FBI Tracked Nearly 300K Cyberattacks in U.S. in 2016 July 24, 2017 The FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) last year tracked nearly 300,000 cyberattacks in the United States and those attacks...
Texas Amends Captive Insurer Rules July 10, 2017 Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has signed a measure that tweaks Texas law relating to captive insurance companies. Abbott signed House...
Massachusetts’ Knight-Dik Insurance: 100 Years, Four Generations of Leadership July 10, 2017 By Elizabeth Blosfield When Thomas Babb launched his insurance agency – Thomas Babb Insurance Agency – in an 11-story building in downtown Worcester,...
With Large Job Gains, Louisiana Employment Picture Improves July 10, 2017 Seasonally adjusted data for the month of May shows that total nonfarm employment gained 10,500 jobs over the month in...
Pennsylvania Introduces Legislation to Limit Surprise Balance Bills July 10, 2017 Pennsylvania House Health and Insurance Committee Chairs Matt Baker and Tina Pickett have introduced legislation to protect health care consumers...
HCI to Expand Flood Insurance Sales to Nine States July 10, 2017 By Andrew G. Simpson As Congress tries to figure out how to change the federal flood insurance program to encourage more private insurer involvement,...
Midwest States Show Slightly Better Return-to-Work Results July 10, 2017 From 10 to 18 percent of injured workers never reach “substantial return to work,” according to new research by the...
Catastrophe Losses Top $7B; Property/Casualty Insurers’ Net Income Drops 42.2% in Q1 July 10, 2017 The U.S. property/casualty insurance industry saw its net income fall to $7.7 billion in the first quarter (Q1) of 2017...
Michigan Court Sides with Westfield Insurance in ‘Employee/Contractor’ Case July 10, 2017 By Stephanie K. Jones The Michigan Court of Appeals has reversed the ruling of a trial court in a case involving whether a commercial...
How Technology Training Addresses Agency E&O, Data Security July 10, 2017 By Andrea Wells Employees at Little Rock, Ark.-based Stephens Insurance have had a front-row seat in the development of agency technology that works...