Before Heading to Prison, Attorney Apologizes for Major Workers’ Comp Fraud March 12, 2019 By Jim Sams Sean Enrique O’Keefe said he started out as a “humanistic attorney,” but he became a mercenary and then a criminal...
Trump’s Proposed 2020 Budget Includes School Safety, Paid Family Leave March 11, 2019 The Trump Administration’s proposed 2020 budget includes $2.7 trillion in spending cuts. As part of these cuts, nondefense program spending...
U.S. Commercial Insurance Prices Inched Up in Q4 March 11, 2019 U.S. commercial insurance carriers again earned price increases in the 2018 fourth quarter, but the growth was slight. Premiums during...
Best-Selling Boeing 737 Under Scrutiny After Another Deadly Crash March 11, 2019 By Tracy Rucinski A fatal crash in Ethiopia on Sunday involving an updated version of Boeing Co.’s best-selling 737 is putting the spotlight...
Chemical Safety Board Again Targeted in Trump’s Proposed Budget March 11, 2019 By Ari Natter The Trump administration’s budget proposal will again call for eliminating the U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board, an independent...
Lockton Expands Reinsurance Brokerage Globally; Hires 3 Guy Carpenter Executives March 11, 2019 Global insurance broker Lockton has formed a global reinsurance business, Lockton Global Re, and hired several Guy Carpenter executives as...
Turning Sharing Into a Sales Pitch for Pricier New Cars March 11, 2019 By Gabrielle Coppola The ability to rent his car to strangers for cash convinced Trevor Davis, a high-school teacher in Dallas, to buy...
OSHA Scraps Obama Workplace Injury Reporting Rule; 6 States Sue March 11, 2019 By Elizabeth Blosfield Citing a concern over potential public disclosure of sensitive worker information, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) recently eliminated...
5 Questions to Ask Small Businesses to Uncover Their Cyber Blind Spots March 11, 2019 By Eric Cernak, President, Cyber at The Hanover Insurance Group, Inc. In an increasingly digital world, it’s important that small businesses don’t get left behind when fending off cyber threats. While...
How One Agent Adopted a Nonprofit Niche March 8, 2019 By Andrea Wells Phillip Hawley, president of Hawley & Associates in Bellevue, Wash., understands the power of referrals in the nonprofit insurance world....