Flood Policy Offered in 6 Additional States January 13, 2014 A Florida insurance agency that stepped forward last November to offer a private market stand-alone flood coverage policy in Florida...
Iowa to Host Global Insurance Symposium in 2014 January 13, 2014 Iowa officials say a new insurance symposium set for next year in Des Moines is aimed at bringing top industry...
Portrait of an Employee Fraudster January 13, 2014 By Stephanie K. Jones Schemes Depend on Opportunity, Incentive, Rationalization It may come as a surprise to some that the typical fraudster in the...
Tip Hotlines Are Effective in Preventing, Detecting Employee Fraud January 13, 2014 By Stephanie K. Jones Most occupational frauds are discovered by an anonymous tip, experts say, and fraud reporting mechanisms such as hotlines are encouraged...
Mother of Wyoming Student Wrestler Sues Hospital January 13, 2014 The mother of a 16-year-old boy who was paralyzed after breaking two vertebrae during high school wrestling practice filed a...
Ohio’s Financial Responsibility Law in Effect; Will Higher Auto Insurance Rates Follow? January 13, 2014 While Ohio has traditionally had some of the lowest auto insurance premium rates in the country, going forward some Ohioans...
Flood Maps Still Wrong, Oregon Homeowners Still Paying January 13, 2014 By Andrea Castillo, and Katherine Driessen, The Oregonian Months after Carol Justice was wrongly told her home needs flood insurance, the Cornelius resident is still paying up –...
California Servers Awarded $5.7M in Age Discrimination Suit January 13, 2014 A jury awarded nearly $5.7 million to four servers who alleged they were fired from a Los Angeles restaurant because...
Failing to Make the Case for Rate Regulation January 13, 2014 By Bill Gausewitz In 1988 California voters enacted Proposition 103, in one stroke changing the state’s law regulating insurance rates from one of...
California Tops ‘Judicial Hellhole’ List January 13, 2014 By Don Jergler California isn’t just a warm place to live, which is often the case even in winter, but it turns out...