Record-setting winter weather in the United States has led to lots of road condition advisories, but could there also be a slip and fall alert? By analyzing various conditions – like snow, wind speed, temperature – into a ‘Slipperiness Score,’ …
City councilors in Tulsa planned to begin discussions today on a proposed change to the city’s building code that would require storm shelters in new school construction. Building storm shelters in schools has become a major statewide and local issue …
The Sorrento Town Council in Louisiana tabled two insurance quote offers that would insure the police department. The police department was dissolved after it lost coverage in November. The chief and assistant are still patrolling the town and answering calls …
Global reinsurer, Munich Re, announced it is expanding its presence in the U.S. health reinsurance business with the opening of a new regional office in Minnetonka, Minn. The company said this decision was taken to seize opportunities arising from the …
A state board has approved paying $130,000 to settle a lawsuit filed on behalf of a former Nevada inmate who was shackled while in labor and after giving birth. The Board of Examiners on Tuesday authorized the settlement with former …
A wrongful death lawsuit filed by the parents of a New York teenager swept out to sea during a Hawaii hiking and kayaking tour has been settled. Michael Madoff, the father of 15-year-old Tyler Madoff, said Tuesday he hopes tours …
A psychologist apologized Tuesday in a Los Angeles court for defrauding the federal government with inflated and fraudulent workers’ compensation claims. Dr. Arnold P. Nerenberg of Whittier said Tuesday he was grateful federal agents caught him. In an emotional speech, …
Laurie Infantino, AFIS, CIC, CISC, CISR, ACSR, CRIS, has been named Education Director of Insurance Journal’s Academy of Insurance. The insurance education professional will focus on the quality of the instructors and the education content offered by Insurance Journal’s Academy …
The various winter storms that brought snow and bitter cold to the United States in January took more than 50 lives and are expected to result in direct economic losses of about $3.5 billion and insured losses of more than …
The McGowan Companies, based in Fairview Park, Ohio, has purchased the assets of Klein Insurance Services Inc. (KIS) in Montclair, N.J. KIS will begin operating under the McGowan Program Administrators (“MPA”) brand. Established in 1991, KIS provides property and umbrella …
