NAIC: Alaska Implements SBS November 18, 2013 Alaska has implemented the State Based Systems, an electronic system owned by the National Association of Insurance Commissioners, it was...
Carrier Disintermediation of Agencies November 18, 2013 By Chris Burand A multitude of forces are causing many carriers to think of ways to disintermediate agencies. Healthcare reform is one. Some...
Nevada Mine Pollution Deal Brings Residents $19.5M November 18, 2013 By Scott Sonner Rural neighbors of an abandoned World War II-era copper mine that has leaked toxic chemicals in northern Nevada for decades...
Direct Interested Sales Leads to the Right Agency Employee November 18, 2013 By Alan L. Shulman Sales leads arrive at today’s property/casualty agencies from a variety of digital and traditional sources. The former includes social media,...
Washington Driver Blames ‘Gorilla’ For Causing Crash November 18, 2013 A Spokane, Wash., woman who wound up with a totaled car, a broken collarbone and a $550 ticket blames her...
Interest in Flood Insurance Rises Following Central Texas Storms November 18, 2013 More than a foot of rain inundated parts of Central Texas beginning late on Oct. 30. In the aftermath of...
Colorado Lawmakers Reviewing Flood Response November 18, 2013 Colorado lawmakers are studying responses to September’s catastrophic floods. A legislative panel held its first meeting in November to look...
Farmers Insurance, Texas Reach Tentative Deal on Mold Claims November 18, 2013 The state of Texas and Farmers Insurance want to settle decade-old claims of overcharging and underserving customers for $117.5 million,...
California Insurance Broker Sentenced For Scamming Tom Hanks November 18, 2013 A Southern California insurance broker who overcharged Tom Hanks and his wife, Rita Wilson, hundreds of thousands of dollars has...
Immediate Notice Required, Euthanasia Allowed in Equine Mortality Policies November 18, 2013 By Stephanie K. Jones The main difference between livestock, or equine, mortality insurance and human life insurance is that a livestock owner, subject to...