Florida Court Upholds Policyholder Right to Assign Benefits January 5, 2021 By Jim Sams An appellate court in Florida has upheld the right of policyholders to assign their right to collect benefits from an...
Iowa Supreme Court Bars Punitive Damages in Excessive Force Cases January 5, 2021 By Ryan J. Foley The Iowa Supreme Court on Dec. 31 severely limited the financial damages that can be awarded for injuries and deaths...
Zern Picked to Lead Ryan Specialty Benefits in Chicago January 5, 2021 Ryan Specialty Group LLC (RSG), based in Chicago, has added John Zern as president and chief executive officer of Ryan...
Riskiest Counties for Natural Disasters Are Not Always Where People Think January 5, 2021 By Seth Borenstein Spending her life in Los Angeles, Morgan Andersen knows natural disasters all too well. In college, an earthquake shook her...
Insurance Leaders Among Those Urging Congress to Certify Biden Win Without Delay January 5, 2021 By Andrew G. Simpson Several leaders of the insurance industry joined nearly 200 New York corporate executives in a letter urging members of Congress...
World’s Largest Insurers 2020: AM Best Ranks UnitedHealth, Allianz on Top January 5, 2021 UnitedHealth Group Inc. takes the top spot in AM Best’s ranking of the world’s 25 largest insurance companies for a...
Amazon, Berkshire, JPMorgan Closing Down Joint Healthcare Venture January 4, 2021 By Manas Mishra The healthcare joint venture of Amazon.com Inc., Berkshire Hathaway Inc. and JPMorgan Chase & Co., will cease to exist at...
California State Fund Declares 10% Dividend for 2020 Policy Year January 4, 2021 State Compensation Insurance Fund in California on Monday announced plans to distribute a $39 million dividend to its qualifying policyholders...
Brown & Brown Acquires Assets of Ohio’s Berry Insurance Group January 4, 2021 Brown & Brown of Ohio LLC, a subsidiary of Brown & Brown Inc., has acquired substantially all of the assets...
Michigan’s Provision Insurance Appoints Irvine as Chief Financial Officer January 4, 2021 Provision Insurance Group, an independent insurance agency headquartered in Bingham Farms, Mich., has named Chris Irvine as its chief financial...