Beating Up on Workers’ Comp: Grand Bargain Taking Jabs from Multiple Directions May 4, 2015 By Andrew G. Simpson The state-based workers’ compensation system has stayed on its feet for 100 years in part by being able to defend...
Georgia Supreme Court Sides with XL Specialty in Barring Bad Faith Claim April 20, 2015 By Andrew G. Simpson The Georgia Supreme Court denied an insured’s bad faith claim against its insurer for its refusal to pay a settlement...
The Story Behind Southport Lane’s Collapse April 20, 2015 By Andrew G. Simpson An insurance empire that included two insurance carriers, two offshore reinsurers, several buildings and other insurers’ investments was built by...
Obama, Insurers Welcome Bipartisan Trade Authority Measure April 17, 2015 By Andrew G. Simpson The White House would get its desired clarity of authority to negotiate a Pacific trade agreement while lawmakers would get...
Insurers AIG, USAA Receive OK to Test Use of Drones April 8, 2015 By Andrew G. Simpson Two more insurers have received approval to test the use of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), or drones, for their business....
AIG Buys Controlling Interest in Program Manager NSM Group April 6, 2015 By Andrew G. Simpson American International Group Inc. has agreed to acquire a controlling stake in NSM Insurance Group, a managing general agent and...
Independent Insurance Agents Defying Doomsayers March 23, 2015 By Andrew G. Simpson According to analysts, technologists, aggregators and others, the independent agency system is in trouble. Somebody forget to tell independent agents....
H.R. Haldeman’s Son Recalls Life Before, After Watergate; Own Entry Into Insurance March 19, 2015 By Andrew G. Simpson Visiting his father in jail was a “blessing” of sorts for Hank Haldeman, son of H.R. Haldeman, President Nixon’s chief...
Might Human Drivers Be Outlawed? March 19, 2015 By Andrew G. Simpson Tesla Motors co-founder and CEO Elon Musk thinks that human-driven cars could eventually be outlawed as computers show they can...
Exclusive Sneak Peak: Hank Haldeman on Carrying Family Name in Insurance March 18, 2015 By Andrew G. Simpson The son of one of the central figures sent to prison as part of the Watergate scandal of the 1970s...