March 8, 2021
Three people have filed a personal injury lawsuit against a Port of Skagit commissioner over alleged injuries sustained in a helicopter crash near Cypress Island. Helicopter passengers Christopher Neibauer and Ashley Walker, and Hannah Neibauer, who is married to Christopher …
March 8, 2021
Waseem Tarabishi insists that employees at his San Diego-area collision repair shop take the online classes they need to maintain their technical certifications while on the clock so he can make sure they are paying attention. After buying CollisionTech in …
March 8, 2021
If the nearly 4.3 million residential homes (1-4 units) across the country with substantial flood risk were to be insured through the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP), the NFIP rates would need to increase 4.5 times to cover the risk …
February 22, 2021
While it obviously presented challenges, 2020 is looking like it may not have been such a bad year for workers’ compensation insurers and insureds after all. Insurers took in less premium but paid fewer claims. They managed to achieve one …
February 22, 2021
We’ve learned a lot in the past transformative year. The bottom line is: it’s not enough to just be a broker anymore. Organizations expect their broker partner to get creative (and aggressive) when it comes to guiding their total rewards …
February 22, 2021
During a routine trip to dump grain into a dump pit, a driver became concerned about the amount of dust rising from the pit. To investigate, he removed both the primary and secondary pit grates — a task that was …
February 22, 2021
Insurance is a financial product designed to protect consumers’ and businesses’ balance sheets. If your house burns down and you have insurance, the insurance company pays to rebuild the asset known as your house. For insurance to be real, the …
February 22, 2021
After holding off on approving its 2021 rates in December, Citizens Property Insurance Corporation’s Board of Governors approved rate recommendations that the insurer says will make its rates more competitive with the private market to slow the flow of policyholders …
February 22, 2021
The vast majority of U.S. small businesses took a hit to their revenue last year because of the coronavirus pandemic, with minority-owned businesses struggling the most and worrying more about accessing credit, according to a Federal Reserve survey released on …
February 22, 2021
In a year marred by a pandemic, massive Western U.S. wildfires, civil unrest, and a contentious election, California’s surplus lines market “didn’t miss a beat.” That was the message from Ben McKay, CEO and executive director of the Surplus Line …