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Security Risks Nuts & Bolts: AI Risk, Lexington Insurance’s Middle Market Unit, has selected Brownyard Programs Ltd. to bring AIG’s GuardSecure product to small- and intermediate-sized private security companies throughout the United States. The program’s focus will include a range …

Michigan Supreme Court shows judicial restraint with asbestos decision

Courts and legislatures around the country are taking a serious look at the problems created by the consolidation of mass tort cases, such as asbestos and silica litigation. The Michigan Supreme Court provided the latest move toward restoring balance with …

Montgomery Insurance Rolls Out Streamlined Commercial Pricing

Appointed agents of Montgomery Insurance, a member of Liberty Mutual Group, can now get faster and more precise quotes with the implementation this month of the Commercial IQ SmartRisk underwriting and pricing system for business owners’ policies (BOP). The company …

UPDATE 5: Ernesto Strikes Carolinas; Heads Northwest

Tropical Storm Ernesto made landfall near Cape Fear along the coast of North Carolina at around 11:30 p.m. last night, lashing the region with high winds and heavy rains. More than eight inches/20.32 cms of rain reportedly fell around the …

UPDATE 3: Florida Breathes a Sigh of Relief as Ernesto Fizzles

Despite some scattered power cuts and a lot of rain, Tropical Storm Ernesto has proved to be more of an inconvenience than a disaster for most Florida residents. Ernesto went from a tropical depression to the season’s first hurricane, and …

Another Federal Laptop Stolen: Motor Carrier Licenses May Be At Risk

A laptop that might contain personally identifiable information on 193 people who have commercial driver’s licenses was stolen in Baltimore this week, transportation officials said Friday. The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, part of the Department of Transportation, said a …

The Hartford Offering 12-Month Policies to Dimensions Insureds

Many auto insurance policies are offered on a 6-month basis, and the rates for those policies can sometimes change when the policy is renewed. To give its customers the advantage of having one policy rate for an entire year, The …

Southeast TPA David Morse Buys ISAC

David Morse & Associates, providers of third-party administrator services, field adjusting services, specialty claims services, and fraud investigations, has announced that Insurance Servicing & Adjusting Company (ISAC) has become part of the David Morse & Associates Group. The move increases …

Rough riding for workers’ comp on the racetrack

The problem of providing workers’ compensation insurance for jockeys and backstretch workers, such as grooms and exercise riders, in the horse racing industry is a complicated one. Only four states — California, Maryland, New Jersey and New York — mandate …

Rough riding for workers’ comp on the racetrack

The problem of providing workers’ compensation insurance for jockeys and backstretch workers, such as grooms and exercise riders, in the horse racing industry is a complicated one. Only four states — California, Maryland, New Jersey and New York — mandate …