Colorado asked federal disaster managers for a major disaster declaration in the wake of severe weather and flooding this spring and early summer that impacted 11 counties. The Colorado Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Management submitted their request in …
Vermont regulators recently issued a bulletin addressing the issue of price optimization in personal lines ratemaking, warning insurers that adjustments to rates may not be based on non-risk-related factors. The Vermont Department of Financial Regulation (DFR) Insurance Bulletin No. 186 …
Utah insurance agent Brent Hilton was sentenced to serve one to 15 years in prison and has been taken into custody from the Third District Court in West Jordan. Hilton in July pled guilty to one count of a pattern …
Maryland is appealing the federal government’s denial of disaster aid to help the state and Baltimore recover millions of dollars in riot-related costs. The Federal Emergency Management Agency denied Maryland’s request for a major disaster declaration last month, saying aid …
The New Mexico Court of Appeals has ruled that a patient in the state’s medical marijuana program who was injured on the job must be reimbursed by an employer for the expense of marijuana used for treatment. The decision in …
The family of a Washington man who was fatally injured while he was working on a seat belt air bag replacement that inflated explosively is suing Boeing Co. and a supplier. The lawsuit filed in July in King County Superior …
A small number of physicians are responsible for a large portion of the independent medical review of workers’ compensation cases in California, a process that could be costing payers in excess of $100 million, a report shows. The IMR process …
GEICO has continued the expansion of its new auto insurance product for drivers of transportation network companies (TNC) with the addition of Georgia. GEICO offers ridesharing coverage through GEICO Commercial for less than taxi and commercial rates. GEICO first introduced …
South Carolina’s highest court further reduced the penalty against a Johnson & Johnson subsidiary accused of deceptive marketing of an anti-psychotic drug. The decision was to substitute the verdict the court reached in February in order to correct a “mathematical …
The Tennessee Supreme Court has determined that, in health care liability lawsuits, the obligation to disclose the number of violations of the certificate of good faith requirement does not compel any disclosure if there are no previous violations. The court …
