October 1, 2018
Louisiana’s insurance commissioner says the state’s auto insurance market may be stabilizing, with a smaller rise in premiums expected this year compared with prior years. Insurance Commissioner Jim Donelon says Louisiana’s auto market has seen a 2.1 percent average increase …
October 1, 2018
The Tennessee Department of Commerce & Insurance’s (TDCI) Consumer Insurance Services Section has returned $3.2 million so far to Tennesseans through its restitution efforts in 2018, according to a statement from TDCI. Through the first eight months of 2018, TDCI …
October 1, 2018
ROV AUV Insurance Coverage Market Detail: Accessible Marine Insurance (AMI) (ami-ins.com) works with clients providing ROV inspection services. The limits of insurance can vary depending on the customer’s requirements, but start at $1 million for general liability limits. A typical …
October 1, 2018
The Texas Automobile Insurance Plan Association filed rate increases of 4.9 percent for private passenger auto insurance and 3.9 percent for commercial auto coverage. The proposed rate increases for new and renewal businesses is Feb. 1, 2019. The filed rates …
October 1, 2018
The South Carolina Department of Insurance has issued two Hurricane Florence-related notices to all property and casualty insurers doing business in the state. SCDOI Director Ray Farmer issued an emergency regulation Sept. 14 designed to protect insurance consumers as they …
October 1, 2018
Restaurants must pay waiters and bartenders minimum wage when they are engaged in tasks such as cleaning toilets that are unrelated to their main jobs and do not offer tips, a divided U.S. appeals court ruled last month. At issue …
October 1, 2018
The parents of a teenager who was killed in a 2012 avalanche at a Vail Resort property are appealing a judge and jury’s decision in their son’s death case. Dr. Louise Ingalls and Dr. Steve Conlin, the parents of Taft …
October 1, 2018
South Carolina’s highest court has ruled a woman’s DUI charge shouldn’t be dismissed because her car crashed a few feet outside the city whose officer detained her. Jennifer Lynn Alexander was found inside her still running car in a ditch …
October 1, 2018
The votes were tallied and the results are in for the 2018 Best Independent Insurance Agency to Work For survey by Insurance Journal. Employees of the Best Agencies to Work For in 2018 highlight the importance of competitive salaries, employee …
October 1, 2018
The number of people killed in fatal crashes in Oregon has gone up by 13 percent from last year. The Oregonian/OregonLive reported that the total number of deaths on city streets, freeways and county highways was driven up this summer …