Federal Court Rules CGL Insurance Covers Data Breach April 12, 2016 By Andrew G. Simpson A federal appeals court in Virginia has upheld a lower federal court in ruling that a commercial general liability policy...
CopperPoint in Arizona Names Schmittlein President and CEO April 11, 2016 Phoenix, Ariz.-based CopperPoint Mutual Insurance Co. has named Marc E. Schmittlein president and chief executive officer. Schmittlein will join the...
RIMS 2016: Employee vs. Contractor Debate to Become Even Hotter April 11, 2016 By Don Jergler The employee vs. contractor debate has the potential to have a major impact on the insurance industry, according to a...
Farmers Insurance Launches Rideshare Coverage in New Jersey April 11, 2016 Farmers Insurance announced Monday that it has begun offering its Rideshare Insurance Coverage endorsement in New Jersey. The endorsement is...
Florida Researchers Find 40% of Retired NFL Players Had Brain Injury April 11, 2016 More than 40 percent of retired National Football League (NFL) players in a recent study had signs of traumatic brain...
McCaffrey Named Chief Financial Officer of CSAA in California April 11, 2016 Walnut Creek, Calif.-based CSAA Insurance Group has named J. Paul McCaffrey Jr. its chief financial officer. McCaffrey has more than...
New Jersey Hospital Cutting Down on Opioids in Emergency Room April 11, 2016 By David Porter and Josh Cornfield Mark Rosenberg doesn’t need to go to his job as chairman of emergency medicine at New Jersey’s busiest emergency room...
N.Y. Authorities Wrote 85K Tickets for Texting While Driving in 2015 April 11, 2016 The number of drivers issued a ticket for talking on a hand-held cellphone is dropping in New York state —...
Amtrak Ordered to Retrain Workers Following Deadly Crash Outside Philly April 11, 2016 By Maryclaire Dale Amtrak has been ordered to retrain rail workers on basic safety rules days after a train going 106 miles per...
NTSB: Kansas Derailment Site Track Damage Traced to Grain Truck April 11, 2016 The derailment of an Amtrak passenger train in Kansas in March that injured more than two dozen people occurred at...