Health Insurers Warm to Replacing Individual Mandate with Incentives December 7, 2016 By Zachary Tracer U.S. health insurers signaled Tuesday that they’re willing to give up a cornerstone provision of Obamacare that requires all Americans...
Report Criticizes FAA Safety Oversight of Drones as Lax December 7, 2016 By Alan Levin U.S. aviation regulators approved commercial drone applications so quickly in recent years that they missed safety violations and took few...
TPA Gallagher Bassett Names McNamara as Managing Director, Australia December 7, 2016 Third party administrator Gallagher Bassett (GB)* has appointed John McNamara to the position of managing director – Australia, effective Jan....
Insured Losses from Italy’s October Earthquakes Estimated at $33.3M: PERILS December 7, 2016 The initial estimate of the property insurance market loss from the series of earthquakes that hit central Italy in October...
Credit Guarantee & Investment Facility Signs Inaugural Treaty Led by Munich Re December 7, 2016 The Credit Guarantee and Investment Facility (CGIF)* announced it has executed its inaugural reinsurance treaty, with a panel of market...
State Auto Western Region Adds McCarty as Underwriting Manager in Texas December 7, 2016 State Auto’s Western Region has added Bob McCarty as underwriting manager for the Central/Southern Texas area. He is based in...
Louisiana Citizens’ Policy Count to Drop Below 60K December 7, 2016 Louisiana Insurance Commissioner Jim Donelon announced that the total policy count for the state’s property insurer of last resort is...
400 Orange Trees Stolen From Florida Grove December 7, 2016 Authorities in a central Florida county are looking for a thief who stole more than 400 newly-planted orange trees from...
National Weather Service Confirms 20 Tornadoes Hit Alabama Last Week December 7, 2016 The National Weather Service says forecasters have confirmed that 20 tornadoes touched down in Alabama last week. The agency says...
Businesses Unharmed in Tennessee City Devastated by Wildfires Set to Reopen December 7, 2016 By Jonathan Mattise Chirping and beeping filled the air as Marion Paul fired up her Gatlinburg video arcade Monday, the first time she’s...