How Media Portrayals Influence Workers’ Compensation Fraud April 14, 2015 By Denise Johnson The depiction of workers’ compensation fraud by the media has affected the public’s perception of the crime, according to claims...
Pearce Joins Trade Group AIA as Tax Policy Director April 14, 2015 The American Insurance Association (AIA) announced that David F. Pearce Jr. has been named vice president, director of tax policy...
Most Cyber Attacks Due to Trick Emails, Errors, Not Sophisticated Hacking April 14, 2015 By Joseph Menn When a cyber security breach hits the news, those most closely involved often have incentive to play up the sophistication...
Nonstandard Auto Insurance Market Is Not For Everybody April 13, 2015 By Andrea Wells The nonstandard auto market is not for every carrier or agency. Since 2007, carriers writing nonstandard auto policies have reported...
Great American Expands Capacity for Pollution Products April 13, 2015 Great American Insurance Group has expanded its complete pollution product line policy aggregate limits of liability to $50 million per...
U.S. Judge Upholds Liability of Arab Bank for Terrorist Financing April 13, 2015 By Jonathan Stempel A U.S. judge on Wednesday rejected Arab Bank Plc’s bid to overturn a jury verdict finding it liable for knowingly...
Pfizer Refutes Claims of Zoloft Link to Birth Defects April 12, 2015 By Jef Feeley Pfizer Inc. researchers concluded last year that pregnant women taking Zoloft risked having babies with heart defects, according to evidence...
Vertafore, Microsoft Partner to Provide Agents Access to Dynamics Platform April 10, 2015 Insurance software provider Vertafore has partnered with Microsoft to give insurance agents access to the capabilities of the Microsoft Dynamics...
J.H. Blade Launches Pollution Response Service for Energy Risks April 10, 2015 National upstream oil and gas energy MGA J.H. Blades & Co. Inc., along with the Swett & Crawford Dallas Energy...
Investor Panel Eyes Improved Online Background Checks of Financial Professionals April 10, 2015 By Sarah N. Lynch A panel of investor advocates said on Thursday they were developing a proposal for U.S. securities regulators that will make...