Supreme Court Lets Stand South Carolina’s $124M Fine Against Drugmaker February 8, 2016 The U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear a Johnson & Johnson subsidiary’s appeal of a $124 million penalty imposed by...
Texas Supreme Court: Loss-of-Use Damages Allowed in Total Loss Cases February 8, 2016 By Stephanie K. Jones Are loss-of-use damages, such as lost profits, allowed in Texas when an insured has recovered fair market value on a...
Brian Maynard Appointed Kentucky Insurance Commissioner February 8, 2016 Brian Maynard of Louisville was appointed commissioner of the Kentucky Department of Insurance on Jan. 12. Gov. Matt Bevin, who...
Dozens of Dangerous Chemical Plants Operate near Public Centers in Texas: Report February 8, 2016 Dozens of Texas plants similar to a fertilizer facility that exploded in the town of West in 2013, one of...
Narragansett Bay to Write P/C Insurance in Connecticut February 8, 2016 Narragansett Bay Insurance Company (NBIC), a Rhode Island-based specialty underwriter of homeowners insurance products and services in states along the...
Louisiana Sees Big Growth in Health Care, Education Employment February 8, 2016 Employment in education and health services grew by 2,400 jobs in December 2015 to the highest level since the current...
New York’s Scaffold Law Under Scrutiny February 8, 2016 The Lawsuit Reform Alliance of New York (LRANY) said New York’s Labor Law 240, better known as the Scaffold Law,...
Special Purpose Captive Insurer OK’d in Arkansas February 8, 2016 Diamond Risk Insurance LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Baptist Health, has been approved as a captive insurer by the Arkansas...
Agents Say Blizzard Losses Relatively Light So Far February 8, 2016 A massive blizzard, unofficially named Winter Storm Jonas by the Weather Channel, swept through the East Coast over the Jan....
$1.4M from Oklahoma’s Emergency Fund Tapped for Earthquake Research February 8, 2016 Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin approved the use of nearly $1.4 million from the state’s emergency fund to go to groups...