Gig economy companies want to turn California voters’ decision to make ride-service drivers contractors into a model for the nation, as several states consider requiring drivers from Uber, Lyft and rival services be treated as employees with higher compensation. Voters …
Uber, Lyft and other app-based ride-hailing and delivery services spent $200 million in a winning bet to circumvent California lawmakers and the courts to preserve their business model by keeping drivers from becoming employees eligible for benefits and job protections. …
Vertus Insurance Partners and Zurich North America have expanded the Cat4Home deductible buy-back insurance product to customers in South Carolina, North Carolina and Virginia. The expanded offering comes on the heels of the second most active Atlantic hurricane season on …
Iowa insurance producer examinations will be available in an online format through OnVUE online proctoring by PearsonVUE beginning Nov. 12, 2020, the state insurance division announced. “This new process will help insurance producers be able to sit for their examinations …
Texas has selected Insurance Services Office Inc. (ISO) as the statistical agent for the Texas Catastrophe Event Statistical Plan for Personal and Commercial Risks. ISO’s selection follows the Sept. 15, 2020, insurance commissioner’s Order No. 6467 adopting 28 TAC § …
The Wisconsin Supreme Court on Nov. 4 declined to consider reinstating Democratic Gov. Tony Evers’ coronavirus restrictions limiting the size of public gatherings, deferring to a lower court to decide. Evers’ administration issued an order in early October that limited …
A Louisiana judge has declined to stop Gov. John Bel Edwards from renewing his COVID-19 restrictions amid a legal feud with House Republicans over the rules. Baton Rouge-based state district Judge William Morvant refused on Nov. 4 to issue a …
TWFG Insurance is expanding nationally with opening of eight new branches in four states, with two pioneer locations opening in Nevada. New branches also have opened in Maryland, Oklahoma and Texas. By focusing on health and safety, TWFG Insurance was …
Northwest Wireless Enterprises LLC, an exclusive T-Mobile retailer, will pay $175,000 to a former employee to settle a disability discrimination lawsuit, federal officials say. According a lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), a sales associate at …
AM Best has revised the outlooks to negative from stable and affirmed the Financial Strength Rating (FSR) of C++ (Marginal) and the Long-Term Issuer Credit Rating (Long-Term ICR) of “b” for United Equitable Insurance Co. (United Equitable). Concurrently, AM Best …
