Florida’s Reform Bill Means New Deadlines for Insurers, Insureds, Starting This Week March 3, 2023 By Insurance Journal Staff Reports Senate Bill 2A, enacted into law in December, gave Florida property insurers some major relief on litigation costs. But it...
Georgia House Votes to Raise Workers’ Comp Benefits, Still Lower than Other States March 2, 2023 By Insurance Journal Staff Reports The Georgia House of Representatives voted this week to raise the maximum workers’ compensation benefit amounts and to increase the...
$1 Million Settlement in Class Action over Immigration Raid at Tenn. Meat Plant March 2, 2023 A federal judge has approved a settlement of more than $1 million in a class action lawsuit that challenged a...
NC Senate Advances Bill to Stiffen Penalties for Attacks on Utility Stations March 2, 2023 Nearly three months after attacks on electrical substations caused a dayslong power outage in central North Carolina, a state Senate...
Florida Injury Attorney Who Used LOPs Charged With Stealing $850,000 from Clients March 2, 2023 A Tampa-area personal injury attorney, once active in auto accident, rideshare and other insurance claims litigation, has been arrested and...
South Carolina Man Admits to Burning His Car, Filing False Insurance Claim, DOI Says March 1, 2023 South Carolina authorities have charged a man with insurance fraud after he reported his vehicle was stolen, then admitted to...
Kentucky Man Dies in WV Coal Mine, First U.S. Mining Fatality This Year March 1, 2023 A coal miner has died in an incident in a southern West Virginia mine, Gov. Jim Justice said. William Mapes,...
Alabama Insurance Agent Charged with $600,000 in Fraud, Elder Exploitation March 1, 2023 By Insurance Journal Staff Reports Authorities have charged an Alabama insurance agent, who formerly worked for Alfa Insurance, with more than $600,000 in fraud, theft...
Florida’s SB 2A Ended One-Way Legal Fees. Now Some Insurers Say it’s Retroactive March 1, 2023 Plaintiffs’ attorneys took it on the chin when Florida lawmakers in December approved Senate Bill 2A, which ended the practice...
Georgia Bill Would End Direct Action Suits Against Insurers in Truck Accidents February 28, 2023 By Insurance Journal Staff Reports Truck insurers would be able to avoid being named as defendants in lawsuits filed after trucking accidents under a bill...