Technology Helps Seniors Stay at Home Longer September 5, 2022 Eighty-five year old Sam’s family and friends feared this was it. Sam, who lives alone, had fallen again and this...
The Continued Importance of Trust Monies, Correct Accounting, and Doing Business with Stable Insurance Companies August 15, 2022 By Chris Burand There was some recent news that the Florida Department of Insurance (DOI) is requiring all agencies to return to the...
How the Supply Chain Crisis Is Heightening Risk Exposures in Commercial Lines August 15, 2022 By Erica Gage, Brynn Ochoa and John Papa The supply chain crisis has seared itself into popular imagination through empty shelves where toilet paper once stood and a...
Agents Expects Big Jump in Online Commercial Insurance Shopping: Survey Reports August 15, 2022 A majority of independent insurance agents (53%) are expecting a significant increase in online commercial insurance buyers over the next...
Louisiana Insurers Have Paid $13.1B on Ida Claims August 15, 2022 Louisiana insurers have paid or reserved to pay $13.1 billion on Hurricane Ida claims through June 30, 2022, the state’s...
Louisiana Roofing Contractor Fined $249,000 for Failure to Comply with Safety Standards August 15, 2022 A Baton Rouge, Louisiana roofing contractor who ignored federal safety inspectors’ February 2022 warnings that not complying with required fall...
California Insurance Commissioner: Mercury Steered ‘Good Drivers’ Toward Higher-Priced August 15, 2022 California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara announced a legal action in early August against Mercury Insurance for reportedly violating consumer protection...
Pipeline Company to Pay Nearly $1M for California Oil Spill August 15, 2022 The owner of an underwater oil pipeline that spilled some 25,000 gallons of crude into the ocean off Southern California...
U.S. Crop Writers Post Record Premium Growth: AM Best August 15, 2022 Premiums in the federal multi-peril crop insurance (MPCI) program surged in 2021 to a record high of $14.9 billion, an...
Global Commercial Insurance Rates Rise 9%, Continuing Moderating Trend: Marsh August 15, 2022 Global commercial insurance prices increased 9% in the second quarter of 2022 (down from an 11% increase in Q1), continuing...