AM Best: Credit Ratings of Golden Bear in California Under Review with Negative Implications November 19, 2021 AM Best placed under review with negative implications the Financial Strength Rating of A (Excellent) and the Long-Term Issuer Credit...
Down Then Up: Florida Litigated Claims Climbed a Bit in October November 19, 2021 After two months of significant declines, litigated claims for Florida’s largest property and casualty insurers rose 5% in October, a...
Alabama DOI to Hold Hearing on Merger of ProAssurance and Noetic November 19, 2021 The Alabama Department of Insurance will hold a public hearing Dec. 6 on the proposed merger of Birmingham-based ProAssurance Specialty...
Kentucky Contractors’ Self-Insurers’ Fund Returns $27M Dividend November 19, 2021 The Kentucky Associated General Contractors’ Self-Insurers’ Fund will make a $27 million dividend payment to members next spring, the fund...
People Moves: Hiscox Hires Starr’s Buchanan as Casualty Dir.; Sharpe, Griffiths to Inver Re’s Exec Team; Plumptre, Fox Join Blenheim Underwriting’s Political Risk Team November 19, 2021 This edition of International People Moves details appointments at insurer Hiscox, the reinsurance broker Inver Re, and the Lloyd’s managing...
Florida Supreme Court Suspends Witness-Coaching Attorney for 91 Days November 19, 2021 By William Rabb The Florida Supreme Court has suspended a workers’ compensation defense lawyer for 91 days after he was caught coaching a...
$5M Settlement in Arizona Suit over Man’s Death During Arrest November 19, 2021 By Jacques Billeaud Phoenix, Arizona officials agreed to pay $5 million to settle a lawsuit over the January 2017 death of a Black...
Texas Crane Company to Pay $24,000 to Worker Who Refused to Violate Law November 19, 2021 A federal whistleblower investigation led the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration to order a Houston mobile...
Son of Black Man Killed by California Police Settles Lawsuit for $1.3M November 19, 2021 By Stefanie Dazio The child of a Black man who was fatally shot by Southern California police in 2018 – and whose death...
Lawsuit Says Baldwin Had No Reason to Fire in New Mexico Movie Set Shooting November 19, 2021 By Andrew Dalton A lawsuit alleges that Alec Baldwin recklessly fired a gun when it wasn’t called for in the script when he...