Monthly Archives: <span>October 2019</span>

Certified Diversity and Inclusion Professional, White, Joins Michigan’s Kapnick Insurance

Kapnick Insurance Group has added Erica White in its Troy, Michigan, office as a client executive. White joins Kapnick with a variety of professional strengths ranging from healthcare industry, the automotive industry, city government and small business. She is a …

J.M. Wilson Promotes Russon to Corporate Trainer in Michigan

Surplus lines broker and managing general agency J.M. Wilson has promoted Christine Russon to corporate trainer in its Portage, Michigan, office. She will be responsible for new employee onboarding and training, continued training and development for all employees, and improving …

Industry Applauds House Panel Backing of Terrorism Reinsurance Renewal

Insurance carriers and agents are applauding a House committee vote advancing a bipartisan measure to renew the federal terrorism reinsurance program. The House Financial Services Committee unanimously (57-0) passed the Terrorism Risk Insurance Program Reauthorization Act (H.R. 4634), which would …

Inquiry into Grenfell Tower Inferno Criticizes Fire Brigade for Higher Fatalities

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson Wednesday vowed to speed up efforts to make sure the dangerous cladding used in the Grenfell Tower is removed from other high-rise buildings before there is another tragic fire. Speaking on the day a damning …

States Eye Private Flood Insurance Model Law Industry Thinks Is Unnecessary

An organization of state lawmakers is moving ahead toward adoption of a “model law” designed to encourage the sale of private flood insurance, even though insurers don’t think any new state laws are necessary and agents think the current draft …

Kincade, Tick and Getty Fires Currently Threaten Nearly 1,000 Homes with a Reconstruction Cost Value of $535M

This post is part of a series sponsored by CoreLogic. As of October 29, there were at least 18 fires burning in California, ranging in size from a few acres to more than 74,000 acres as in the case of …

Groups, Officials Pen Letter to 3 Large California Insurers Asking Them to Ditch Fossil Fuels

Several dozen activist groups, businesses and elected representatives released a letter on Thursday to the CEOs of Liberty Mutual, AIG and Farmers calling on the three biggest fire insurers in California to stop fueling the “climate crisis” that is creating …

Court Orders Replay of Song Copyright Case Against Taylor Swift

Taylor Swift won’t escape so easily after all from allegations that her 2014 hit “Shake It Off” illegally copied the lyrics of “Playas Gon’ Play.” The U.S. Court of Appeals in San Francisco on Monday overturned a judge’s ruling throwing …

A Trailblazer in the Lloyd’s Marketplace Looks Back and Ahead

When Vicky Carter, Guy Carpenter’s chairman of Global Capital Solutions, International, started working in the insurance industry 40 years ago, she was one of only a handful of women. She reflects here on how the industry has changed and the …

Colorado Fertility Doc Used Own Sperm to Impregnate Woman, Lawsuit Charges

A family alleges in a lawsuit that a Colorado fertility doctor used his own sperm instead of that of an anonymous donor to impregnate a woman without her consent. KUSA-TV reported that the lawsuit filed this week contends Dr. Paul …