Council Recommends $4B Plan to Safeguard Oregon from Wildfires September 30, 2019 A task force created by Oregon Gov. Kate Brown says climate change, overstocked forests and understaffed fire teams have placed...
Study Examines California Workers’ Comp Hospital Inpatient Stays September 30, 2019 The number of California workers’ compensation inpatient hospital stays fell 1.9 percent between 2017 and 2018, for a net decline...
Former California Insurance Agent Arrested for Grand Theft September 30, 2019 Ex-insurance agent Yolanda De La Torre, 35, of Whittier, Calif., was arrested on Friday on one felony count of grand...
EagleView Wins $125M Patent Infringement Award, Sales Halt Against Verisk September 30, 2019 By Andrew G. Simpson A New Jersey jury last week ordered insurance data services firm Verisk to pay $125 million to aerial imaging firm...
New York Court Denies Industry Request to Delay E-Cigarette Ban September 30, 2019 A state judge has denied the vaping industry’s request to delay a New York emergency ban on flavored e-cigarette sales....
London Market’s Early Modernization Program, LM TOM, Is Being Wound Down September 30, 2019 The Board of the London Market Group (LMG) announced that the London Market Target Operating Model (LM TOM) has been...
Massachusetts Man Indicted for $45K Insurance Fraud Scheme September 30, 2019 A Salem, Mass., man was indicted in connection with a scheme to set up a shell company to fraudulently collect...
Massachusetts’ EverQuote Hires Watt as Senior VP of Distribution Services September 30, 2019 EverQuote Inc., a Cambridge, Mass.-headquartered, online insurance marketplace in the U.S., has hired Jay Watt as senior vice president of...
Risk Strategies Acquires New York’s Bedrick-Kaitz Agency September 30, 2019 Risk Strategies, a privately held, national insurance brokerage and risk management firm, has acquired Bedrick-Kaitz Agency Inc. (BKA), a New...
Switzerland’s Helvetia to Begin Underwriting Worldwide Aviation Insurance in October September 30, 2019 Helvetia Specialty Lines CH & International announced it will begin writing aviation insurance in October. Helvetia’s aviation team will offer...