An insurance company has agreed to pay more than $1.6 million to settle a federal lawsuit filed by Indiana parents who were denied coverage for therapy for their children with autism. Two families sued Anthem in 2016 after the company …
Organizers say right-wing provocateur Milo Yiannopoulos will not speak at Louisiana State University after failing to acquire proper insurance for the event. The Advocate reports that student group College Republicans at LSU apologized on Twitter on Tuesday evening and said …
USI Southwest has finalized an exclusive Intermodal Truck Insurance Program with Hybrid US fronting carrier Trisura Specialty. The program will immediately target intermodal transportation companies in Texas with plans to expand to other regions of the United States over time. …
Chicken salad made by an Iowa food processing company and distributed by Fareway Stores in the Midwest sickened 265 people in eight states and caused one death in Iowa from salmonella contamination, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention …
Specialty Program Group LLC (SPG), an insurance holding company for specialty brokerages and underwriting facilities, has acquired the assets of Ohio-based Norman-Spencer Agency’s (NSA) crane program, personal lines watercraft program and commercial lines recreational marine program divisions. Terms of the …
Researchers at the University of Alabama at Birmingham are utilizing technology to create a pragmatic solution for physical or sexual assault prevention. “A major challenge to assault prevention is that, during an assault, victims often do not have an easily …
Cal Inspection Bureau of Tarzana, California, and Legacy P&C of Camden, South Carolina, have formed a new firm offering premium audit services to insurers for commercial accounts nationwide. The joint firm has been named Legacy National Audit Bureau. Legacy National …
Commercial property insurance rate increases are easing off initial spikes following 2017’s record natural catastrophe losses, but commercial insurance buyers still face upward pricing pressure on many lines of business for the remainder of 2018. That’s according to Willis Towers …
Seven decades after making key portions of the atomic bomb dropped on Nagasaki, Japan, workers at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation are being exposed to radiation as they tear down buildings that helped create the nation’s nuclear arsenal. Dozens of workers …
CNA reports that Mark James will join the company as senior vice president for Global Reinsurance. He will be responsible for CNA’s reinsurance strategies and purchasing around the globe. James has more than 15 years of experience in the reinsurance …
