The technology challenges facing insurance agents today might seem insurmountable: The very tools that could revolutionize the industry – like the cloud – could also compromise their security. Agents are hard-pressed to find solutions, as regulatory oversight is stepping up …
The Atlantic hurricane season in 2015 will see fewer than the average number of storms, according to Colorado State University researchers. Philip Klotzbach and William Gray said cooler ocean temperatures and the expectation that favorable atmospheric conditions will continue through …
California received nearly a half-million applications for driver’s licenses from immigrants in the country illegally in the three months since a new law took effect. Department of Motor Vehicles Director Jean Shiomoto said in a statement that the figure shows …
The New Hampshire Supreme Court ruled in March that a worker who fell asleep while driving a company truck and hit a utility pole in the course of his employment is entitled to workers’ compensation benefits for the severe injuries …
It’s not often you find an area of agreement between the property/casualty insurance industry and consumer advocacy organizations, but a Texas bill addressing the state’s coastal windstorm insurance pool has done just that. In a recent hearing at the state …
Constance Gail Fortune, 61, was arraigned in Los Angeles Superior Court in California in April and charged with three felony counts of grand theft and one felony count of financial elder abuse for allegedly scamming seniors, many of whom were …
The Delaware Department of Insurance (DOI) announced it recovered more than $2.1 million for policyholders in 2014. The DOI said it also collected over $94.6 million dollars through fees, fines and insurance premium taxes during fiscal 2014, distributing most of …
The National Hurricane Museum and Science Center in Lake Charles, La., has received a financial shot in the arm, with a $1 million donation by the Stream family. Gray Stream, the center’s board chairman, told the American Press that the …
Licensed insurance agent Lars Hedegaard, 63, of Danville, Calif. was arrested on two felony counts of grand theft in April. Hedegaard was doing business as Westport & Associates Insurance Services Inc. when he allegedly issued 14 fraudulent bonds to contractors …
The New York Court of Appeals, the state’s highest court, ruled on two injury cases on April 2, examining whether the injuries in those cases fit within the scope of the state’s Labor Law 240, popularly known as the Scaffold …
