Wyoming News

Wyoming Aims to Improve Crane Safety

Wyoming’s Workers’ Safety & Compensation Division has proposed changes to update and revise standards for cranes and derricks, based on several mandatory federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) rule changes. Updatings its 1926 standards would specify industry work practices …

5 The number of Category 3 hurricanes that formed in the Atlantic Basin this hurricane season. The 2010 Atlantic hurricane season, which ended November 30, was one of the busiest on record, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. …

Wyoming Insurers That Provide Fraud Tips Shielded From Lawsuits

Wyoming’s Joint Corporations, Elections and Political Subdivisions Interim Committee has endorsed a draft fraud bill that would protect insurers from civil liability for furnishing information relating to insurance fraud and unfair trade practices to law enforcement agencies. According to the …

New Markets

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. A-Side Directors & Officers Market Detail: Great American Insurance Group’s Executive Liability Division offers A-Side …

Travelers to Offer Control of Well Coverage on an Admitted Basis

Travelers is now offering control of well coverage on an admitted basis to upstream oil and gas clients. This coverage will be immediately available on an admitted basis in 25 states, and is expected to be available in most other …

Wyoming Collecting More Details About Car Crashes

Wyoming officials have compiled their first monthly report on vehicle crashes using more detailed information from officers in hopes of better understanding how to improve highway safety. The system includes mores specifics about such factors as injuries and what distractions …

Wyoming Gov-Elect Selects Phillips for Attorney General

Governor-elect Matt Mead announced he will appoint Greg Phillips as the state’s attorney general. Phillips has worked as an assistant U.S. attorney in Cheyenne for the past eight years. Phillips and Mead have been friends since attending the University of …

Wyoming Insurers That Provide Fraud Tips Shielded From Lawsuits

Wyoming’s Joint Corporations, Elections and Political Subdivisions Interim Committee has endorsed a draft fraud bill that would protect insurers from civil liability for furnishing information relating to insurance fraud and unfair trade practices to law enforcement agencies. According to the …

Wyoming Leads Nation with Highest Motor Vehicle Fatality Rate

Wyoming has the unfortunate record of having the highest rates of motor vehicle fatalities per 100,000 people, with a rate of 24.6, according the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Fatality Analysis. According to the recent report, there were 30,797 fatal motor …

How an E&O Claim Could Affect Agency Employee’s Career

Today’s soft insurance market, reduced commissions and a tough economy for agency owners and their clients might be adding to agency errors and omissions (E&O) exposures. But agency owners are not the only ones in an agency who should be …