Alliant Employees Blocked From Soliciting Former MMA Clients January 22, 2025 By Andrew G. Simpson A federal judge in Manhattan overseeing an insurance brokerage poaching case has blocked three Alliant Insurance Services employees from soliciting...
With Uber Boost, Group Seeks Reforms to Lower New York’s High Insurance Costs January 15, 2025 By Andrew G. Simpson Remember the 2010 The Rent Is Too Damn High campaign by Jimmy McMillan? Some people in New York now think...
Moody’s to Acquire Geospatial AI Firm CAPE Analytics January 13, 2025 By Andrew G. Simpson Moody’s Corp. has agreed to acquire CAPE Analytics, which provides geospatial AI intelligence for residential and commercial properties. Moody’s said...
Injured While ‘Simply Walking’ Not Covered by Workers’ Compensation January 8, 2025 By Andrew G. Simpson Not all accidents are compensable merely because they happen at work, the Virginia Workers’ Compensation Commission (WCC) reminded in denying...
Massachusetts High Court Upholds $20 Million Verdict Over Leg Amputation January 7, 2025 By Andrew G. Simpson The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court has upheld a $20 million jury award in a medical malpractice case that found three...
State High Court Nixes Policy Cancellation Over ‘Ambiguous’ Communications January 4, 2025 By Andrew G. Simpson An insurer failed to properly cancel a workers’ compensation policy because its multiple notices and other conduct were not “definite,...
He Saved the Chocolates But Lost His Workers’ Compensation Insurance January 1, 2025 By Andrew G. Simpson An employee who was injured when rescuing chocolate candies from the heat in his employer-owned delivery truck is not due...
Rhode Island Ransomware Attack Update: Some Stolen Data Posted to Dark Web December 31, 2024 By Andrew G. Simpson As Rhode Island state officials feared would happen, hackers responsible for a ransomware attack on a popular state-administered benefits portal...
Bar Association’s Diversity and Inclusion Policy Upheld on Appeal December 26, 2024 By Andrew G. Simpson A New Jersey appeals court has ruled that the state bar association’s diversity policy of setting aside a certain number...
Third Circuit Finds Pennsylvania’s JUA — and Its Surplus— Are Public, Not Private December 19, 2024 By Andrew G. Simpson Pennsylvania’s facility that insures high risk medical professionals is a public agency, not a private entity, the Third Circuit Court...