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Disaster Insurance Set to Test Italy’s Business Backbone in 2025

Italian companies are preparing to comply with a requirement to take out natural disaster insurance from next April, although some fear it will be hard to enforce and too costly. Many small and medium-sized firms, which form the backbone of …

Commercial Property Rates Not Expected to Increase at Same Pace as 2023: USI

A new USI Insurance Services report forecasts that in 2024, commercial property insurance rates “are expected to increase, but not at the same pace as seen in 2023.” “Our forecast calls for 5% to 15% rate increases for non-catastrophe property …

ACM Launches InsurTech Projects to Streamline Efficiencies

San Diego, CA, November 27, 2018 –Celebrating 30 years in claims management, American Claims Management (ACMclaims.com) has launched several InsurTech projects in 2018, with more to come in 2019. “In our quest to remain cutting edge, we’re participating in an …

Army Offers Compensation for Dead New Jersey Cat

The Army has offered a northern New Jersey family over $7,300 to compensate for damages from wayward artillery shell shrapnel that crashed through their roof in 2008, causing the death of their cat. The 2-pound fragment traveled more than a …

Propane Heater Caused Fire at Conn. Cat Sanctuary

A worker at a Connecticut animal sanctuary says a fire that killed 30 cats Friday night was caused by a wall-mounted propane heater that got too hot and combusted. The fire at the Last Post sanctuary in the Falls Village …

California Court Reinstates Suit over Cat’s Shooting

A state appeals court has ruled that a Contra Costa County man can recover medical expenses from whoever shot his cat with a pellet gun and seek punitive damages if the person did it deliberately. The San Francisco Chronicle reports …