Allstate Insurance is seeking to recover more than $1.1 million from 16 New York-area defendants. According to its federal complaint filed last week, the insurer alleges that a chiropractor, together with one layperson and two lay entities, illegally owned and …
Rancho Cordova, Calif.-based WIAA Education & Research Foundation, a nonprofit corporation focused on advancing knowledge of insurance industry professionals, hosted a recent roundtable discussion on the industry and where it’s headed. The daylong event was attended by 23 insurance industry …
Medical Protective Co. (MedPro), a medical professional liability insurance unit of Berkshire Hathaway, announced this week the completion of its acquisition of Princeton Insurance Co. Princeton Insurance is a New Jersey-based professional liability insurer for healthcare providers. It employs over …
The economy, the promised-land of a hard insurance market and the need to master technologies dominated discussion at the first annual Insurance Industry Roundtable in Irvine, Calif. The daylong event was attended by 23 insurance industry professionals. It included three …
Wrongful death lawsuits have been filed in Nevada state court against a Colombian couple convicted of causing a 42-year-old Las Vegas woman’s death in a botched buttocks enhancement procedure in the back room of a tile store. A lawsuit filed …
Members of TechAssure have created a website to offer fast quotes for IT-related businesses looking for coverage with CoverITfast. The website, http://coveritfast.com/coverit/, was designed to speed up the process of procuring insurance for IT consultants and technology companies across the …
New Mexico may have more snow on the ground as it starts the new year, but much of the state remains in drought and fire officials are preparing for what could be another rough year. State Forestry officials have outlined …
President Barack Obama has signed legislation to toughen oil and gas pipeline regulations and another to ease airport security procedures for members of the military on official travel. The president signed the legislation as part of a post-holiday, back-to-business day …
Commissioner of Securities and Insurance Monica J. Lindeen has appointed Adam J. Schafer as her deputy commissioner and chief of staff. Schafer is a Billings native who most recently served as executive director for the National Caucus of Environmental Legislators …
A Mississippi judge has thrown out a $322 million lawsuit verdict that had been hailed as the largest asbestos award for a single plaintiff in U.S. history. The case began to unravel last year after defense lawyers asked the Mississippi …
