October 6, 2014
Government officials say the rate of earthquakes in Oklahoma of magnitude 3.0 or greater has risen significantly and that statistics show an increased chance for a magnitude 5.5 or greater quake in the state. From January through May 2 the …
October 6, 2014
All About the People Higginbotham – Fort Worth, Texas The Best in Texas. That is both the goal and the operational philosophy of this year’s winner of Insurance Journal’s Best Agency to Work For: South Central. Fort Worth-based Higginbotham is …
October 6, 2014
Changing the Game by Doing the Right Thing HNI Risk Services – New Berlin, Wisconsin A high regard for ethics and respect for customer and employee needs are just some of the reasons staff members at HNI Risk Services in …
October 2, 2014
Editor’s Note: This is the second in a series of articles on the the marijuana insurance industry to appear on InsuranceJournal.com. Upcoming stories will include reports on how medical marijuana could affect the workers’ compensation market, potential changes to federal …
September 22, 2014
What to do about Texas’ wind insurer of last resort? That’s the question being asked again of Texas lawmakers in advance of the coming legislative session. In a surprise visit to a Senate Business & Commerce Committee hearing in early …
September 8, 2014
Property damage claims resulting from the rioting in Ferguson, Mo., in August are limited primarily to commercial property housing small businesses, according to the state’s chief insurance regulator. “There are no residential losses that we know of,” Insurance Director John …
September 8, 2014
In Washington – which permits the sale and personal use of cannabis and cannabis-related products through Initiative 502 passed in 2012 – the recreational marijuana industry is regulated by the Washington State Liquor Control Board. Licensees are required to have …
September 8, 2014
Alleging “a culture of unsafe business practices” in its handling of vehicle repairs, Louisiana’s attorney general has filed suit against insurance giant State Farm. Attorney General Buddy Caldwell’s lawsuit, filed Aug. 19 in the 19th Judicial Court in East Baton …
September 8, 2014
What’s the big deal with a hard property/casualty insurance market? Everyone likes one, said Art Davis, president of Colony Specialty, a member of the Argo Group. “You make a lot of money, have good returns.” The problem is, Davis said …
August 27, 2014
Representatives from the Missouri Department of Insurance headed to Ferguson on Aug. 27 to assist businesses that experienced damage during recent protests with filing insurance claims and to answer questions about the claims process. The department said it is encouraging …