Monthly Archives: <span>April 2016</span>

Recognizing Diversity Key to Tapping Future Talent

While the idea of diversity in the workplace isn’t new, the insurance industry is known for lagging when it comes to change. “Quite frankly, I’ve been involved in the industry for quite a number of years. In the last one, …

Driverless Car Litigation: The World of George Jetson Has Arrived

Imagine beginning your day with a cup of coffee in the car on the way to work, watching the morning news from a holographic projection on the windshield while making notes in preparation for a 9:00 a.m. meeting. All this …

Swiss Re Ranks 2015 Disasters, February Winter Storm is Biggest Loss in U.S.

Insured losses from global catastrophes and man-made disasters reached $37 billion in 2015, well-below the $62 billion average of the previous 10 years. The Tianjin explosions caused the biggest insured loss, according to the latest Swiss Re sigma study. There …

Express Scripts: Workers’ Comp Prescription Drug Spend Increased 2.2% in 2015

Rising drug prices contributed to a 2.2 percent growth in pharmacy spending for American workers’ compensation payers in 2015, according to a new report released by Express Scripts. Effective management programs helped lower injured workers’ drug utilization by 2.6 percent …

Blankenship Gets Year in Prison Over Mine Safety Conspiracy

Six years after 29 miners were killed in a West Virginia coal dust explosion, the man who ran the mining company like a fiefdom – a coal baron and power broker who earned millions of dollars a year – will …

Ohio Insurance Industry, Higher Education Partner to Address Talent Gap

In 2012 there was not a single Ohio college graduate who received a degree in insurance. It was a troubling fact for an industry, which is considered an economic pillar for the state of Ohio. Insurance employs over 100,000 Ohioans …

California High Court Rules That Workers Should Get Suitable Seating

Employers cannot deny a worker a place to sit just because they prefer the person stand, and they must consider the employee’s work station, not their overall duties, when determining whether to provide a seat, the California Supreme Court said …

New Law Allows Florida Insurers to Offer Limited Sinkhole Coverage

Legislation introduced this year by Republican Senator Jack Latvala and passed into law today, gives insurers in Florida the ability to offer a new type of personal lines residential sinkhole insurance coverage. The bill, SB 1274, outlines how insurers can …

Hurricane Hunter Aircraft Now Tracking Earth’s Shrinking Ice Caps

It is the morning of the last test flight before the first joint NASA-NOAA mission to map melting ice caps, and Miss Piggy is being difficult. Sitting on the flight line just outside Hangar 5 at MacDill Air Force Base, …

Mapping Rogue Waves to Protect Vessels at Sea

The ocean can be a scary place, with powerful winds and massive swells that wreck the best vessels man can build. But perhaps no single danger is more feared than the rogue wave, which can’t be forecast, and thus carries …