Flood Coverage, TWIA, Workers’ Comp Relativities Among TDI Concerns in Legislative Report January 21, 2019 By Stephanie K. Jones In its 2018 Biennial Report to the Legislature dated Dec. 14, 2018, the Texas Department of Insurance made several recommendations...
Workers’ Comp Relativities Are Obsolete, TDI Says January 11, 2019 By Stephanie K. Jones In its 2018 Biennial Report, the Texas Department of Insurance has recommended that lawmakers delete from state statute references to...
Texas Regulators Urge Flexibility in Claim/Dispute Deadlines for Windstorm Insurer January 10, 2019 By Stephanie K. Jones The Texas Department of Insurance in its 2018 Biennial Report to the legislature has recommended amending state law to permit...
Texas Insurance Department Recommends Flood Disclosure on Property Policies January 9, 2019 By Stephanie K. Jones In its 2018 Biennial Report, the Texas Department of Insurance made several recommendations to the legislature regarding issues the agency...
Midwest Legislative Priorities Include No-Fault Auto, Distracted Driving, Contractor Fraud, Tort Reform January 7, 2019 By Stephanie K. Jones With some of the highest auto insurance rates in the nation, Michigan’s no-fault insurance laws — much maligned by the...
Natural Disasters to Dominate Insurance Agenda in Texas; Oklahoma’s New Commissioner Eyes Uninsured Motorists January 7, 2019 By Stephanie K. Jones The Texas Legislature meets every two years, so when state lawmakers are in Austin, they have a lot to deal...
Insurance Journal South Central’s Top Stories for 2018: Medical Marijuana, Weather Woes December 31, 2018 By Stephanie K. Jones At first glance it might seem that 2018 was a “slow news” year in the South Central states of Arkansas,...
Insurance Journal Midwest’s Top Stories for 2018: From Agent Fraud to Ruby Slippers December 31, 2018 By Stephanie K. Jones The most-read stories in Insurance Journal’s Midwest region in 2018 covered agent fraud, a fatal tourist boat sinking in Missouri,...
Emerging Issue in Texas: Firefighter, EMT Cancer-Related Workers’ Comp Claims — and Denials December 17, 2018 By Stephanie K. Jones How to process cancer-related workers’ compensation claims filed by firefighters and emergency medical technicians (EMTs) is developing into an emerging...
Michigan’s Kaufman Group Named a BEST for Workplace Training and Development December 11, 2018 By Stephanie K. Jones The employees and agent/broker clients of Farmington Hills, Michigan-based H.W. Kaufman Group may be pleased but not surprised to learn...