Survey of Agents Reveals Underwriting Disconnect in Commercial Lines June 19, 2017 Independent agents want to talk about underwriting, and they’re urging their carriers to listen. Preliminary results from the 2017 Channel...
Fake Arkansas Insurance Broker Sentenced to 5 Years in Prison June 19, 2017 An Arkansas man who pretended to be an insurance broker and collected more than $1 million selling fake policies in...
U.S. P/C Insurance Industry Keeps Quiet on Trump Exit from Paris Climate Accord June 19, 2017 By Andrew G. Simpson The U.S. property/casualty insurance industry, which has been facing rising claims bills for extreme weather events, mostly reacted with silence...
Texas Ridesharing Bill Signed into Law June 19, 2017 A bill that preempts local regulations for ridesharing companies in Texas and replaces them with statewide standards has been signed...
Growing Number of Municipal Suits Over Opioids Face Uphill Battle June 19, 2017 By Nate Raymond A growing number of U.S. states, counties and cities are filing lawsuits accusing drug companies of deceptively marketing opioid painkillers...
NICB Confirms Texas Tops in Hail Damage Claims June 19, 2017 It’s no secret that Texas yearly suffers from an onslaught of all kinds of weather, particularly hailstorms. And from 2014...
MEMIC Names Bourque as President, CEO Following Leonard’s Retirement June 19, 2017 The MEMIC Group, a Portland, Maine-based workers’ compensation specialist, has named company veteran Michael P. Bourque as its president and...
Louisiana Tightens Rules to Prevent ‘Doctor Shopping’ for Opioid Drugs June 19, 2017 Louisiana lawmakers have ordered physicians to consult a statewide prescription monitoring program before prescribing opioid drugs. The Senate approved minor...
Governor Wolf Calls for Pennsylvania to Keep Fighting Fatal Overdoses June 19, 2017 Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf said that the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency’s (DEA) statistics on fatal overdoses that showed an incerease...
Texas Windstorm Insurer: Finances Sound at Start of Hurricane Season June 19, 2017 The Texas Windstorm Insurance Association (TWIA) says it is financially sound and ready for the 2017 hurricane season after once...