‘Throwing Money’ at Data Breach Victims May Not Be Best Response December 28, 2014 Offering customers discounts in future purchases and free credit monitoring —strategies used by Target after its large-scale data breach —...
Fire Deaths Up Slightly in Alabama in 2014 December 24, 2014 Fire deaths are up slightly this year in Alabama over 2013. The state fire marshal’s office says 86 people have...
Rhode Island to Begin Issuing 3 Distinct Adjuster Licenses December 24, 2014 Rhode Island’s Insurance Superintendent Joseph Torti III issued a bulletin this week on transitioning to new license categories for adjusters....
Immigration Reform, Driver’s Licenses Spell Opportunity for Latino Agents December 24, 2014 By Don Jergler Independent insurance agents who serve the Hispanic community may be in store for a busy year. Immigration reform is on...
Portland, Maine, Looks to Regulate Uber Ride Service December 24, 2014 The city attorney for Portland, Maine, will draft an ordinance to regulate Uber, the online ride service that began operating...
Florida Appeals Court Ruling Opens Door for Cruise Line Malpractice Suits December 24, 2014 By Curt Anderson Pasquale Vaglio, a retired New York City policeman and Korean War veteran, was on the cruise of a lifetime with...
A.M. Best Reaffirms Chesapeake Employers’ Financial Strength Rating December 24, 2014 Chesapeake Employers’ Insurance Company, the largest workers’ compensation insurance company in Maryland, announced that insurance ratings agency A.M. Best Co....
Obama Signs Disaster Declaration for 9 N.Y. Counties in Wake of Nov. Storm December 24, 2014 President Barack Obama has declared a major disaster in upstate New York. That means Washington will chip in to help...
Missouri Company Cited in Death of Teen Worker December 24, 2014 A southeast Missouri construction company has been cited by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration for 13 serious safety violations...
Iowa DPS Report: Wait On Drone Regulation December 24, 2014 By Ryan J. Foley Iowa should take a wait-and-see approach to regulating unmanned aerial vehicles because of their huge potential for positive uses in...