Monthly Archives: <span>August 2018</span>

Report Shows California Wildfires, Climate Change Altering Insurance Landscape

Insurers may be non-renewing more in wildfire-prone areas of California, sending an increasing number of people to the residual market or to surplus lines insurers. A report released on Monday shows that market shares of the FAIR Plan, the state’s …

West Virginia AG Reaches Settlement Over Unlawfully Repossessed Vehicles

West Virginia’s attorney general says his office has reached a settlement over allegations that a leasing company unlawfully repossessed vehicles. Attorney General Patrick Morrisey said in a release that the settlement with Auto Trakk LLC was valued at nearly $900,000. …

The Villages Insurance Partners of Florida Promotes Connell

The Villages Insurance Partners (TVIP) has promoted Rose Connell to Personal Lines executive manager. Connell’s new leadership role will have her working directly with the Personal Lines division to ensure client satisfaction and firm profitability. Other responsibilities include the planning …

Indiana Sees Decline in Workplace Injuries

Work is getting safer in Indiana, with employment-related injuries hitting an all-time low. The (Northwest Indiana) Times reports that recently released federal statistics from 2016 show the state hit an all-time low that year of 3.5 per injuries for every …

Louisiana Company to Pay $165K Resolve Disability Discrimination Suit

An Allemands, Louisiana-based provider of marine transportation services will pay $165,000 to settle a disability discrimination lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC). The EEOC said Otto Candies LLC also will provide other relief to settle the …

Texan Sentenced on Workers’ Comp Fraud Charges

Texas Mutual Insurance Company reported that a Travis County district court has sentenced Christopher Colligan of Baytown on workers’ compensation fraud charges. The company said Colligan reported a job-related injury while working as a driver for Macro Oil Company Inc. …

New Crop Insurance Program May Benefit Wisconsin Dairy Farmers

A new federal crop insurance program may help Wisconsin dairy farmers protect against low milk prices. The American Farm Bureau Federation and its insurance company recently announced the Dairy Revenue Protection program, Wisconsin Public Radio reported. The program, which will …

Houston-Area Voters Approve Flood-Control Bond Measure

Voters in Houston and its surrounding county marked the anniversary of Hurricane Harvey coming ashore by approving the issuance of $2.5 billion in bonds to fund flood-control projects that might mitigate the damage caused by future storms. With nearly all …

Largest Chicago Apartment Fire in Years Kills 8

Eight people, including six children, were killed when a fire broke out before dawn Sunday at a Chicago apartment in one of the deadliest fires in the nation’s third-largest city in years, officials say. Two other people were hospitalized in …

In Suit, Kansas Woman Blames Crash on ‘Pokemon Go’

A Kansas woman alleges in a lawsuit that she was struck and injured by a driver playing “Pokemon Go” not long after the game’s release. The Wichita Eagle reports that Angeligue Farris is seeking more than $75,000 in damages from …