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Atkins Appointed Kentucky Insurance Commish

Nancy G. Atkins has been appointed Commissioner of the Kentucky Department of Insurance (KYDOI), in the wake of Brian Maynard’s decision in April to vacate the post. Maynard stepped down as commissioner of KYDOI effective April 30, to return to …

Florida Fails to Pass Workers’ Compensation Reform

Florida businesses shouldn’t expect relief for workers’ compensation rates, this year at least. The Florida Legislature failed to pass legislation this session addressing 2016 decisions by the Florida Supreme Court that sent the state’s workers’ comp system into disarray and …

Crumbling South Carolina Roads Cost State Nearly $50M in Driver Claims Since 2010

Taxpayers are spending more to settle claims for vehicles damaged and wrecked on South Carolina’s crumbling roads. The State newspaper reported that South Carolina has spent nearly $50 million since 2010 to settle lawsuits and claims for vehicle damage and …

Massachusetts Court Reverses Ruling in Rotten Seafood Coverage Dispute

The Massachusetts Appeals Court has reversed a lower court’s ruling in a case examining whether damage to scallops at a seafood processing facility, when the cause of damage is unknown, constitutes an occurrence within a commercial general liability (CGL) policy. …

Q&A: Art Theft and Its Impact on the Insurance Industry

Bill Anderson, a managing partner of Brooklyn, New York-based Art Guard, recently spoke with Insurance Journal about issues related to insurance and artwork. Anderson has observed that roughly more than 50 percent of art thefts occur at private homes, and …

Storm-Related Arkansas Crop Losses Estimated at $64.5M

Flooding and severe weather this year have caused an estimated $64.5 million in damage to Arkansas croplands, according to the University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture. Some 937,000 acres of cropland have been battered this year in Arkansas. Soybean …

Insurance Industry-Backed Storm Damage Bill Passes Texas House

The passage in the Texas House of a bill limiting liability for property insurance companies sued by policyholders following weather related events has given the insurance industry, which lobbied strongly for the bill, reason to celebrate — at least for …

Producer Compliance in California: The Top Three Regulatory Danger Zones

Like Big Brother, California’s Department of Insurance is watching you. Okay, perhaps not literally — and certainly not all of you, but the department definitely has its antennae up when it comes to the business of brokers and agents, particularly …

Partial Settlement for Victims of California Balcony Fall

The victims of a balcony collapse in Berkeley, Calif., that killed six college students have reached a settlement with some of the companies they sued in 2015. The settlements are confidential, said lawyers for the families of the students who …

Nevada Lawmakers Pushing Blood-Only Detection of Marijuana DUIs

Weighing in on how Nevada should test people for stoned driving, lawmakers advanced a measure to eliminate urine samples as a viable measure for police to show a driver to be impaired by marijuana. Under the bipartisan proposal, law enforcement …

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