Features for June 2011
- North Carolina Workers’ Comp Change
- Pennsylvania Woman’s Lawsuit Claims Dunkin’ Brew is Too Sweet
- St. Paul Fire & Marine Sues Denver Broncos
- Kidnapping for Ransom: A Fateful International Growth Industry
- Don’t Let Clients Count on Luck When It Comes to Personal Umbrella Purchases
- Life After Disaster: How Agents Can Help Contractors Plan Ahead to Handle a Crisis
- South Carolina Two-Tier Damages Cap Upheld
- Court Clears Michigan Storage Owner in Customer’s Death
- Out-of-State Coverage
- Agents Warn of Insurance Complications for New York City Contractors
- Settlement Leads Massachusetts Insurers to Issue Refunds to Motorcyclists
- Report: Locking Prison Cells Didn’t Injure Guards in Illinois
- Storm Fraud
- E&O Insights: Does Every One of Your Accounts Have a Personal or Commercial Umbrella?
- Illinois Passes Workers’ Comp Reform but Some Say More Is Needed
- Is Paternity Fraud a Grounds for Lawsuit?
- Loophole in Missouri Law Puts Employers at Risk for Occupational Disease Lawsuits
- For Construction Projects, Delays and Financing Risks More Common as Economy and Industry Continue to Struggle
- Calif. Workers’ Comp Total Temporary Disability Rates to Increase
- Rio Grande Valley Insurance Broker Sentenced to Prison
- Calif. State Fund Seeks to Offer Workers’ Comp in Other States
- Commercial Insurance Prices Still Flat But Workers’ Comp Moving Up
- Insurer Seeks to Void Policy for Jackson Shows
- Florida Reinsurance Renewals Reflect Unsettled Market
- Federal Appeals Court Reverses Lower Court on Texas ‘Ambulance Chasing’ Bill
- The Aftershocks of Vulnerable Supply Chains
- Actuaries Learn About Florida Property Insurance Challenges
- New York Health Insurance Exchange Bill Preserves Agents’ Role
- Court Approves Majestic Insurance Rehabilitation Plan
- Hurricane Season Could Bring Rate Relief
- No Last Minute Flood Insurance
- Employers Look the Other Way On Distracted Driving
- New Jersey Court: Drunk Driver Can Sue Bar that Served Him
- Rhode Island Radio Personality Admits Insurance Scheme
- Insurers Must Cover Flood Re-Located Property in South Dakota
- Florida Approves RMS Hurricane Model
- Calif. Agents Group Seeks Auto Insurance Persistency Discount
- Manning Riddell Co-Owner Pleads Guilty to Bogus E&O Coverage
- As Small Business Shrinks, Small P/C Insurers Lose
- As Tech Devices Shrink, Workers’ Comp Exposure Grows
- Flood Buyouts
- North Carolina Med Mal
- U.S. Retailers Report Rise in Organized Crime, Cargo Theft
- Environmental Insurance Market Broadens to Meet Growing Needs of Today’s Contractors
- Use of Credit-based Insurance Scores in Texas Upheld
- Massachusetts Digs out After Deadly Tornadoes
- Coal Industry Blasts Safety Rules
- Storm Shelters
- Brokers See No Change in Sight for Apartment Market
- Flags Flown at Half-Staff in Louisiana to Honor Slain Insurance Investigators
- Oklahoma Workers’ Comp Reform Measure Signed Into Law
- Tennessee Approves Cap on Lawsuit Damages
- Montana Cuts Workers’ Comp Costs
- A Focus on Providing Value Serves Minnesota Agent Well
- Massachusetts AG Urges Rate Reduction for Commercial Auto
- Malpractice Suits in Pennsylvania Drop for Sixth Straight Year
- Louisiana Closer to Recouping ‘Road Home’ Money
- Hurricane Season Could Bring Rate Relief
- Montana State Fund Cuts Rates 20%
- Catastrophes Issue Wake-Up Call on Supply Chain Risks
- Demise of Windstorm Association Overhaul Leads to Special Session in Texas
- Mississippi Senator Seeks Water-Wind Formula
- Calif. Surplus Line Premiums Slip
- West Virginia Seeks Workers’ Compensation Bids
- Colo. Governor Approves Workers’ Comp Reforms
- Finally, Wash. Legislators Agree on Workers’ Comp Reform
- N.Y. Financial Oversight Agency Gets First Chief
- Contractors Object to California’s Plan to Rehabilitate Majestic
- Catastrophes Issue Wake-Up Call on Supply Chain Risks
- Best Performing Mid-Sized Commercial Insurers
- Certificate of Insurance Bill Sent to Texas Governor
- Web Exchange
- Florida Judge: Insurance Covers Chinese Drywall Claims
- Workers’ Comp TV Show Begins Filming
- From Trash to Treasure: Salvor Can Help to Manage Losses
- Calif. Workers’ Comp Bureau Declines Again to Make Mid-Year Filing
- Colo. Court: Insurer Can’t Be Sued By Another Insurer for Failing to Cancel Policy
- Tornado-Hit States Rank High in Uninsured
- What’s In Florida’s Property Insurance Cost Control Bill?
- Senate-Approved Workers’ Comp Overhaul Rejected by Illinois House
- Brooke Fines Don’t Match Pain Franchiser Caused
- How Florida’s Agents Fared in Tallahassee
- Franchisor Benefits from Unrest in Captive Insurance World
- Tornado Damages Philly Business
- Safer Small Cars
- What Killed PIP and Citizens Reform?
- Florida Firm Inspires Workers’ Comp TV Sitcom
- Catlin Stokes Broker Compensation Controversy
- Hurricanes and Floods
- Connecticut Couple Wins $58M Malpractice Award
- Intellectual Property Insurance: Coverage that Fits the Risk
- Florida Cities Most Dangerous for Pedestrians
- Mobile Food Vendor Market Explodes as Insurance Market Evolves
- Tennessee Updates Captive Law
- Mississippi Caps Premiums Tied to Fire Risk
- New York Agents Appealing Compensation Disclosure Ruling
- P/C Insurers Facing Record Losses from Weather
- Florida Braces as RMS Model Makes Landfall
- State Farm Storm Claims in Hundreds of Thousands
- Medical Marijuana Raid Coverage to Ease Worries of Dispensary Owners
- States Hit Hardest by Recent Tornadoes Among Least Insured
- Is $8 Billion Material? A Look at Year-End 2010 Reporting of Loss and Loss Adjustment Expense Reserve Adequacy
- Workers’ Comp TV Show Begins Filming
- 2011 on Pace to Be Deadliest U.S. Tornado Year
- Catastrophes Issue Wake-Up Call on Supply Chain Risks
- Hulk Hogan Loses Fight Against Insurance Agency
- Obama Consoles Tornado-Ravaged Missouri City
- Hulk Hogan Loses Fight Against Agency