North Carolina Appeals Court Won’t Budge on Intrepid Insurance Name Mix-up April 3, 2025 By William Rabb What’s in a name? Enough confusion to sink a subrogation lawsuit and appeal brought by the insurer for a burned-up...
FirstBank, With its Own Insurance Agency, Merges With Alabama Bank April 3, 2025 Nashville-based FB Financial Corp., parent company of FirstBank and FirstBank Insurance Agency, plans to merge with Southern States Bancshares, the...
People Moves: Anhalt to Lead The General Following Sentry Acquisition April 2, 2025 Sentry Insurance announced that Pete Anhalt will lead The General following Sentry’s September 2024 acquisition of the brand from American...
Florida’s Universal P&C Overstated Claims to Cat Fund, Must Pay $4M Fine, AG Says April 2, 2025 The Florida Hurricane Catastrophe Fund will not have to pay some $30 million to Universal Property & Casualty Insurance Co.,...
North Carolina Commissioner Settles Mobile Home Rate Increase at 11% April 2, 2025 North Carolina Insurance Mike Causey said Tuesday that he had negotiated a lower average rate increase for mobile home policies...
Another Kentucky Farmer Pleads Guilty to Crop Insurance Fraud April 1, 2025 By Insurance Journal Staff Reports A Kentucky farmer is awaiting sentencing after pleading guilty to defrauding the federal crop insurance program of almost $1.5 million....
After Commissioner’s Comments, Asphalt Roof Shingles Got a Bad Rap, Group Says April 1, 2025 By Reed Hitchcock Rumors of the demise of asphalt shingles in Florida are greatly exaggerated. Asphalt shingles provide a great, cost-effective option for...
SC Bill Moves to House, Would Lower Liquor Liability Coverage, End Joint-and-Several April 1, 2025 By William Rabb The fate of a bill that would modify South Carolina’s joint-and-several liability law now rests with the state House of...
More Tort Reform: Georgia Lawmakers Put Limits on Litigation Financing March 31, 2025 By Charlotte Kramon ATLANTA (AP) — The second part of Georgia Republican Gov. Brian Kemp’s top priority to limit lawsuits and large verdicts...
Public Adjuster Pleads Guilty to Another Scam, This One on a Church in Georgia March 31, 2025 By William Rabb A notorious public adjuster, already in prison for scamming Louisiana and Texas residents out of insurance proceeds, last week pleaded...