Personal Auto Rate Hikes Not Keeping Up with Losses: Fitch April 17, 2017 U.S. personal auto underwriters increased premium rates “significantly” in 2016, but the rate increases weren’t high enough. Loss trends are...
Safety Experts Questioning St. Louis’ Boiler Standards After Blast April 17, 2017 Safety experts are questioning St. Louis’ boiler safety standards, following a deadly explosion that killed four people and injured several...
People – West April 17, 2017 Kristin S. Palmer has been named senior vice president and head of communications at the Insurance Information Institute. Palmer previously...
Business Moves April 17, 2017 EPIC Insurance Brokers & Consultants, The Capacity Group EPIC Insurance Brokers & Consultants has acquired The Capacity Group of Companies...
More Tickets Written After South Dakota Hiked Speed Limit to 80 mph April 17, 2017 The number of speeding tickets issued by South Dakota state troopers has gone up since the state’s top speed limit...
Owners of California Hotel Cleaning Firm Plead Guilty to Workers’ Comp Fraud April 17, 2017 The owners of a cleaning company serving luxury hotels in Southern California and Nevada have pleaded guilty in connection with...
Declarations April 17, 2017 Leaks Happen “The hypocrisy really lies in the pipeline corporations that say their pipelines are safe, say leaks don’t happen....
Illinois Company to Pay $325K to Settle Federal Discrimination Suit April 17, 2017 Decatur, Ill.-based company King-Lar will pay $325,000 to settle a federal discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity...
California Worker’s Comp Governing Committee Votes for Lower Mid-Year Filing April 17, 2017 The insurer and public members of the Workers’ Compensation Rating Bureau Governing Committee have voted to authorize the Governing Committee...
Insurance Rates for Architects, Engineers Stabilize or Decline in 2016: Survey April 17, 2017 Although a slim majority of insurance companies providing architects and engineers professional liability insurance saw their rates stabilize in 2016,...