Earthquake Coverage “For both the safety and financial well-being of Missouri citizens, we must come up with the best ways to insure this potential risk and to prevent losses caused by the effects of an earthquake,” Missouri Insurance Department Director …
What’s the Objective, Now? “Our objective is to inform the public and the last thing we want to do is misinform.” —Ed Link, the director of the Interagency Performance Evaluation Task Force for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, referring …
On Agents and Brokers “Let me be clear about how I feel about agents and brokers. The agents and brokers are in the trenches every day, fighting for consumers. They’re the ones that have to deal with the insurance company …
Two Years and Still Waiting “This storm happened more than two years ago. … We believe it should have been resolved long before now.” —Gerald Gussoni, attorney for the Port of New Orleans, commenting on the port’s fight with an …
Calif. Class Actions “Data shows that a state like California — with a huge population and laws tilted against defendants — remains a major forum for class action lawsuits, despite the 2005 federal Class Action Fairness Act. … That’s an …
Declarations Saved by sprinkler “It is almost certain that the entire building and possibly adjoining buildings would have been destroyed by a fire of enormous magnitude.” — Hartford, Vt., Assistant Fire Chief Stephen Leinoff crediting a sprinkler with extinguishing an …
Declarations Award reversed “Doctors, nurses, I’m suffocating. Please help me to be born. I want to play baseball. I want to hug my mother. I want to tell her that I love her. Help me.” — The Ohio Supreme Court …
Declarations Always room for improvement “Oklahoma’s workers’ compensation market is still too expensive for many businesses and fails to provide proper treatment to injured workers.” — Oklahoma Rep. Mark McCullough, R-Sapulpa, maintains that despite recent reforms in the state’s workers’ …
CEA Charges “The idea was originally that the CEA (California Earthquake Authority) would have enough funds over time … and wouldn’t need that industry assessment layer. … Theoretically we should have let the layer go away. That was the original …
No-fault returns “Today is a great day for the people of Florida because the Florida Legislature stepped in to provide protections for Florida’s drivers. In doing so, they made a good law an even better law by helping reduce opportunities …
