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Markets/Coverages: SURE Brings Commercial Coverage to South Carolina

SureChoice Underwriters Reciprocal Exchange (SURE), a policyholder-owned coastal insurer, in partnership with SageSure, a large managing general underwriters focused on catastrophe-exposed markets, has announced its expansion to the South Carolina commercial property market with its business owners policy (BOP) offering. …

People Moves: Alliant Names Sullivan, Holmes-Morton VPs in SE

Alliant Insurance Services, a major distributor based in California, has named Kyle Sullivan vice president for its Americas Division, based in Tampa, Florida. Sullivan will oversee providing risk management and property and casualty insurance coverage for clients across the Southeast, …

Deadline for More Enhanced Hurricane Idalia Claims Data is Nov. 16

The Florida Office of Insurance Regulation wants property insurers to remember that another deadline for enhanced catastrophe reporting on Hurricane Idalia claims is Nov. 16. The OIR is required by law to collect a range of data on hurricane claims. …

Georgia Law Officers Call for Full Salary Benefits Under Workers’ Comp

Georgia law enforcement leaders are urging state lawmakers to grant injured officers their full salaries while they recover, a move that could significantly alter the nature of workers’ compensation insurance. News outlets in the state reported that sheriffs and police …

Collab with Claims Handling is Key to Success for Insurance Defense Litigation

Navigating insurance defense litigation is a complex and often challenging process. Understanding the roadmap and important rules along the way ensures a smoother and more successful path. It is crucial for claims handlers and defense counsel to work together to …

2nd Worker Trapped in Collapsed Kentucky Coal Structure Has Died

The second of two workers trapped under a coal mine preparation plant that collapsed earlier this week in eastern Kentucky has died, Gov. Andy Beshear announced Friday. “This is a heartbreaking situation,” the Democratic governor wrote on social media, calling …

Georgia Condo Association Leaders Charged with Taking Insurance Proceeds After Fire

Police in South Fulton, Georgia, have charged the president and treasurer of a large condominium association with stealing more than $1.5 million in insurance payouts after two fires in 2020 destroyed a building. Multiple Georgia news outlets reported that Camelot …

More SE Houses Being Built to Withstand Hurricanes – and Cut Emissions

When Hurricane Michael hit the Florida Panhandle five years ago, it left boats, cars and trucks piled up to the windows of Bonny Paulson`s home in the tiny coastal community of Mexico Beach, Florida, even though the house rests on …

More Highly Contagious Avian Flu Found at Alabama Chicken Farm

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — After confirming the presence of highly pathogenic avian flu in a flock of chickens, nearly 48,000 birds were killed at a north Alabama farm, state agriculture officials said. A Marshall County commercial pullet farm — one …

Poaching, Sexual Harassment, Sabotage? Alabama Insurance Agency Suits Air it Out

A dispute between two veteran west Alabama insurance agents has made it all the way to the state Supreme Court after three years of civil litigation, suggestions of criminal activity and claims of sexual harassment, assault and improper business practices. …

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