Storm Losses Largest in North Carolina and Virginia April 19, 2011 By Kenneth J. St. Onge The massive, weekend storm system that killed dozens of people, and destroyed buildings, livestock and other property as it swept...
Pennsylvania House Passes Tort Reform Bill April 18, 2011 By Kenneth J. St. Onge Pennsylvania House lawmakers have passed a major tort reform bill, an agent-supported move that sets up a vote in the...
Pennsylvania House Passes Tort Reform Bill April 12, 2011 By Kenneth J. St. Onge Pennsylvania House lawmakers have passed a major tort reform bill, an agent-supported move that sets up a vote in the...
No on D&O April 4, 2011 By Kenneth J. St. Onge Giant Berkshire Hathaway, which makes much of its money on insurance and investing insurance premiums, does not provide liability insurance...
Maryland Weighs Prohibition on Insurers’ Use of Credit Scores April 4, 2011 By Kenneth J. St. Onge Maryland lawmakers are weighing whether to prohibit insurers from using credit scores to rate auto insurance policies — a move...
Pennsylvania Considers Workers’ Comp for Small Business Owners April 4, 2011 By Kenneth J. St. Onge Agents in Pennsylvania are urging lawmakers to pass legislation that would allow insurers to cover owners or partners of small...
Pennsylvania Ponders Workers’ Comp for Small Business Owners March 23, 2011 By Kenneth J. St. Onge Agents in Pennsylvania will urge lawmakers today to pass legislation that would allow insurers to cover owners or partners of...
Maryland Weighs Prohibition on Insurers’ Use of Credit Scores March 22, 2011 By Kenneth J. St. Onge Maryland lawmakers are weighing whether to prohibit insurers from using credit scores to rate auto policies — a move insurers...
Agreement Leaves Massachusetts Workers’ Comp Rates Flat March 21, 2011 By Kenneth J. St. Onge The organization that files workers’ comp rates in Massachusetts has agreed to leave premiums flat through next year, following an...
Mitigation Consensus March 21, 2011 By Kenneth J. St. Onge The Griffith Insurance Education Foundation recently brought together industry, government and academic leaders — many from disaster-prone coastal states such...