True driverless cars have arrived from Waymo, the self-driving unit of Alphabet Inc., but the company’s chief executive officer says robot ride hailing may not be the first form of automotive autonomy to take off commercially. Waymo has begun running …
The Idaho Department of Insurance has named Weston Trexler deputy director. He was hired to the department as the product review bureau chief-actuary in 2012. He previously worked for the actuarial consulting firm Milliman. He worked for a health insurance …
Midwest Employers Casualty (MEC), a Berkley Company, has named Nathan Cox as vice president of sales. He succeeds Steven Link, who is retiring. The appointment is effective immediately. Cox will be responsible for revenue, sales growth and market penetration and …
State officials say more than 5,000 citations have been issued to drivers in Minnesota since a hands-free law took effect in August. The new law makes it illegal to use a cellphone while driving. Department of Public Safety spokesman Mike …
An Arizona insurance agent has lost his Iowa insurance license and is barred for reapplying for 10 years after the Iowa Insurance Division found he fleeced elderly Iowa residents. The division said in a news release that Mark Diamond, of …
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer is moving to make more Michigan workers eligible for overtime pay. The Democrat announced that her administration will establish rules to change the salary threshold under which employers must pay overtime to their workers. Whitmer did not …
Five defendants have been indicted in Louisiana for an alleged insurance fraud involving a staged vehicular accident scheme, the U.S. Attorney’s Office says. Damian K. Labeaud and Lucinda Thomas of New Orleans, and Mary Wade, Judy Williams and Dashontae Young …
A judge has denied actor Brad Pitt’s request to be taken off a lawsuit that says his Make it Right Foundation built shoddy homes in the New Orleans area that was hit hardest by Hurricane Katrina. The Times-Picayune/ The New …
A Louisiana hospital foundation’s former fundraising chief was sentenced to 33 months for stealing more than $550,000 in donations. News outlets report 49-year-old John Paul Funes was sentenced after his original sentencing hearing was pushed back because of scheduling conflicts. …
Customer satisfaction with the auto claims process has apparently reached record levels, thanks in no small part to carrier investments in the technology that serves the process. The 2019 J.D. Power U.S. Auto Claims Satisfaction Study found that overall satisfaction …
