Missouri Insurance Dept. Study Criticizes High Costs of Air Ambulances January 21, 2019 A study has found that sick or injured Missourians who need air ambulance services often face steep medical bills, even...
South Dakota Survey Shows Snapshot of Benefits Offered by Employers January 21, 2019 A recent survey released by the South Dakota Department of Labor and Regulation provides a glimpse at the employee benefits...
Flood Coverage, TWIA, Workers’ Comp Relativities Among TDI Concerns in Legislative Report January 21, 2019 By Stephanie K. Jones In its 2018 Biennial Report to the Legislature dated Dec. 14, 2018, the Texas Department of Insurance made several recommendations...
Texas Surplus Lines Industry Had a Record-Setting Year in 2018 January 21, 2019 The Surplus Lines Stamping Office of Texas (SLTX) reported that the state recorded $6.08 billion in excess and surplus insurance...
Number of Licensed Agents, Agencies Grew in Arkansas Last Year January 21, 2019 There was a 10.8 percent increase in insurance agent licensure in Arkansas in 2018 over the previous year, as well...
Who’s Investing in the Agency System January 21, 2019 According to some pundits, the agency system should be dead by now. However, it appears not everyone got that memo....
California Wildfires, Hurricane Michael Top List of 2018’s Costliest Natural Disasters: Munich Re January 21, 2019 By L.S. Howard The costliest natural catastrophes occurred in the United States in 2018 with one of California’s devastating wildfires and Hurricane Michael...
East States See Health, Flood Coverages as Key in 2019 with Insurtech, Recruitment Raising Concerns January 7, 2019 By Elizabeth Blosfield From big data and blockchain to autonomous vehicles and new technology that isn’t yet on the radar, “change is inevitable”...
Workers’ Lawsuit Against Washington Farm Given Class-Action Status January 7, 2019 A U.S. District Court judge in Seattle, Wash., has certified a class-action lawsuit on behalf of some 600 Mexican workers...
Electric Scooters Have Been Burned, Buried and Butchered. They’re About to Be Regulated. January 7, 2019 By Jenni Bergal, Stateline Thousands of new riders have embraced the electric pay-per-minute scooters that have proliferated on America’s streets. Other people have set...