June 8, 2020
Insurers are already seeing some pushback regarding virus-related claim denials from businesses that suffered losses while closed due to the pandemic, but what about claims a business could file if it opens despite a pandemic shutdown order? Pennsylvania Governor Tom …
June 8, 2020
Neptune Flood, an AI-driven flood insurance company, has partnered with Northeastern auto and home insurance provider Plymouth Rock Assurance to offer flood insurance coverage through its network of independent agents. Plymouth Rock provides coverage to drivers and property ownersa cross …
June 5, 2020
The New York State Department of Financial Services (DFS) has issued an emergency regulation requiring New York-regulated insurers to accelerate the claims process for businesses and individuals suffering damage as a result of looting. Governor Andrew M. Cuomo’s announced the …
June 5, 2020
A brief but severe storm killed three people in southeastern Pennsylvania and ripped the roof off a seven-story apartment building, authorities said. Montgomery County officials said the three fatalities occurred in separate incidents during Wednesday’s noontime storm, two in Lower …
June 5, 2020
Veruna, a Hopkinton, Mass.-based developer of an insurance industry agency management system (AMS) built on the Salesforce platform, has hired Mark Johnson as its new head of product. Johnson brings more than 20 years of experience building and leading teams …
June 5, 2020
A man has been held without bail on a charge of setting fire to a New Hampshire middle school, and police believe he paddled a canoe from Maine with a propane tank and a bucket of flammable liquid, authorities said. …
June 4, 2020
Equisoft, a global provider of digital business solutions for the insurance and wealth industries, has appointed David P. Nicolai as vice president of Insurance Solutions USA in its Philadelphia, Penn., office. He brings more than 25 years of technical and …
June 4, 2020
Amazon.com Inc has been sued for allegedly fostering the spread of the coronavirus by mandating unsafe working conditions, causing at least one employee to contract COVID-19, bring it home, and see her cousin die. The complaint was filed on Wednesday …
June 4, 2020
Scenes that played out over the past few days in several East region states are serving as a stark reminder for the insurance industry of civil unrest that took place in New York and other U.S. states more than 50 …
June 3, 2020
The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited AA&B Builders Inc. and Ebenezer General Construction Excavating for exposing employees to safety hazards on a worksite in Ewing, N.J. The companies face a combined total of …