in Minnesota
Apr 17 2017 // The number of paid workers’ compensation claims fell 53 percent relative to the number of full-time-equivalent (FTE) employees from 1997 to 2015, according to the Department of Labor and Industry’s 2015...
Report: Claims from Workers in California’s Sierras Involve Only 4 Industries
Apr 17 2017 // More than half of all claims from workers living in California’s Sierras involve only four industries, according to a report from the California Workers’ Compensation Institute. The CWCI’s California...
Golden Bear Claims Manager Addresses Agency Fraud
Apr 17 2017 // Beth Ossino, claims manager at Golden Bear Insurance Co. in Stockton, Calif., puts dealing with agency fraud high on her radar. She talked with Insurance Journal about agency fraud, and how agency owners should go about...
Report: Claims from Workers in California’s Sierras Involve Only 4 Industries
Apr 11 2017 // More than half of all claims from workers living in California’s Sierras involve only four industries, according to a report out today from the California Workers’ Compensation Institute. The CWCI’s...
Making a Federal Case Out of ‘Legal’ Marijuana Insurance Claims
Apr 11 2017 // Michael Johnston, the great, great grandson of the founder of one of the first Baptist churches in Texas, grew up being constantly warned about sin, including the evils of television and dancing. Thus it is a bit strange...
Uber Scoffs at Google Spinoff’s Claims in Self-Driving Car Case
Apr 10 2017 // Uber is scoffing at claims that its expansion into self-driving cars hinges on trade secrets stolen from a Google spinoff, arguing that its ride-hailing service has been working on potentially superior technology. The...
Watchdog Group Wants California to Look into Claims in ProPublica Report
Apr 7 2017 // Consumer Watchdog, a California-based advocacy group, is asking the state’s insurance commissioner to open an investigation into the alleged redlining uncovered by a ProPublica report that claims that four auto...
Insurance Rates for Architects, Engineers Stabilize or Decline in 2016: Survey
Apr 7 2017 // Although a slim majority of insurance companies providing architects and engineers professional liability insurance saw their rates stabilize in 2016, nearly one in three experienced modest decreases in rates. That’s...
Trade Credit Insurers Paid UK Claims of $4.9M Each Week in 2016: ABI
Apr 7 2017 // Trade credit insurers paid claims to UK businesses in 2016, amounting to more than £4 million ($4.9 million) a week, or £210 million ($256.8 million), according to figures released by the Association of British Insurers...
Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Sues Goodyear Over Asbestos Claims
Apr 7 2017 // An insurance unit of Warren Buffett’s conglomerate Berkshire Hathaway Inc. said it has sued Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co to avoid having to cover asbestos-related injury claims that Goodyear said nothing about for...
Report: Workers’ Comp Claims, Costs Continue Downward Trend in Minnesota
Apr 6 2017 // The number of paid workers’ compensation claims fell 53 percent relative to the number of full-time-equivalent (FTE) employees from 1997 to 2015, according to the Department of Labor and Industry’s 2015...
Through the Roof: Drone Startup Cites Milestone of 6,000 Inspections
Apr 6 2017 // BetterView, an insurance technology startup that captures and analyzes data from drones, said it has performed more than 6,000 roof top inspections for insurers since its inception two years ago. San Francisco, California...
Claims Manager at Golden Bear in California Addresses Agency Fraud
Apr 6 2017 // Powered by InsuranceJournal.tv Beth Ossino, claims manager at Golden Bear Insurance Co. in Stockton, Calif., puts dealing with agency fraud high on her radar. She talked with Insurance Journal about agency fraud, and how...
Top 3 Causes of Global Liability Claims = 60% of Value: Allianz Report
Apr 5 2017 // Defective product/work quality issues, crashes and human error are listed as the top causes of liability loss for businesses, according to a report published by Allianz Global Corporate Specialty (AGCS). Collectively,...
Losses from Colorado Mine Spill Could Be Far Less than Feared
Apr 4 2017 // Economic damage from a Colorado mine waste spill caused by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency may be far less than originally feared after attorneys drastically reduced some of the larger claims, The Associated Press...
CastlePoint National in California Ordered into Liquidation
Apr 3 2017 // CastlePoint National Insurance Co., the California insurance company affiliate of the defunct Tower Group, has been ordered into formal liquidation, paving the way for protection of CastlePoint’s policyholders...
Montana Diocese Filing for Bankruptcy to Settle Sex Abuse Claims
Apr 3 2017 // A second Montana Roman Catholic diocese will file for bankruptcy protection as part of settlements involving more than 400 people in sex abuse lawsuits, church officials said Friday. The Diocese of Great Falls-Billings...
Insurers’ Use of Cell Tower Data to Deny Claims Comes Under Scrutiny
Apr 3 2017 // It took Jaclyn Bentley nearly three years to prove she didn’t burn her house down for the insurance money, allegations she and her lawyer say were born of the junk practice of analyzing cellphone tower data. She was...
How to Reduce Workers’ Comp Costs in a K-12 School Climate
Apr 3 2017 // The physical and emotional well-being of employees is of vital importance to the success of K-12 schools, but the challenge of keeping school staff safe from harm is becoming more and more complex. As a result of rising...
