Gov. Rick Scott has signed Florida’s opioid legislation into law, a move seen by many as a good first step in combating a crisis that has claimed at least 16 lives a day in the Sunshine State. “What it does …
Global loss adjusting firm McLarens has promoted Susan Froman to senior vice president of Business Development – The Americas. Froman joined McLarens three years ago to recruit and establish the domestic business development and global marketing teams for McLarens. Froman’s …
The North Carolina Department of Insurance has expanded its criminal investigations division with the addition of 15 new special agents, according to a statement from North Carolina Insurance Commissioner Mike Causey. Causey said the expansion to nearly double the size …
Insurance regulators in the Southeast are notifying policyholders in their states of a Texas-domiciled/Atlanta, Georgia-headquartered property/casualty insurance company that is to be liquidated after being placed in receivership. Access Insurance Co. is primarily a provider of non-standard auto insurance licensed …
A preliminary settlement would allow those who lost power for days last summer on two North Carolina islands to divvy up more than $10 million. News outlets report that documents filed in federal court show that PCL Civil Constructors would …
Compassion and helping others were the key takeaways from a message that Jim Darling delivered to a group of several hundred insurance professionals gathered to honor him in Los Angeles, Calif., at a dinner ceremony in late March. Darling, regional …
A divided Alaska Supreme Court has sided with a river rafting company, deciding its release form protected it from liability in the 2013 death of a man on a rafting trip. The majority ruling, supported by three of the court’s …
Pinnacol Assurance is distributing $50 million in workers’ compensation dividend checks to its policyholders. Nearly 53,000 employers throughout Colorado were to receive a dividend starting in late March. Check amounts are calculated based on the policyholder’s premium size and performance. …
A judge has dismissed a defamation lawsuit filed by owners of a Utah Subway shop where a worker was wrongly accused of drugging a police officer’s drink. U.S. District Judge Dee Benson ruled that police in Layton did not implicate …
The California Supreme Court will again intervene in the protracted saga of insurance litigation stemming from the bodily injury, property damage, and Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act actions against Montrose Chemical Corporation of California, this time to consider …
