Cruise Line’s Appeal Backfires: Appellate Court Overturns Limit on Medical Damages August 24, 2020 By Jim Sams A federal appellate court has affirmed a $1.2 million jury award to a woman who broke her arm after tripping...
How One Young Brokerage Founder Plans to Target a ‘Different’ High Net Worth Market August 24, 2020 By Elizabeth Blosfield As a self-taught app developer, when Hayden Kopser sees a problem, he seeks to build a solution. So, when he...
Why Condominium Associations Should Consider Risk Management and Financing with Caution August 10, 2020 By Patrick Wraight Insurance for a condominium association is designed to finance the insurable exposures for the association. These exposures include the property...
Louisiana Governor Approves New Limits on Car Accident Lawsuits August 10, 2020 By Melinda Deslatte Gov. John Bel Edwards in July signed into law changes to Louisiana’s civil litigation rules aimed at restraining the money...
Hurricane Planning During COVID-19 August 10, 2020 By Robert Tull and Monique McQueen COVID-19 has thrown the world into a tailspin over the past several months, and businesses everywhere have had to adjust...
Hurricane-Vulnerable Counties Are Home to 32% of U.S. Businesses August 10, 2020 By Andy Hait, U.S. Census Bureau As the 2020 hurricane season gets underway, emergency officials pay attention to the growing share (29%) of the U.S. population...
Coastal Flooding Could Threaten 20% of the World’s Economic Output by 2100: Study August 10, 2020 Failure to rein in climate change and bolster sea defenses could jeopardize up to a fifth of the world’s economic...
Kentucky Teen Settles Lawsuit Against Washington Post Over D.C. Encounter August 10, 2020 A Kentucky teen and The Washington Post have settled a lawsuit over the newspaper’s coverage of his encounter with a...
Tesla Invites Insurance Actuaries to Help It Create a ‘Revolutionary’ Insurance Company August 10, 2020 By Andrew G. Simpson Tesla, which has been testing an insurance product for its drivers in California, is preparing to build an insurer, one...
Florida’s Citizens Moratorium on Policy Cancellations Extended to 2021 August 10, 2020 Florida’s state-run insurer Citizens Property Insurance Corp. has extended its moratorium on cancellations and nonrenewals until the end of 2020...