Worried About Hackers, States Turn to Cyber Insurance November 13, 2017 By Jenni Bergal, Stateline As the threat from hackers and cybercriminals intensifies, a growing number of states are buying cyber insurance to protect themselves...
Pinnacol in Colorado to Drop Workers’ Comp Rates 7.4% in 2018 November 13, 2017 The Pinnacol Assurance board has approved a 2018 decrease in workers’ compensation rates that will average 7.4 percent for the...
Houston Grand Jury Indicts 3 in Federal Workers’ Comp Fraud Scheme November 13, 2017 A federal grand jury in Houston has returned a, indictment against three people, including two siblings, charging them with conspiracy...
Indiana County Facing $8M Payout to Settle Suits Against Employees November 13, 2017 A northwest Indiana county may pay more than $8 million to settle several lawsuits against county employees that allege misconduct...
Seeman Holtz Property & Casualty Acquires Check Out Insurance in Dallas November 13, 2017 Boca Raton, Florida-based Seeman Holtz Property & Casualty Inc. has acquired Check Out Insurance LLC, headquartered in Dallas. Check Out...
Fitzpatrick Elected Chair of Insurance Council of Texas Board November 13, 2017 The Insurance Council of Texas (ICT) has elected Thomas Fitzpatrick as chair of the ICT board of directors, beginning Jan....
South Dakota Selects Technology Insurance as Workers’ Comp Servicing Carrier November 13, 2017 The South Dakota Division of Insurance has selected Technology Insurance Co., as the workers’ compensation assigned risk plan carrier effective...
Nebraska Farmers Coop Fined Nearly $374K After Worker Trapped in Grain Bin November 13, 2017 U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited a Nebraska grain-handling cooperative for failing to protect...
Lloyd’s Approves Dale Underwriting Partners’ Special Purpose Arrangement November 13, 2017 Dale Underwriting Partners, managed by Lloyd’s third party managing agency Asta, announced that its special purpose arrangement (SPA) has received...
Someone Else’s Wires May Have Started California Wildfires, PG&E Says November 13, 2017 The deadliest of last month’s wildfires in California’s wine country may have been started by electrical equipment not owned or...