Judge Rules Walgreens Contributed to San Francisco’s Opioid Crisis September 5, 2022 By Juliet Williams A federal judge ruled in mid-August that Walgreens can be held responsible for contributing to San Francisco’s opioid crisis for...
Reinsurance Capital to Drop $40 Billion at Year-End 2022: AM Best September 5, 2022 AM Best estimates that traditional reinsurance capital will drop by roughly $40 billion to $435 billion at year-end 2022, after...
Forged Signatures, Fake Policies? Lawsuits Raise Questions About Captive Insurance Plan September 5, 2022 By William Rabb Federal lawsuits, including a nationwide class action filed in California, have put a spotlight on a type of captive insurance...
Record-Breaking Pace for U.S. Product Recalls, Says Sedgwick September 5, 2022 The number of U.S. products recalled this year has already surpassed 1 billion, according to the U.S. product recall index...
Q2 Commercial P/C Premiums Up 6.1%: CIAB September 5, 2022 The second quarter 2022 marked a full five years of premium increases for across all lines of commercial insurance business,...
Effective Sales Management & Producer Performance September 5, 2022 By Catherine Oak Who is responsible for sales management in most firms? Often the task falls to the owner or the top producer...
Officers Exempt from Workers’ Comp But Some Carriers Charging Anyway? September 5, 2022 By William Rabb Tradespeople who call themselves and their workers “independent contractors” have long been an issue for the workers’ compensation industry, often...
Retailers Ordered to Pay $650 Million Over Ohio Opioid Sales September 5, 2022 By Jef Feeley Walmart Inc., CVS Health Corp. and Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc. were ordered to pay a total of $650 million over...
Recruiting and Retaining Claims Talent in the Candidate’s Market September 5, 2022 By Karen Lopez The insurance industry is experiencing a reshuffling of talent, an aging workforce and ongoing disruption. Its vital insurance organizations are...
Ohio Packaging Manufacturer Fined $178K After Worker’s Burns September 5, 2022 A federal workplace safety investigation into how a 25-year-old manufacturing worker suffered serious arm burns in February that required hospitalization,...