Monthly Archives: <span>August 2023</span>

People Moves: Alliant Adds Shada in Nebraska

Ian Shada has joined Alliant Insurance Services as Vice President within its employee benefits group in Omaha, Nebraska. In his role with Alliant, Shada will design and implement comprehensive employee benefits programs for a diverse client base throughout the Midwest, …

Michigan DIFS Director Fox Urges Safe Driving Amid Increase in Crashes

Michigan Department of Insurance and Financial Services (DIFS) Director Anita Fox urged safe driving to safe lives and lower costs amid an increase in reported motor vehicle crashes. “Consistent with an unfortunate trend we have seen over the last few …

Arkansas Timberland and Sawmill Operator Faces $218K in Fines After Worker’s Fatal Injury

A federal workplace safety investigation determined that 39-year-old employee of a south Arkansas timberland and sawmill facility suffered fatal injuries from an automated lumber stacking machine at its Bearden location. Inspectors with the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and …

Oklahoma Supreme Court to Consider Reparations Case for Survivors of Tulsa Race Massacre

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) – The Oklahoma Supreme Court will consider a reparations case from survivors of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre after a lower court judge dismissed it last month, giving hope to advocates for racial justice that government may …

Markets/Coverages: Cover Whale, CoverWallet Partner on Trucking Insurance

Insurtechs Cover Whale and Aon’s CoverWallet said they have partnered on providing commercial trucking insurance. The collaboration brings together Cover Whale’s trucking insurance capacity with CoverWallet’s distribution strengths. Cover Whale will offer its advanced telematics and proprietary quoting and binding …

Allstate Agrees to Settle With Shareholders for $90 Million

To settle a years-long securities class action lawsuit against it, Allstate Corp. has agreed to set up a $90 million fund for shareholders who accused the insurer of false and misleading statements regarding its auto insurance business. According to court …

Hawaiian Utility Sued by Homeowner Over Lahaina Fire

The Hawaiian power company in the crosshairs after wildfires ripped through parts of Maui faces a new lawsuit blaming its equipment for starting blazes that claimed more than 100 lives and wreaked billions of dollars in damages. Witnesses say some …

Social Media Investigations Are a Winning Strategy for Insurers

If you’re a plaintiff in an injury lawsuit against your insurer, you might want to ask your wife not to post videos online of you frolicking in a swimming pool. An Instagram post by a woman that showed her husband, …

Landlord Not Liable for Murder at Nightclub, Massachusetts Supreme Court Says

A commercial landlord is not liable for a “targeted, execution-style shooting” that took place on her property as it was not reasonably foreseeable and no reasonable security measures could have prevented it, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court has ruled. The …

People Moves: Gallagher Re Taps Howden’s Posada for LatAm, Caribbean Sales; Dale Hires Pettifer for Property Open Mkt; AXA XL Names Hayzelden for Upstream Energy

This edition of International People Moves details appointments at Gallagher Re, Dale Underwriting Partners and AXA XL. A summary of these new hires follows here. Gallagher Re Taps Posada from Howden to Lead LatAm, Caribbean Sales Gallagher Re announced that …