April 15, 2020
The insurance industry needs to spend time educating clients on how to best protect themselves as cyber criminals continue to capitalize on new vulnerabilities in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. Educating clients is as important as getting them the …
April 15, 2020
The coronavirus pandemic has not shut down the day-to-day business of adjusting claims, but the workload is lighter and claims managers are coping with evolving government regulations and guidelines. Crawford & Co. says it has added a new step to …
April 15, 2020
Los Angeles, Calif.-based Venbrook Group LLC has named Sonia Ahuja chief operations officer. Ahuja will be responsible for growth through organic initiatives and strategic acquisitions and partnerships and will oversee operations efficiencies and margin improvements for Venbrook Group and its …
April 15, 2020
CHICAGO/WINNIPEG, Manitoba — At a Wayne Farms chicken processing plant in Alabama, workers recently had to pay the company 10 cents a day to buy masks to protect themselves from the new coronavirus, according to a meat inspector. In Colorado, …
April 14, 2020
California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara on Tuesday issued a notice requiring insurance companies and other California Department of Insurance licensees to comply with their obligations to fairly investigate all business interruption claims caused by COVID-19. The notice follows numerous complaints …
April 14, 2020
The Texas Department of Insurance, Division of Workers’ Compensation (DWC) has adopted a new emergency rule relating to telemedicine and telehealth for physical medicine and rehabilitation services. New 28 Texas Administrative Code §167.1 was adopted on an emergency basis became …
April 14, 2020
Shelter Insurance, based in Columbia, Mo., and its subsidiaries AmShield Insurance, Haulers Insurance, and Say Insurance, is joining other insurers in offering assistance to auto insurance policyholders. The company said it is issuing a payment to policyholders representing approximately 30% …
April 14, 2020
Great Rentals and Events LLC, a San Antonio, Texas-based special events company that provides services for weddings and corporate functions, has been hit with a federal lawsuit charging the company with sex-based harassment and retaliation. The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity …
April 14, 2020
One80 Intermediaries (One80), a national wholesale insurance broker and program manager headquartered in Boston, has acquired Beachwood, Ohio-based International Excess Program Managers (IEPM), a wholesale insurance brokerage and program manager operating in all 50 states. Terms of the deal were …
April 14, 2020
Though tornadoes were reported in Arkansas, Lousiana and Texas over the Easter weekend, in the South Central region, northern Louisiana bore the brunt of the storm system that swept across the South on Sunday. The weather service reported multiple tornadoes …