Congressional Spending Plan Would Curb Some Flood Insurance Hikes January 15, 2014 By Andrew G. Simpson The $1.1 trillion government funding agreement unveiled by Congressional negotiators on Monday includes language to postpone for about eight months...
Garth Joins Strategy Meets Action to Head Innovation Practice January 14, 2014 Denise Garth has joined insurance industry technology consultant Strategy Meets Action (SMA) in Boston as partner and chief digital officer....
Fireman’s Fund Secures New Tree Service Vendor for Homeowner Insureds January 14, 2014 Fireman’s Fund has secured HMI as one of its Prestige Advisory Services vendors. HMI manages a national network of credentialed...
Marsh Launches Habitational Real Estate Property Insurance Facility January 14, 2014 In response to the increasingly constricted habitational insurance market, Marsh has created a new property insurance facility designed specifically for...
Supreme Court Rejects Human Rights Claim Against Multinational Firm January 14, 2014 By Greg Stohr The U.S. Supreme Court gave multinational companies a stronger shield against lawsuits, throwing out a case against Daimler AG over...
Calls for Tougher Chemical Regulation Follow West Virginia Spill January 14, 2014 A chemical spill that left 300,000 people in West Virginia unable to drink their water is reviving calls for more...
Volunteer Firefighters Exempted from Obamacare Mandate January 14, 2014 By Alex Wayne U.S. cities and towns won’t be required to provide health insurance for volunteer firefighters, a reprieve from federal Obamacare rules...
Top 2013 Jury Awards: Price-Fixing, Nursing Home Liability, Defamation January 14, 2014 By Margaret Cronin Fisk U.S. juries awarded three verdicts of $1 billion or more for the third straight year in 2013, topped by a...
Obamacare to Ramp Up Pitch to Younger Insureds January 14, 2014 By Alex Wayne and Mike Dorning The U.S. government said it would ramp up Obamacare outreach in 25 cities to lure younger people to the program...
Farmers Told to Expect Crop Insurance Program to Expand January 13, 2014 The federal crop insurance program is expected to expand in 2014, a U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) official told farmers...