Alliant Acquires Biggs Insurance Services in Washington September 2, 2021 Alliant Insurance Services acquired Vancouver, Wash.-based Biggs Insurance Services. Terms of the deal weren’t disclosed. Biggs and its team of...
Insurance Industry Will Withstand Ida’s Losses in Louisiana, Neighboring States: Analysts September 2, 2021 Though estimates of Hurricane Ida’s impact on the insurance industry vary, both AM Best and S&P Global Ratings say losses...
Takeaways from Our ‘What Makes a Good Cannabis Broker?’ Conversation September 2, 2021 By Don Jergler A broker hands an underwriter an application for a cannabis operation. No red flags so far, but then the underwriter...
Ida Causes Rural Mississippi Bridge Collapse; Leaves 2 Dead, 10 Injured September 2, 2021 Two people were killed and at least 10 others were injured when seven vehicles plunged, one after another, into a...
Texas Hospital to Pay $3.3M to Settle Claims-Related Whistleblower Suit September 2, 2021 John Peter Smith Hospital (JPS) in Tarrant County, Texas, will pay more than $3.3 million to settle allegations that it...
No Quick Relief in Sight for Louisiana in Ida’s Aftermath September 2, 2021 By Melinda Deslatte, Chevel Johnson and Kevin McGill Louisiana residents still reeling from flooding and damage caused by Hurricane Ida scrambled on Sept. 1 for food, gas, water...
Traffic Deaths Up 10.5% in First Three Months of 2021 September 2, 2021 By David Shepardson New data shows a sustained increase in U.S. traffic deaths that regulators ascribe to impaired driving, speeding, a failure to...
South Dakota AG Got Speeding Ticket Days Before Trial Over Deadly Crash September 2, 2021 By Stephen Groves South Dakota’s attorney general was ticketed for going 57 in a 35 mph zone just days before he pleaded no...
USA Gymnastics Eyes $425M Settlement with Nassar Abuse Survivors September 2, 2021 USA Gymnastics could be near the final stages of the legal fallout of the Larry Nassar sexual abuse scandal. The...
AM Best Assigns Credit Ratings to ASMI Auto Group Members September 2, 2021 AM Best assigned a Financial Strength Rating of A- (Excellent) and a Long-Term Issuer Credit Rating of “a-” (Excellent) to...