January 17, 2024
New York State is proposing guidance for insurance carriers to prevent unfair discrimination in their use of artificial intelligence and external data sources in underwriting and pricing. A circular letter from Superintendent of Financial Services Adrienne A. Harris outlines the …
January 17, 2024
The Occupational Health and Safety Administration this week fined a Mississippi poultry processor $212,646 – an amount set by law – after a 16-year-old was pulled to his death inside a deboning machine last summer. Mar-Jac Poultry MS LLC in …
January 17, 2024
This edition of International People Moves details appointments at Aspen UK, Canopius Group and London-based broker Miller. A summary of these new hires follows here. Aspen UK Names Stanford as Interim CEO, Succeeding Milner Aspen Insurance Holdings Ltd. announced the …
January 17, 2024
The state of Michigan has agreed to pay $1.75 million to an innocent man who spent 35 years in prison after being wrongly convicted of sexual assault. Louis Wright was released in November after authorities said DNA tests ruled him …
January 17, 2024
Texas Mutual Insurance Company recently reported that a Travis County district court sentenced Ruth Castilleja of Baytown, Texas, on workers’ compensation fraud-related charges. Castilleja reported an on-the-job injury while working as a phlebotomist for BestCare Laboratory Services LLC in Houston, …
January 17, 2024
Inszone Insurance Services announced its recent acquisition of Jacque Pirtle Insurance, an insurance agency with nearly three decades of commitment to serving the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex. Founded in June 1994 by Jacque Pirtle, Arlington-based Jacque Pirtle Insurance provides personal and …
January 17, 2024
Mark Zuckerberg can’t avoid being called for a deposition in Texas’s multibillion-dollar lawsuit alleging that Meta Platforms Inc. profits from facial recognition technology without user consent, a state appeals court ruled. Tuesday’s decision left in place a lower-court order compelling …
January 17, 2024
A group of freelance writers and editors has sued the U.S. Department of Labor, claiming the Biden administration’s new rule making it more difficult for companies to treat some workers as independent contractors is illegal and should be struck down. …
January 17, 2024
The Florida Senate’s Banking and Insurance Committee on Tuesday approved a bill that would make the state-backed Citizens Property Insurance Corp. more like an insurer of last resort, unrestricted by premium caps – at least for some expensive homes in …
January 17, 2024
New bi-partisan legislation meant to keep the regulation of insurance companies with state regulators was introduced in the Senate on Jan. 16. The Business of Insurance Regulatory Reform Act of 2024 from senators Tim Scott, R-S.C., and Joe Manchin, D-W.V., …