4 11, 2022

Colorado Man Gets $7M Settlement in Stun Gun Case

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The Colorado city of Idaho Springs said it has agreed to pay $7 million to a 75-year-old man who said an officer used a stun gun on him without warning and dragged him from his apartment after a dispute with …

4 11, 2022

North Carolina Rate Bureau Wants 87% Hike in Mobile Home Rates over 2 Years

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The North Carolina Rate Bureau is requesting an average 87.5% increase in insurance rates for mobile home fire policies over the next two years, and a 53.4% increase in casualty policies. The rate requests may seem large, but they are …

4 11, 2022

Chubb, Hudson Upheld in Denying Insurance to Couple Accused of Delaying Son’s Murder Case

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Pennsylvania parents who are alleged to have found but not turned over to authorities a gun believed used by their son to murder a friend are not entitled to insurance for their defense against emotional distress claims brought by the …

4 11, 2022

Louisiana Train Derailment, Acid Leak Prompts Evacuations

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The derailment of six train cars and a subsequent acid leak prompted road closures and evacuations Wednesday in a Louisiana community, officials said. No injuries were reported in the derailment in the community of Paulina in St. James Parish, about …

4 11, 2022

People Moves: J.m. Wilson Adds Struck and Cook; Indium Appoints Ternes CEO

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J.M. Wilson Names Struck and Crook as Property and Casualty Underwriters J.M. Wilson has promoted Chris Struck to property and casualty underwriter for their Indiana team. Struck is responsible for underwriting a wide variety of new and renewal property and …

4 11, 2022

Federal Gov’t Designates 2 Wind Energy Areas in Gulf of Mexico

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The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) announced this week it has finalized two Wind Energy Areas (WEAs) in the Gulf of Mexico, with the potential to produce enough clean wind energy to power nearly 3 million homes. The first …

4 11, 2022

SageSure to Debut Private Flood Insurance in Texas

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SageSure announced the introduction of a new admitted, proprietary residential flood program initially available in Texas. SageSure will distribute flood insurance through its network of contracted producers while also handling all servicing and claims. The company said the program will …

4 11, 2022

Drama in the Golf World: Patrick Reed Files 2nd Defamation Suit Against News Outlets

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Pro golfer Patrick Reed has filed another lawsuit in federal court in Florida, alleging that a slew of news outlets, a book author, publishers and others have worked to defame the 2018 winner of the Masters golf tournament. It all …

4 11, 2022

Medical Pot Firms Lead Donors for Legal Weed Campaigns in Conservative States

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JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – The call went out from leaders in the medical marijuana industry: Money was needed for a Missouri ballot initiative to legalize recreational cannabis for adults. Their colleagues responded. Marijuana farms, manufacturers and retailers provided millions …

4 11, 2022

Nebraska Dept. of Insurance Conducts Review of Guidance Documents

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This month, the Nebraska Department of Insurance (NDOI) completed a process improvement project focused on their guidance document library. Governor Pete Ricketts has encouraged agencies to reduce their regulatory burden. The NDOI created a system to ease access to the …