May 10, 2016
New York is launching a website to help communities across the state prepare for extreme weather. The website created by the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) provides access to more than 1,000 maps, data on sea …
May 10, 2016
Brian Weaver, senior vice president of sales for Aegis Specialty, was given the Brokers Insurance Group Hall of Fame award on Saturday at the Riverside Convention Center in California. BIG is an association that works with the independent broker/producers in …
May 10, 2016
Authorities announced that a medical device distributor has agreed to pay nearly $1.9 million to Massachusetts’ Medicaid program (MassHealth) over an alleged scheme to pay kickbacks to health care providers. Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey’s office announced the settlement Monday. …
May 10, 2016
Drones will soon be boosting crop yields, verifying insurance claims, and assisting in future Hollywood blockbusters in a business that’s due to boom by more than 6,000 percent by the end of the decade. The global market for commercial applications …
May 10, 2016
Citizens Property Insurance Corp. is alerting policyholders to important policy changes beginning July 1 as part of the state-backed insurer’s efforts to improve communication and protect customers early in the claims process while controlling costs that it has said threaten …
May 10, 2016
The massive wildfires that swept through Canada’s energy hub of Fort McMurray left almost 90 percent of the city intact, including most of the downtown core, while completely leveling some neighborhoods. “This city was surrounded by an ocean of fire …
May 10, 2016
New York state has approved regulations allowing a new virtual currency called Ether. Gov. Andrew Cuomo, a Democrat, and the state’s Department of Financial Services announced the move on May 5. The regulations will govern the new virtual exchange, called …
May 10, 2016
Aspen Insurance, the insurance segment of Aspen Insurance Holdings Ltd., has appointed Raheila Nazir as head of International Cyber Risk. Joining Aspen in the summer, Nazir has more than 16 years’ experience as an underwriter across different product lines, including …
May 10, 2016
Fingerprinting drivers for ride-hailing companies must continue in Texas’ capital city after voters rejected a $9 million campaign by Uber and Lyft to overturn the safety measure. Both Uber and Lyft threatened to leave Austin, which hosts major annual events …
May 10, 2016
Louisiana’s Office of Motor Vehicles reminds drivers whose vehicles are insured by Affirmative Insurance or Affirmative Casualty Insurance that they need to have new coverage by 11:59 p.m. Wednesday. Otherwise, says Commissioner Karen G. St. Germain, they could face a …