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NTSB Investigating Tennessee Bus Crash that Killed Child, Driver
Federal and state authorities on Wednesday investigated a crash between a school bus carrying 24 children and a utility vehicle that killed the bus driver and a 7-year-old girl in eastern Tennessee. Eight other children were injured when the utility …
POSTED OCTOBER 30, 2020 7:45 AM |
Florida Insurance Market Inches Closer to Crisis – Part 2
The Florida Office of Insurance Regulation is monitoring the state’s property insurance situation that is seen as in a crisis by those in the industry. The regulator said the insurance market has been buffeted by multiple hurricanes in the last …
POSTED OCTOBER 30, 2020 7:43 AM |
Louisiana Issues Insurer Data Call for Hurricane Delta Damage Claims
Property/casualty insurance companies in Louisiana, including those that write private and/or excess flood coverage, as well as surplus lines insurers, have been directed to report claims data arising from Hurricane Delta to the state insurance department. It is the second …
POSTED OCTOBER 30, 2020 6:05 AM |
Nexus Specialty Adds Schneider, Fayette in Chicago
Nexus Specialty has hired Katie Schneider as assistant vice president, Management & Professional Liability, in the group’s Chicago, Ill., office. The company also named William K. Fayette, senior underwriter, Management & Professional Liability, also based in Chicago. Schneider will be …
POSTED OCTOBER 30, 2020 5:43 AM |
South Dakota School District to Pay $50K to Settle Suit with Former Employee
The Douglas School District in Box Elder, S.D., will pay a former district employee $50,000 to settle a lawsuit filed in February 2019, representatives from both sides said on Oct. 27. Patrick Ealy said he was wrongly terminated by the …
POSTED OCTOBER 30, 2020 5:24 AM |
Illinois Staffing Firm to Pay $25K to Settle Federal Sex Discrimination Suit
An Illinois-based staffing agency will pay $25,000 to settle a federal lawsuit alleging it refused to hire qualified females as receiving associates. LTI Services LLC in Burbank, Ill., also has agreed to other conditions to settle a sex discrimination lawsuit …
POSTED OCTOBER 30, 2020 5:20 AM |
The Coronavirus Pandemic and The Great Workplace Debate: Viewpoint
Decisions on where and how to work are embodied in trillions of dollars of investment worldwide, including the siting of commercial and residential real estate as well as transportation systems and other infrastructure. Even a small shift in work patterns …
POSTED OCTOBER 30, 2020 5:00 AM |
Republicans Eye ‘Jackhammer’ to Reform Tech Liability While Democrats Grab ‘Scalpel’
Big Tech’s decisions to block some posts and videos while letting other content viewed as inflammatory proliferate have drawn the ire of Republicans and Democrats alike, raising the prospect that a 24-year-old U.S. law that fostered the internet’s explosion will …
POSTED OCTOBER 30, 2020 5:00 AM |
How Government Plans to Make COVID-19 Vaccine Free for Every American
Federal health officials Wednesday issued insurance coverage rules designed to deliver on the promise that every American will have access to free COVID-19 vaccines when they are approved. The regulations from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, or CMS, …
POSTED OCTOBER 30, 2020 5:00 AM |
Why It’s a Good Time for Insurtechs to Be Thinking About Mergers
The drumbeat for insurtechs to pursue a merger, acquisition or partnership is getting louder, with the number likely to substantially grow in the months ahead, an insurance industry expert believes. “InsurTech is reaching a point where [startups] must decide whether …
POSTED OCTOBER 30, 2020 5:00 AM |
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