Monthly Archives: <span>July 2015</span>

All Risks Launches Wind Program for Occupied Dwellings, Vacant Buildings

QuickIns, a division of All Risks, Ltd., has launched a new non-admitted wind market on its online and phone quoting platform, QuickIns.com, for tenant occupied dwellings and vacant buildings. This A.M. Best A-rated carrier offers property and liability coverage (monoline …

SNL’s Top 15 Reinsurers: M&A Fails to Push Europeans Out of Leader Spots

SNL Financial published a list of the top 15 global reinsurers last week, showing the major European reinsurers in the top four spots. The ranking is based on 2014 assumed reinsurance premiums for both non-life and life businesses. SNL’s analysis …

Damage Assessment Tops $20M in Storm-Hit New Jersey Counties

Southern New Jersey towns hit hard by severe storms that ripped through the area last month could be in line to get federal aid to help offset cleanup costs. Federal Emergency Management Agency officials spent a second day in the …

NGM Insurance Introduces Expanded Workers’ Comp Program in Virginia

The Main Street America Group’s NGM Insurance Co. has introduced an expanded workers’ compensation program in Virginia via its network of independent insurance agents throughout the commonwealth. “The expanded pricing levels in Virginia, available through our additional writing companies, enables …

Connecticut Department of Motor Vehicles Announces Change in OUI Law

The Connecticut Department of Motor Vehicles recently announced that starting July 1, motorists who are charged with operating under the influence (OUI) of alcohol, drugs or both, and as a result, have their licenses suspended administratively by DMV will be …

Connecticut Workers’ Comp Commission Unveils New Mediation Program

The Connecticut Workers’ Compensation Commission (WCC) on July 1 launched a new program providing mediation opportunities for possible settlement of contested cases. Under the program, parties in a litigated matter may request the services of a commissioner to help mediate …

Missouri Property Owner Sued Over Man’s Elevator Death

The sister of a musician and photographer who fell 18 feet to his death down a downtown St. Louis building’s elevator shaft is suing the former property owner and the elevator’s manufacturer. The lawsuit filed in St. Louis Circuit Court …

Feds Say Texas Deaths Show DuPont Has ‘Failed’ Safety Program

U.S. regulators on took DuPont to task for a massive gas leak last year that killed four workers at a plant in Texas, placing the chemical company in its “severe violator enforcement program” and saying the accident shows it has …

Nebraska High Court Reverses Work Comp Ruling Favoring Employee

The omission of one word in a workers’ compensation court ruling favoring a co-op employee hurt during a company party led the Nebraska Supreme Court to reverse the ruling on July 10. The case stems from a 2010 cookout held …

Texas-Based Whataburger Says ‘No’ to Open Carry

An iconic Texas restaurant chain will not allow the open carrying of guns on its properties, and industry experts say other restaurants will likely take the same stand against a new state law legalizing the practice in many public places. …