Supreme Court: Persian Artifacts Can’t Be Seized from Chicago Museum March 5, 2018 By Mark Sherman The Supreme Court is preventing survivors of a 1997 terrorist attack from seizing Persian artifacts at a Chicago museum to...
Law Enforcement Officers 3 Times More Likely to Be Injured Than Other Workers March 5, 2018 An estimated 669,100 law enforcement officers were treated in emergency departments across the nation for nonfatal injuries between 2003 and...
Farmer Criticism Leads to Wisconsin Dairy Insurance Program Adjustment March 5, 2018 Wisconsin lawmakers tweaked a federal price insurance program following criticism from dairy farmers. The Margin Protection Program for Dairy allows...
Bans on Hand-Held Calls More Effective than Texting Bans with Teen Drivers: Study March 5, 2018 State laws banning hand-held cellphone calls while driving can be effective in reducing teens’ hand-held conversations while driving, but texting...
Former Nationwide Agent in Mississippi to Serve 10 Years for Embezzling $117K March 5, 2018 A former Mississippi insurance agent will serve 10 years in prison for embezzling $117,863.74 from a customer and converting the...
The Competitive Advantage: The Death of Underwriting and Underwriters March 5, 2018 By Chris Burand Underwriting is not dying. It is just being automated into digital algorithms versus analog human beings. Technology’s effect on life...
Surplus Line Premium Increased by 6.4% Nationwide in 2017 March 5, 2018 All 15 surplus lines service offices across the United States experienced increases in excess and surplus (E&S) lines insurance premium...
Bigger Is Not Always Better March 5, 2018 While Andrea Wells’ Feb. 13 article on consolidation in the wholesale space was well researched and written, some conclusions were...
Georgia Insurance Agent Faces 28 Counts of Insurance Fraud March 5, 2018 A Georgia insurance agent from Pierce County has been arrested and charged with 28 counts of insurance fraud, according to...
Up, Down & Flat: Workers’ Compensation Pricing in 2018 March 5, 2018 Workers’ compensation rates in 2018 will be mixed, with some programs seeing pricing flat to down and others seeing spikes,...