May 31, 2017
RSG Underwriting Managers (RSGUM) announced the formation of Smooth Waters, LLC, an independent marine insurance consultancy and claims adjusting company and part of RSGUM’s growing Marine Practice. Smooth Waters, LLC serves as a consulting and claims adjusting company for the …
May 31, 2017
As auto accidents and fatalities increase on America’s roads, 9 states enacted laws and three states have legislation on the governor’s desk to combat distracted driving by strengthening enforcement, increasing penalties and fines, and focusing on education and awareness efforts …
May 31, 2017
Insurance groups breathed a sigh of relief this week after legal scholars delayed a vote on a controversial restatement of liability insurance law. As reported by Insurance Journal, the American Legal Institute (ALI) on Tuesday formally decided to postpone a …
May 31, 2017
Marty Mozzo gets a gorgeous show each night when the sun sets over wetlands near his property on the bay side of a barrier island. When he and his wife bought the house in 2008, she looked at the marsh, …
May 31, 2017
Lalo Ojeda has lived with hurricanes all his life. The Houston Chronicle reports he was 14 when Hurricane Carla inundated Galveston Island in 1961. He evacuated as Hurricane Rita barreled toward the coast in 2005, then rode out the devastating …
May 31, 2017
Everything is big in Texas, including hailstorms. The National Insurance Crime Bureau (NICB) reported that insurance claims for hail damage in Texas last year exceeded the previous two years combined. Hail damage fluctuates year-to-year, but 2016 was a particularly devastating …
May 31, 2017
President Donald Trump’s budget proposal would cut federal funding for an earthquake early warning system for California, Oregon and Washington state, a development that seismology experts and some local leaders say would be the end of the project. The system …
May 31, 2017
Senate Democrats made good Friday on their pledge to pick apart the workers’ compensation system at the behest of Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner, but the measures they approved brought only derision from the GOP. Majority Democrats endorsed one proposal that …
May 30, 2017
Democrats and Republicans, who have agreed on little this year, have found common ground on plans to give private insurers greater access to the $5 billion flood insurance program and to offer more buyouts for homeowners in areas likely to …
May 30, 2017
South Carolina’s top law enforcement officer spotted an alarming trend while reviewing shootings by police in the state: Increasingly, the suspect’s only weapon was the vehicle they were driving. Shooting at a driver is risky. It’s hard to hit a …