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Study: Urbanization Contributed to Deadly 2015 Wimberley, Texas Flood
Feb 8 2018 // The 40-foot wall of water that gushed down Texas’ Blanco River in May 2015, wiping out parts of Wimberley and killing more than a dozen people, was largely a natural phenomenon. But a new study shows that development...
UK Supermarket Group Tesco Faces Potential Equal Pay Claims of Up to $5.6B
Feb 7 2018 // Supermarket group Tesco is facing a potential bill of up to 4 billion pounds ($5.6 billion) in a record equal pay claim involving mainly women workers at its British stores, according to the law firm pursuing the case. If...
Report: Lawsuit Settlements Cost Missouri Taxpayers $23M in 2017
Feb 7 2018 // Lawsuits against the state of Missouri cost taxpayers at least $23 million last year, according to a new report from Attorney General Josh Hawley. A year-end report from Hawley, a Republican, showed that 16 of the 45 major...
Louisiana Work-Related Fatalities Decreased in 2016
Feb 6 2018 // The number of work-related fatalities in Louisiana decreased in 2016, despite an uptick in work-related deaths nationally that year, according to the Louisiana Workforce Commission. Citing the latest Bureau of Labor...
Mercury General in California Posts 4Q Profit, Rise in Premiums Written
Feb 6 2018 // Mercury General Corp. has reported fourth-quarter net income of $19.8 million, after reporting a loss in the same period a year earlier. The Los Angeles-based company said it had net income of 36 cents per share. Earnings,...
Why Workplace Sexual Harassment Is Under-Reported: SHRM Survey
Feb 5 2018 // Sexual harassment in the workplace is under-reported by employees partly because some employees are unaware that their employers have anti-harassment policies or that there are ways to report without bringing harm to...
Cyber Insurance Claims from Fraudulent Instruction Scams Rise: Beazley
Feb 5 2018 // Organizations are being forced to deal with an increased threat to their operations from fraudulent instruction scams, according to specialist insurer Beazley’s most recent Breach Report. According to the insurer,...
Report Calls out California Wildfires Among 2017 U.S. Hazards
Feb 5 2018 // CoreLogic’s annual Natural Hazard Risk Summary and Analysis released in late January shows that 2017 was a year of relatively average activity for most U.S. natural hazards with the exception of wildfires in...
Super Bowl Gaming App Part of a Promising Real-Time Trend, Expert Says
Feb 2 2018 // This is just in time for the Super Bowl and people who love gambling and football – but don’t want to make the trip to Las Vegas. During Sunday’s Super Bowl, an app-based company called WinView is offering...
8 Ways Cyber Threats and Business Security Will Change This Year: Aon’s Predictions
Feb 2 2018 // As cyber attacks increasingly threaten business and grow in volume and scale, companies will be forced to take new measures to address cybersecurity risk holistically, integrating it more aggressively into their enterprise...
Duke Energy, North Carolina Coal Ash Neighbors End Dispute Over Future Claims
Jan 31 2018 // Neighbors of Duke Energy Corp.’s unlined coal ash pits in North Carolina went to court after the company said their $5,000 “goodwill” payments required them to give up future health claims linked to...
Americans’ Fear of Driverless Cars Subsiding: AAA Survey
Jan 29 2018 // American drivers are slowly warming up to the idea of relinquishing the wheel to a robot. Although 63 percent of U.S. drivers say they’d be afraid to ride in a fully self-driving car, that’s down substantially...
Bloomberg Interview with Lloyd’s CEO Beale in Davos: Economic Outlook, Asia Growth, Cyber, Brexit and More
Jan 26 2018 // Lloyd’s of London, the world’s oldest insurance market, is experiencing year-on-year growth of 100 percent in some of its Asian markets, where growing economies are fueling demand for cover from the...
Telematics-Based Insurance Policies in UK Rise 30% to 975,000 in 2017: BIBA
Jan 25 2018 // The number of live telematics-based policies reached almost one million – standing at 975,000 in 2017, according to the British Insurance Brokers’ Association (BIBA). The BIBA survey includes information from the...
Participate in Insurance Journal’s Annual Agency Salary Survey
Jan 25 2018 // The deadline to participate in Insurance Journal’s annual Agency Salary Survey is approaching fast – participate by Feb. 2 to receive a complimentary copy of the survey results. ALL retail agency owners,...
January Renewals Saw Rate Hikes of Up to 5%, with More Expected: S&P
Jan 25 2018 // Global reinsurance pricing in aggregate was flat to up about 5 percent during the January 2018 renewals, and more price hikes can be expected in loss-affected areas during the year, according to S&P Global...
Lowdown: Agribusiness Insurance Costs on the Rise?
Jan 24 2018 // This week’s Lowdown focuses on the rise in frequency, complexity and severity of vehicular accidents within the agribusiness industry. Scenarios highlighted and steps outlined to reduce risk within What’s...
In Turnabout, Wisconsin Governor Moves to Stabilize Insurance Market
Jan 23 2018 // In a tack to the left in an election year, Wisconsin Republican Gov. Scott Walker announced Sunday that he wants a state law that would bar insurers from denying a person health coverage due to a pre-existing condition. He...
Report: West Virginia Controlled Substance Dispensing Down 11.7% in 2017
Jan 23 2018 // A West Virginia board report says state pharmacies dispensed 31 million fewer controlled substances last year, a trend the board’s acting chief says is due to heightened awareness about prescription medication...
Ratings Outlooks Revised to Positive for South Dakota Insurer
Jan 22 2018 // A.M. Best has revised the outlooks to positive from stable and affirmed the Financial Strength Rating of B+ (Good) and the Long-Term Issuer Credit Rating of “bbb-” of Northwest G.F. Mutual Insurance Co. (NWGF)...
