6.4% The workers’ compensation rate increase approved by Florida Insurance Commissioner Kevin McCarty effective April 1. The increase reflects the impact from the Oct. 23 Florida Supreme Court opinion in the case of Emma Murray v. Mariner Health Inc. That …
Hazard mortality is most prominent in the South, where most people are killed by severe weather, such as tornadoes. University of South Carolina geographers have produced a map of natural-hazard mortality that gives a county-level representation of the likelihood of …
You May Not Know What You Think You Know About Flood Insurance Claims The Fifth Circuit has held that insureds have a duty to read and understand the terms of their SFIP. Whether you are an attorney, an insurance agent, …
The following markets were selected from the MyNewMarkets database of 25,000 coverages and programs. To find additional markets, or to submit markets, go to www.MyNewMarkets.com. Fire Protection Contractors Market Detail: McNeil & Co. brings agents the FireWatch Program. This is …
South Carolina legislators are pushing a bill to cut workers’ compensation benefits for illegal immigrants in an effort to strengthen what’s already one of the nation’s toughest laws aimed at keeping those workers off state payrolls. This week a Senate …
A jury has awarded more than $4 million to the parents of a South Carolina infant who died after suffering a brain injury during birth. The family’s attorney told The Herald of Rock Hill that a York County jury ruled …
A federal safety agency says the Charleston, South Carolina Fire Department that lost nine men in a furniture store blaze needed to make substantial changes to its policies and procedures. The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health’s 107-page report …
The South Carolina Department of Insurance is celebrating issuing its the 200th captive insurance company license. State Insurance Director Scott H. Richardson presented the license to Hardin Construction Co. of Atlanta, Georgia at a special dinner ceremony in Charleston sponsored …
Drunken drivers in South Carolina will start facing different penalties depending on whether they’re tipsy or trashed. The new law that takes effect today ties tougher sentences to the amount of alcohol in drivers’ bodies. It also increases penalties for …
National Contractors Insurance Company, Inc., a Risk Retention Group (NCIC) specializing in general liability insurance for licensed residential and commercial general and artisan contractors, has redomesticated to Montana, effective February 5, 2009. NCIC writes the difficult Classes: Roofers, Foundations, Excavators, …
