Louisiana Pharmacy Fined $275K for Controlled Substances Act Violations July 17, 2023 A Port Allen, Louisiana pharmacy and its owner must pay $275,000 to resolve a federal civil lawsuit under the Controlled...
More Than 17 Million Properties Face Substantial Flood Risk: Study July 17, 2023 By Ezra Amacher More than half of the U.S. population resides in a county that is likely to experience stormwater system failure due...
Why the Investor-Driven Hard Reinsurance Market Will Persist July 17, 2023 By Susanne Sclafane Reinsurers will continue to command adequate rates for property-catastrophe in 2024, even if the market comes through hurricane season unscathed,...
Climate Change Leads to ‘Arctic Opening,’ Creating Key Emerging Risk: Swiss Re July 17, 2023 By L.S. Howard Climate change is the cause of a key emerging risk identified by Swiss Re’s SONAR report, which is leading to...
‘Better Late Than Never?’ Not So Fast. July 17, 2023 By Bill Wilson A general contractor hired a company to place a dumpster at a job site. However, the company put the dumpster...
US Insurance Market Forecast to Withstand Losses From Large Hurricane This Year: Fitch Report July 17, 2023 With ample capital, Fitch Ratings’ latest annual ‘U.S. Hurricane Season’ report indicates U.S. property and casualty (P/C) and reinsurers can...
The Vital Role of Crop Insurance: Protecting Farmers, Ensuring Food Security, and Strengthening Rural Economies July 17, 2023 By Jim Korin Crop insurance is more than just a risk management tool for farmers — it is a vital component of the...
Workers’ Comp and Mental Health: Panel Examines Why Worker Wellbeing Matters July 17, 2023 By Allen Laman American workers are struggling. Employee stress has reached record highs. Symptoms and formal diagnoses of mental illnesses like anxiety, depression...
Report Looks at Long COVID Claims in California Workers’ Comp July 3, 2023 Roughly 13% of COVID-19 claims with medical payments received treatments for long COVID symptoms in the workers’ compensation system, a...
Colorado’s Most Destructive Wildfire Caused by Embers From Old Fire, Sparks From Power Line July 3, 2023 By Jesse Bedayn, Colleen Slevin and Mead Gruver Embers from a smoldering scrap wood fire outside a home days earlier and a sparking power line caused a Colorado...