New York Bus Firms Seek Damages Over Handling of Workers’ Comp Claim September 4, 2017 By Elizabeth Blosfield New York Bus Operators Compensation Trust (NYBOCT), a Bay Shore, N.Y.-based group self-insured trust created by a number of New...
2 Nebraska Contractors Have Sued Insurers More than 100 Times September 4, 2017 Two Omaha contractors are expanding a legal strategy they say forces insurance companies to pay for storm damage, but industry...
Middle Market Growth Spells Opportunity for California’s Insurance Community September 4, 2017 By Don Jergler The insurance community has at least two reasons to be interested in a new report on middle market companies, particularly...
Illinois Governor Vetoes Workers’ Comp Bills Opposed by Insurers September 4, 2017 Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner has vetoed two workers’ compensation reform bills that were strongly opposed by the insurance industry. Rauner...
Official Blames Humans for Utah’s Wildfire Cost Doubling September 4, 2017 Utah State Forester Brian Cottam said “stupid human tricks” have led to the states’ wildfire bill being double what it...
Northern Underwriting Managers’ Fendler Indicted Again; Faces 20 Fraud Counts September 4, 2017 By Stephanie K. Jones The owner of multiple property/casualty insurance operations in northern Illinois has been indicted once again, this time on charges that...
Report: Written Premiums for California Comp Insurers to Be Flat Through 2017 September 4, 2017 By Don Jergler Written premiums from workers’ compensation insurers in California for the year are expected to be flat at $18.1 billion compared...
Florida Domestic Insurer Sawgrass Mutual to ‘Wind Down’ Operations September 4, 2017 By Amy O'Connor Just after being downgraded by ratings agency Demotech, Florida-based insurer Sawgrass Mutual Insurance Company revealed it was placed under administrative...
Judge Won’t Allow Challenge to Seattle’s Rideshare Driver Union Law September 4, 2017 A federal judge has rejected a challenge to Seattle’s first-in-the-nation law allowing drivers of ridesharing companies such as Uber and...
25 Years Later: How Florida’s Insurance Industry Has Changed Since Hurricane Andrew September 4, 2017 By Amy O'Connor Aug. 24, 1992 was anything but a typical Monday for Robert Reynolds as he drove through debris-filled roads and devastation...