Owners Find Insurance Inadequate to Cover Demolition of Buildings Destroyed by Riots September 21, 2020 By Jim Sams Some commercial property owners whose businesses were torched by rioters are learning that they don’t have enough insurance to clear...
The Role Insurance Plays in Civil Rights Settlements Against Law Enforcement September 21, 2020 By Andrew G. Simpson Municipalities, their insurers and risk pools should be heeding the current public re-examination of police and prosecutorial actions taking place...
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...