Monthly Archives: <span>August 2012</span>

Connecticut Says Tougher Teen Driving Laws Showing Positive Results

This month, Connecticut is observing the four-year anniversary of the state’s adoption of tougher teen driving laws. And officials say the measures continue to put in check teen driver deaths. A series of high-profile crashes in 2007 triggered a campaign …

More Than Half of Arkansas in Exceptional Drought

More than half of Arkansas is in exceptional drought status, which is the U.S. Drought Monitor’s most severe classification. The map, released Thursday, says the exceptional drought covers nearly all of northern and central Arkansas and stretches into the southwest …

California Judge Rejects Changes to Prop 33 Ballot Label

Sacramento Superior Court Judge Timothy Frawley has rejected in full arguments in a lawsuit by the insurance industry backers of California’s Proposition 33 and upheld the Attorney General’s Ballot Label as “Changes Law to Allow Auto Insurance Companies to Set …

Don’t Miss Out: Be a BEST Agency to Work For

Insurance Journal is once again searching for the best independent insurance agencies in the United States to work for and we hope you will consider nominating your agency today. You must be a current employee of the agency you are …

Megabus Settles Lawsuit in 2010 Chicago Incident

Megabus has agreed to pay $5.1 million to the family of a man who was struck by a bus as he crossed a downtown Chicago street in 2010. Wes Krueger of South Holland was in the crosswalk when the bus …

Wong Joins Lockton Dunning Benefits in Dallas

Lockton Dunning Benefits announced that Victor Wong has joined the Dallas-based health and welfare benefits practice’s actuarial consulting group as vice president and actuary. With more than nine years of actuarial experience, Victor has specialized in health benefits for the …

Crop Insurers’ Payouts Already Top $800 Million This Season

U.S. crop insurers have already paid out $822 million in indemnities this season, but it is still far too early to tell how large the industry’s losses will ultimately be, National Crop Insurance Services said on Friday. The trade group …

Advanced E&S Group Launches Community Association Debt Coverage

Advanced E & S Group has launched the Assessment Recovery Indemnity (ARI) program. ARI is a new insurance product underwritten by member companies of the AmTrust Group, designed to help condominium and homeowner associations reduce their exposure to delinquent unit …

JLT Facilities Introduces Non-Standard Lawyers PL Program

JLT Facilities, Inc., part of the Jardine Lloyd Thompson (JLT) Group, has established a non-standard lawyers professional liability program. Coverage is available nationwide and underwritten by JLT Facilities through an A.M Best “A” rated carrier. The non-standard program is for …

Fifth Circuit Affirms ‘Eight-Corners’ Rule and Duty to Defend

Because the duty to defend is one of the most important aspects of liability policies such as Commercial General Liability coverage, it is frequently the subject of litigation. One recent case from the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals — GuideOne …