As the $4.2 billion marina industry continues to expand, independent agents who seek to leverage their specialization and partner with experienced carriers have a significant opportunity to grow their businesses. With the growth of the marina industry have come significant …
Ohio’s rate of non-fatal workplace injuries is below the national average, according to the head of the state’s primary workers’ compensation insurance provider. Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation (BWC) Administrator/CEO Steve Buehrer is urging employers to review online state and …
Merrill, Wis.-based Church Mutual Insurance Co., an insurer of religious organizations, named Bob Buckley as vice president – underwriting and policyholder services and Cheryl Kryshak as vice president – risk control. Buckley moved into Kryshak’s former role, while Kryshak’s position …
The Wisconsin Supreme Court ruled against State Farm Insurance Co. in a case in which a policyholder who was in an accident in 2010 tried to apply uninsured motorist coverage from another vehicle they owned to collect more benefits. State …
Illinois’ attorney general says the number of identity theft complaints received by her office rose 18 percent last year. Lisa Madigan says her office received about 3,000 complaints in 2013, up from about 2,500 the year before. They were part …
The Los Angeles Times is reporting that state Sen. Ron Calderon has been indicted in a corruption case and accused of taking about $100,000 in bribes from a hospital executive in Southern California who ran an alleged workers’ compensation scheme. …
A former top executive at California’s State Compensation Insurance Fund has admitted to charges of a conflict of interest in awarding contacts to a software firm while he was at State Fund, it was made public on Friday by the …
A California Legislator on Friday introduced a bill that would prevent construction on seismic fissures. Senate Bill 1155 would mandate that developers and city officials treat an unzoned earthquake fault line just like a zoned earthquake fault line, plus add …
Delaware Insurance Commissioner Karen Weldin Stewart announced today that she has approved the re-submission of the Delaware Compensation Rating Bureau (DCRB) workers’ compensation rate filing regarding the residual market rate and the voluntary market loss cost. The commissioner and Ratepayer …
The Oklahoma Senate Public Safety Committee has approved legislative measures that would ban texting while driving, as well as the use of cell phones while driving in school zones. Senate Bill 442, by Sen. Ron Sharp, would make it unlawful …
