A former Georgia mayor pleaded guilty Tuesday to 30 counts of insurance fraud after stealing over $11,000 from victims who believed they were paying for insurance policies. Former Franklin Mayor Brad Yates, in a negotiated plea deal, was sentenced to …
California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara will have to choose whether he wants insurers to charge higher rates or to stop writing homeowners insurance in fire-prone areas, an industry representative said following new wildfire directives announced by the commissioner. Lara on …
Amazon.com Inc. and the National Football League announced a deal to use the tech giant’s cloud-computing services to help solve the epidemic of injuries—and especially concussions—afflicting the sport. Amazon’s cloud unit will provide software to analyze volumes of player health …
Ride-hailing firm Uber Technologies Inc on Thursday said it had received more than 3,000 reports of sexual assault, including rape, related to its trips in the United States in 2018, at a time when it operated roughly 1.3 billion rides. …
Burns & Wilcox has named Pamela Alphabet to its leadership team as regional practice group leader for the Western region, personal insurance. She is based in Scottsdale, Ariz. Alphabet will partner with the company’s offices in California, Arizona and Nevada …
A new monthly survey of business leaders suggests the economy is slowing down in nine Midwest and Plains states as the U.S. trade war with China continues, according to a report released Dec. 1. The overall index for the region …
Trov has rolled out its digital renters insurance application, an end-to-end product brought to market by a unit of Lloyds Banking Group in the U.K. Trov, an insurance technology company, said the product enables renters to activate their base home …
Personal car insurance company, Noblr, is now offering coverage to Ohio drivers, the company announced. Noblr said it rewards customers’ good driving behaviors with real-time competitive rates. Noblr is built on a reciprocal exchange model, where customers are members who …
EPIC Insurance Brokers & Consultants and Prime Risk Partners Inc. have officially joined forces. The transaction previously announced on October 15 has closed. Prime Risk Partners will bring insurance professionals dedicated to providing tailored coverage to help their clients manage …
Federal investigators have concluded that a deadly explosion at a Minneapolis school in 2017 happened because a pipefitting crew lacked proper training and wasn’t fully authorized to move a gas meter. The National Transportation Safety Board released its report Dec. …