Specialty underwriter and program administrator Business Risk Partners (BRP) has launched an excess management liability facility backed by Great American Insurance Group. The facility will provide up to $5 million in capacity, available standalone or sitting above BRP’s primary coverage …
Takata Corp. agreed to settle a lawsuit in Florida with the estate of a driver of a Honda Civic who claimed to have been left a quadriplegic because of a dangerous airbag in the vehicle. Terms of the settlement weren’t …
The Florida Department of Financial Services is enhancing its law enforcement strategy to fight fraud in the state by integrating its current units housed within DFS and forming the Division of Investigative and Forensic Services, according to a statement from …
A study by two University of Southern Mississippi researchers on the effectiveness of emergency alerts has revealed some surprising results. David Cochran and Bandana Kar, associate professors in the Department of Geography and Geology, recently concluded work with the Department …
A federal appeals court on Friday rejected a bid to revive a $54.8 million jury verdict against Wells Fargo & Co, saying the trial judge had authority to take the “drastic step” of decertifying the class action after the award …
Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance (BHSI) has introduced its Commercial Output Policy (COP) that combines the company’s new admitted property insurance policy with its inland marine coverages. BHSI’s COP uses American Association of Insurance Services (AAIS) wording and responds to property …
North Carolina will offer less expensive ways for Duke Energy to clean up coal ash pits at seven sites while ensuring drinking water is piped to residents near the ponds, a compromise that has appeased the General Assembly but leaves …
People whose south Mississippi homes or businesses flooded in late April or early May have until Aug. 8 to apply for Small Business Administration disaster loans. The low-interest loans are available in Harrison, Hancock, Jackson, Pearl River and Stone counties, …
Florida Gov. Rick Scott has suspended from office the mayor of the central Florida city of Tavares after he was charged with insurance fraud. Scott issued the executive order on July 14, one day after Mayor Robert Wolfe was arrested …
A Louisiana truck driver charged in a fiery interstate crash that killed five nursing students in southeast Georgia was sentenced to prison Thursday – one year for each life lost – after he pleaded guilty to first-degree vehicular homicide and …