Drugmakers Begin New Year by Raising Prices January 2, 2020 By Michael Erman Drugmakers including Bristol-Myers Squibb Co., Gilead Sciences Inc., and Biogen Inc. hiked U.S. list prices on more than 50 drugs...
Insurance Journal’s Top 10 West Region Stories of 2019 January 2, 2020 By Don Jergler California wildfires dominated the news in Insurance Journal’s Western region in 2019, despite it being a quiet year relative to...
Judge Temporarily Blocks California Gig Worker Law for Truckers January 2, 2020 By Kanishka Singh A federal judge has temporarily blocked a California labor law meant to take effect Jan. 1 from impacting over 70,000...
Appeals Court OKs Affordable Care Act’s Risk Payments to Insurers January 2, 2020 By Jonathan Stempel A U.S. appeals court upheld the validity of a federal program governing the payment of billions of dollars to insurers...
Officials Weigh Options After 6th Sewer Line Breaks in Fort Lauderdale January 2, 2020 Yet another sewer line has burst in a major South Florida city. Two more pipes ruptured in Fort Lauderdale on...
Insurance Journal’s Top 10 Southeast Region Stories of 2019 January 2, 2020 By Amy O'Connor It was a relatively quiet year for the Southeast in terms of major catastrophes compared with 2018 when Hurricane’s Michael...
Washington Tells Captives for Starbucks, Alaska Air to Stop Insuring Risk December 31, 2019 Washington Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler has ordered the captive insurers for two giant corporations to stop insuring risk in the...
Former Office Manager Sentenced to Prison for Embezzling $1.2M from Louisiana Business December 31, 2019 The former office manager of a business headquartered in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, has been sentenced to more than three years...
12 New Year’s Resolutions for Insurance Agents December 31, 2019 By Andrew G. Simpson During the course of a year, Insurance Journal columnists, consultants and other writers dispense countless words of wisdom on how...
Operational Changes Coming for 2020 for Texas Windstorm Insurance Association December 31, 2019 The Texas Windstorm Insurance Association has posted on its website a summary of operational and policy changes that go into...