An annual report on patient safety shows more errors but fewer deaths in Minnesota hospitals in the past year. The Department of Health found 277 so-called “adverse events” in categories that have long been tracked, such as wrong-site surgery or …
The National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) elected Missouri Insurance Director John M. Huff to fill the vacant position of the office of president-elect. The office was vacated on Jan. 20 when former Pennsylvania Insurance Commissioner Michael F. Consedine left …
An insurance company that didn’t know about a medical marijuana nursery in a Bay City, Mich., basement can recover more than $130,000 paid after the house was destroyed by fire. A federal appeals court upheld a decision by U.S. District …
In the Western United States there are nearly 900,000 homes representing an estimated reconstruction cost of more than $237 billion considered at “very high” or “high” risk from wildfires, a report issued in Ferbruary shows. CoreLogic’s Wildfire Risk analysis is …
A settlement has been reached in a long-running dispute between the nation’s largest homeowners insurer and the state of Texas over premium overcharges. The Texas Office of Public Insurance Counsel (OPIC) announced on Feb. 27 that under a settlement with …
The threat of a flood insurance nightmare in Louisiana’s Rapides Parish and elsewhere was delayed, but not eliminated, by Congress last year. But the threat is slowly diminishing as work proceeds to fix deficiencies in the Red River levees to …
The Oklahoma Geological Survey reported fewer than half the number of 4.0 magnitude and higher earthquakes in Oklahoma last year as the U.S. Geological Survey, according to agency records. While OGS reported six earthquakes of magnitude 4.0 and higher last …
With earthquake swarms steadily increasing in Oklahoma, the state insurance department reports that more than 2,500 Oklahoma insurance professionals have completed a one-hour continuing education course on earthquake coverage. Agents are required to one hour of earthquake insurance continuing education …
Carrollton, Texas-based Hotchkiss Insurance Agency (HIA) announced a new leadership team. Mike Hotchkiss is now the CEO, Ken Hotchkiss is the chief operating officer and Greg Hotchkiss is the chief financial officer. HIA Founder Doug Hotchkiss has transitioned to his …
Texas Rep. Kenneth Sheets filed legislation that would establish a voluntary roofing contractor registration program with the Texas Department of Insurance (TDI). Sheets said House Bill 1488, known as the Roofing Contractor Consumer Protection Act, would help protect consumers from …
