California Workers’ Comp Committee Votes for Lower Mid-Year Filing April 18, 2016 The governing committee of the California Workers’ Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau voted unanimously in early April to authorize the WCIRB...
Hot Topic: Insurer’s Intent to Recoup Defense Costs and Reservation of Rights Letters April 18, 2016 By Karen Libertiny Ludden Whether an insurer can recoup defense costs from its own insured at the conclusion of a successful declaratory judgment action...
Zurich Completes Acquisition of RCIS Crop Insurance Business April 18, 2016 Zurich American Insurance Co. said it has completed its acquisition of Rural Community Insurance Agency (RCIA) and its subsidiary Rural...
Nevada Donor Network Sued by Family with Claims of Fraud April 18, 2016 Three sisters have filed a lawsuit against the Nevada Donor Network claiming the nonprofit was misleading when a representative convinced...
Buehrer Resigns from Ohio BWC April 18, 2016 The head of the Ohio’s insurance fund for injured workers has stepped down from his job. Steve Buehrer resigned as...
AIA Applauds New Massachusetts Opioid Law April 4, 2016 The American Insurance Association (AIA) lauded Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker for signing comprehensive opioid abuse legislation (H 4046) on March...
Federal Appeals Court Sides with Lexington Insurance in Deductible Dispute April 4, 2016 By Stephanie K. Jones A federal appeals court in Louisiana, in an opinion published March 22, upheld a lower court’s ruling in favor of...
Massachusetts Court Rules on ‘Equitable Contribution’ Case April 4, 2016 Massachusetts’ top court ruled in March that a workers’ compensation insurer that has paid benefits has a right to pursue...
Arkansas Orders Florida Health Plan to Stop Selling in State April 4, 2016 Insurance Commissioner Allen Kerr issued a cease and desist order against Tampa, Fla.-based Health Plan Intermediaries Holdings LLC, dba Health...
Michigan Auto Insurance Fee for Catastrophic Injuries to Increase April 4, 2016 The annual auto insurance fee that Michigan drivers pay toward caring for people catastrophically injured in crashes is rising to...