March 25, 2015
New Identity Reflects Increased Focus on Expanding Collaboration and Successful Partnerships with Insurance Agencies Warwick, RI, March 25, 2015 – More than 70 percent of consumers turn to the Internet first – via computers, smartphones and tablets – to research, …
March 25, 2015
Tired of trying to remember a different password for each of your online accounts? Or worried about re-using the same password too many times? You’re not alone. Tech experts agree that traditional passwords are annoying, outmoded and too easily hacked. …
March 24, 2015
The Director of State Courts in Wisconsin says medical malpractice claims hit a record low last year. The number of medical malpractice lawsuits fell to 84 last year from 140 in 2013. In 1999, there were 294 suits filed. The …
March 24, 2015
The U.S. Geological Survey is expected to release a new hazard map for earthquakes in Oklahoma. The Oklahoman reports that data collection has continued with the help of the Oklahoma Geological Survey after the state recorded more earthquakes of a …
March 24, 2015
The same weather pattern that made the West warm and dry and the Northeast cold and snowy has contributed to keeping the rest of the U.S. relatively free of tornadoes so far this year. In the first two months of …
March 24, 2015
Scottsdale, Ariz.-based Nautilus Insurance Group, an E&S and specialty lines carrier and a member company of W. R. Berkley Corp., has announced two changes to the management team of the organization. Michael J. Kilgas, who has served as senior vice …
March 24, 2015
Fireman’s Fund Insurance Co. has agreed to pay $44 million to settle allegations under the False Claims Act that it knowingly issued insurance policies that were ineligible under the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) federal crop insurance program and falsified …
March 24, 2015
A key Senate policy committee is backing a workers’ compensation reform bill that it says will reduce costs by 7.5 percent without imposing a price-fixing mechanism backed by business groups. “This agreement will bring real savings to New Hampshire businesses, …
March 24, 2015
Gov. Dannel P. Malloy is nominating a former Cigna Corp. executive as Connecticut’s newest insurance commissioner. The Democrat announced Friday that Katharine Wade of Simsbury will replace Thomas Leonardi, who resigned in December to work with a New York investment …
March 24, 2015
The exclusive remedy provisions in North Carolina’s workers’ compensation law were recently challenged by an injured worker who sought to bring a bad faith claim against the insurer. The worker, Jeff Bowden, was injured while on the job. While his …