Yearly Archives: <span>2023</span>

A Year After Florida Adjusters Dropped a Bomb, They’ve Heard Little and Now Want Investigators Fired

One year ago, three independent claims adjusters stood before the Florida House Commerce Committee and charged that several insurance companies had frequently and misleadingly altered their damage estimates on wind claims. The chairman of that committee said the men’s allegations …

California Labor Commissioner Fines Contractor $1.1M for 74 Workers

The California Labor Commissioner’s Office collected $1.1 million in wages and penalties resulting from a prevailing wage assessment against general contractor Stronghold Engineering and its subcontractor, Perry Coast Construction, both based in Riverside. The wages collected are to compensate 74 …

Risk Manager: Road Design, Not Speed Limit, Key to Stopping Pedestrian Deaths

(The Center Square) – To save the lives of bikers and walkers, the question facing local and state officials isn’t getting speed limits right, but getting road design right. The difference between posted limits and how drivers actually behave can …

New Jersey Brings Civil Suits Against 3 Gun Dealers Over Visibility, Security, Ghost Guns

New Jersey`s attorney general sued three firearms dealers Tuesday, alleging one illegally stored firearms that were visible from outside a store and that the two others tried to sell “ghost guns.” The suits mark the first complaints filed under a …

Lawmakers Urge Expanded Safety and Mental Health Programs for Commercial Fishermen

A federal program that protects the health and wellbeing of commercial fishermen should be expanded to include substance use disorder and worker fatigue, a group of lawmakers from New England and Alaska said. The lawmakers want to expand a federal …

GM’s Cruise Robotaxi Unit Dismisses Nine Execs After Safety Probe

General Motors’ Cruise robotaxi unit dismissed nine key people amid an ongoing safety investigation, according to a memo seen by Reuters on Wednesday, which the company confirmed included Chief Operating Officer Gil West. The investigation relates to an Oct. 2 …

Crews Work to Contain Gas Pipeline Spill in Washington

Responders set up a containment boom after a gasoline spill from the weekend failure of part of a pipeline in northwest Washington, but federal regulators reported no signs of any fuel reaching the Skagit River. About 25,660 gallons of gasoline …

3 Line Items You Can Remove from Your 2024 Budget

This post is part of a series sponsored by AgentSync. It’s that time of year again Fourth quarter is a busy time for nearly everyone, both inside and outside the insurance industry. You’ve got spooky season, fall and winter holidays …

People Moves: Marsh Announces Group of Promotions in UK, Global Placement Team; Klingspor Succeeds Papanikolaou as CEO, Allianz Central Europe

This edition of International People Moves details appointments at Marsh and Allianz Central Europe. A summary of these new hires follows here. Marsh Announces Group of Promotions in UK, Global Placement Team Marsh, the insurance brokerage business of Marsh McLennan, …

North Carolina Insurance Agent Can’t Appeal Sentence in $700,000 Fraud

A former North Carolina insurance agent who pleaded guilty to defrauding trucking company clients and a premium finance company of hundreds of thousands of dollars cannot challenge her sentence and restitution order, a federal appeals court decided. Glenda Taylor-Sanders, of …