First Charges Filed Under New York’s Cyber Reg Involve First American Data Leak September 21, 2020 By Elizabeth Blosfield The New York State Department of Financial Services (DFS) filed cybersecurity charges against a title insurance provider for exposing millions...
Agents Warned of ‘Creative’ Attorneys and COVID-19 Lawsuits September 21, 2020 By Stephanie K. Jones Agents and brokers should be on alert that plaintiffs’ attorneys in COVID-19 related business interruption claims lawsuits may be eyeing...
Reporting Who Gets It: Coworkers and Coronavirus September 21, 2020 Does an employer have to say if a coworker has the virus? Employers are generally not required to tell workers...
Ex-Director Files Whistleblower Suit Against University of New Mexico September 21, 2020 The University of New Mexico retaliated against the director of Africana Studies for demanding that his program be elevated to...
Social Inflation, Low Interest Rates, Rising Catastrophes: Recipe for a Hard Market September 21, 2020 By L.S. Howard Even before the coronavirus crisis hit, the reinsurance industry was in a period of significant rate hardening, which will likely...
Data of About 200K Nevada University Alumni, Donors May Have Been Stolen September 21, 2020 University of Nevada, Reno alumni and donors may have had their information stolen in a data breach that occurred in...
Producer Heroes September 21, 2020 By Chris Burand I received a nice email from a reader asking me to write about how important it is to support good...
New Mexico Officials Say Teachers Are Safe from Legal Liability Amid Virus September 21, 2020 New Mexico officials have clarified that teachers won’t be on the hook for lawsuits that might stem from COVID-19 outbreaks...
Why Manufacturers Cannot Underestimate the Cost of a Recall Event September 21, 2020 By Lucie Dean The latest recall by Nissan of hundreds of thousands of vehicles in North America in June to resolve a latch...
Time to Rethink Your Account Manager Recruiting Strategies September 21, 2020 By Mary Newgard Year after year I have found that insurance agencies spend 60% of their recruiting activity on account management hires. This...