While some insurance firms are pulling out of the troubled Florida property insurance market, Orchid Underwriters Agency is expanding its role in coastal states by partnering with R&Q Accredited, the companies announced this week. “The frequency of severe coastal events …
A judge’s order to give the deworming drug ivermectin to a critically ill COVID-19 patient invites more lawsuits demanding unapproved drugs for life-threatening illnesses, a Louisiana hospital says. St. Tammany Health System responded to the order handed down in August …
The parents of a 3-year-old boy who died after being infected with a rare brain-eating amoeba that was found at a Texas splash pad he’d visited sued the city that operated it for negligence. Tariq Williams and Kayla Mitchell filed …
Like a growing number of communities across the country, the west Tennessee town of Waverly faces a difficult dilemma: Whether to rebuild hundreds of homes that were recently flooded — or move to higher ground. “I fully realize that we’re …
Texas surplus lines premium recorded during September totaled $699.8 million, bringing the state’s year-to-date premium up to $6.88 billion. The Surplus Lines Stamping Office of Texas (SLTX) said the year-to-date total represents a 15% increase in YTD premiums compared to …
A federal agency has recommended that Tootsie Roll Industries pay more than $136,000 in fines after a machine at its Chicago plant cut off part of an employee’s finger earlier this year. In a news release, the U.S. Department of …
A federal judge has ordered the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to review its decision that a dairy farm built in northwest Indiana to house more than 4,000 cows is not subject to the Clean Water Act. Environmental groups and …
Executive Changes at Grange Insurance Grange Insurance Co. in Columbus, Ohio, named John North president of Commercial Lines and Cheryl McRae Lebens president of Personal Lines, both effective Jan.1, 2022. Mike Winner retires at the end of the year after …
On an industry level, Swiss Re now estimates that total insured market losses from Hurricane Ida to be in the range of $28–30 billion, excluding federal flood insurance losses. Hurricane Ida, the second-most intense hurricane on record to hit the …
With just weeks remaining before federal workers must be vaccinated against COVID-19, the federal government has outlined procedures for employees to request medical or religious exemptions from President Joe Biden’s mandate. The Office of Management and Budget released the new …
