Features for January 2018
- Settlements Reached in West, Texas, Fertilizer Plant Explosion
- North Carolina Rejects Proposed 18.7% Homeowners Rate Increase
- NTSB: Broken Wheel Caused 2015 North Dakota Oil Train Wreck
- Florida Appeals Court, Regulator Reject Policy Language Aimed at Curbing AOB Abuse
- Association of California Insurance Companies Now PCI Western Region Office
- Indiana Group Wants Legal Protections for Smokers Repealed
- Proposed Security First policy language rejected by OIR
- Cal/OSHA Issues Citations Following Fatal Bee Attack on Tree Worker
- Ohio Restricts Back Surgery, Opioid Use for Injured Workers
- Insurers Off The Hook for West Virginia Hole-in-One Tournament Payouts
- XL Group: Loss Estimates of $45M Related to Southern California Wildfires
- Insurer Loses Michigan Suit; Finds Policy Language Costly
- Kentucky Reports $10.5M Returned to Insurance Consumers in 2017
- California Commissioner Issues Report on Fire Insurance Availability Issues
- Judge Rules North Dakota Law Limiting Malpractice Damages Unconstitutional
- West Virginia’s Drug Overdose Rate Highest in Nation, Again
- California Wholesaler Conference Questions: Rising Premiums, Disruption, Disasters?
- ‘Super Underwriter’ Hoopingarner Wins Insurance Journal’s ‘Coolest Part of Your Job’ Contest
- National Study Shows Pennsylvania Auto Insurance Consumers Benefit from Competitive Market
- GEO in Arizona to Pay $550K to Settle Sex Harassment and Retaliation Suit
- The Wedge: Two Pains in Life
- Penn State Settles Suit Over Alleged Sandusky Abuse in 2007
- 2 Louisiana Businesses Earn Workers’ Comp Safety Awards
- Rates for Commercial Lines Up Slightly in Q4: IVANS
- New York State Employers Must Comply With New Paid Family Leave Law
- Oklahoma Says Farmowners Insurance Program Insurer, Rockingham, not Licensed
- For First Time in 7 Years, Outlook Improves for Commercial Lines: A.M. Best
- The Hartford and Travelers Among Companies Offering Bonuses Due to New Tax Law
- Texas Workers’ Comp Division Accepting More Comments on Compounded Drug Rule
- Minding Your Business: Making the Competition Irrelevant by Differentiation
- Number of Licensed Agents, Agencies on the Rise in Arkansas
- 5 Ways to Make 2018 the Best Year Yet
- Fifth Circuit Court Says State, not Maritime, Law Applies in Drilling Services Injury Case
- U.S. Reinsurance Outlook Remains Negative for 2018, Says A.M. Best
- Idea of Texas Coastal Barrier Resurrected Post-Harvey
- Consolidation Continues: The Squeezing of Wholesale Brokers
- Zurich Shares Lessons from First Earn-and-Learn U.S. Apprenticeship Class
- The Road to Automated Vehicles Could Be Bumpy, Slow
- Texas Surplus Lines Premium Up by 66% in 10 Years
- Tech Talk: The Real Threat to Agents from Amazon
- Insurance Agency Financing Options
- Arkansas Welcomes P/C Insurers Lemonade, Tower Hill
- People
- Workplace Fatalities Increase Again with Transportation as Top Fatality
- Oklahoma Workers’ Comp Commission Aims for Clarity with Organizational Changes
- Minnesota Chiropractor, Runners Convicted in Auto Insurance Fraud Scheme
- New Markets
- Startups Selected for Inaugural InsurTech Acceleration Program in Hartford
- Business Moves
- New Law Requires Notice of Workers’ Comp Premium Hikes in New York
- Reinsurance Price Hikes Expected to be Short-Lived: A.M. Best
- People
- Declarations
- N.Y. Finalizes Regulation to Protect Drivers from Unfair Auto Insurance Rates
- North Carolina Proposes Rules for Opioid Use in Workers’ Comp Cases
- IICF Northeast Division Raises Over $1.2M at 11th Annual New York Benefit Gala
- Florida’s Citizens Moves on From 2017, Expects Policy Count Growth in 2018
- A.M. Best Upgrades Pennsylvania’s Farmers Mutual Fire Insurance
- To Be Humble or Not
- People
- ArcelorMittal Subsidiary to Pay $1.5M in Pennsylvania Coke Plant Lawsuit
- The Competitive Advantage: A Scary Trend
- A.M. Best Withdraws West Virginia National Auto, Downgrades Ratings
- Prosecutors Can Try to Reinstate Charges in 2015 Amtrak Wreck in Pennsylvania
- Shorten Life Expectancy Blamed on Opioid Overdose Crisis
- Mississippi to Stop Suspending Driver’s Licenses Over Unpaid Fines
- Suit Targets Oregon Hotel, Backpage.com Following Woman’s Killing
- Netflix vs. HBO and the Race to the Insurance Customer
- Jury Clears Tractor Manufacturer Kubota in Arkansas Man’s Death
- Wildfires Cost Montana $240M in Tourist Spending
- 2018 Insurance Industry Meetings & Events Directory
- People
- California Reports 2016 Fatal Occupational Injuries Down
- Experts See Expanding Role for Parametric Insurance, Including for U.S. Disasters
- Takata Airbag Led to Fatality in Louisiana Honda Civic Crash
- People
- Top Insurtech Predictions for 2018
- Louisiana Citizens Policy Count Dropping Again
- California Company Has Marijuana License, But Its Workers Still Arrested
- Sexual Harassment: Employment Liability Tipping Point
- Texas Workers’ Comp Costs Continue to Drop
- Zurich Shares Lessons from First Earn-and-Learn U.S. Apprenticeship Class
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