Miami Jury Orders Bar That Served Drunken Driver to Pay $96M in Damages July 7, 2022 By William Rabb A Miami-Dade jury has returned one of the largest verdicts ever in an automobile accident case, awarding $95 million in...
Southeast Business Moves: Risk Strategies, Acrisure, Alabama Agencies July 7, 2022 Acrisure Buys Brentwood Claims Firm Acrisure, a fintech company that runs one of the largest insurance brokerage companies, has acquired...
West Virginia Requiring New Notices, Info on Workers’ Comp Claims Decisions July 6, 2022 West Virginia’s insurance commissioner is reminding workers’ compensation stakeholders about statutory changes that took effect this month on claims and...
SURE Insurance Picks Up 14,000 FedNat Policies in South Carolina July 6, 2022 The member-owned property insurer known as SURE has assumed some 14,000 South Carolina homeowners policies from FedNat Insurance, which left...
Tampa Med Clinic Owner Charged with Staging Crashes and $970,000 in False Claims July 6, 2022 The owner of a Tampa medical clinic has been charged in a scheme that staged auto accidents then submitted more...
Insurer’s Good Deed Restarts the Clock on Benefits, Carolina Appeals Court Finds July 5, 2022 By William Rabb Insurers might say this one falls in the category of “no good deed goes unpunished.” In a workers’ compensation decision...
Drug Distributors Prevail in $2.5 Billion West Virginia Opioid Case July 5, 2022 Major U.S. drug distributors McKesson Corp., AmerisourceBergen Corp., and Cardinal Health Inc. are not responsible for fueling an opioid epidemic...
Florida Workers’ Comp Admin, Second-Injury Fund Fees to Remain Steady for 2023 July 5, 2022 The surcharge for Florida’s Workers’ Compensation Administration Trust Fund and for the second-injury fund will remain the same for 2023...
Georgia Construction Company Must Remain Defendant in Wetlands Suit, Court Finds July 5, 2022 By William Rabb A federal court in Georgia has refused to dismiss a construction company from a lawsuit over wetlands violations, even though...
New Alabama, Georgia Laws Taking Effect Today Indirectly Affect Insurance July 1, 2022 Several Alabama and Georgia laws that could indirectly affect property, liability and workers’ compensation insurance take effect today, July 1....