Florida Passes ‘Catch All’ Insurance Bill Impacting Surplus Lines, Catastrophe Fund May 13, 2019 By Amy O'Connor A Florida bill that the insurance industry says will help modernize the state’s surplus lines system, as well as impact...
North Carolina-Based Curi Appoints PartnerRe’s Farrelly as SVP of Underwriting May 13, 2019 Curi, a provider of medical malpractice products and services for physicians, has appointed Sean Farrelly as its new senior vice...
Alabama Senate Approves Medical Marijuana Bill May 10, 2019 The Alabama Senate has approved a bill authorizing the use of medical marijuana for some medical conditions. Senators swiftly approved...
Miami Bridge Cracks Were Growing ‘Daily’ Before Deadly Collapse: Records May 10, 2019 By Brendan Farrington Just hours before a pedestrian bridge collapsed and killed six people at a Miami university, engineers confirmed that cracks in...
Florida Governor Signs Bill Allowing More Armed Teachers May 10, 2019 By Brendan Farrington More Florida teachers will be eligible to carry guns in the classroom under a bill Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis signed...
Trump Visits Storm-Damaged Panhandle, Pledges Financial Aid May 9, 2019 By Jennifer Jacobs, Alyza Sebenius and Christopher Flavelle President Donald Trump blamed congressional Democrats for a lagging federal response to the hurricane-ravaged Florida Panhandle on Wednesday, declaring that...
Limited Disaster Aid Approved for 13 Mississippi Counties May 9, 2019 President Donald Trump has expanded limited disaster aid to 13 more Mississippi counties following storms and flooding in February and...
W. Virginia Governor’s Coal Companies Sued by Feds Over Safety Violations May 9, 2019 By Anthony Izaguirreirre The U.S. government sued nearly two dozen of West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice’s coal companies Tuesday to get them to...
Freeland Joins Assured Risk Cover to Grow Florida Parametric Product May 9, 2019 Assured Risk Cover (ARC) has hired Tom Freeland as Market president and investor. Freeland will be responsible for growing the...
Florida Passes Bill Seeking to Ease Post-Hurricane Outages May 9, 2019 Florida utilities would have to come up with a 10-year plan to strengthen and bury power lines in an effort...