Curley Associates, an insurance agency based in Sanford, Maine, has acquired Robert L. Haley Agency Inc. of Gray, Maine. The acquisition was effective October 16, 2020. According to Curley, the Gray location will remain open at this time with key …
As the COVID-19 pandemic and the switch to remote work have highlighted cyber risks and drawn attention to the various methods cyber attackers are using, ransomware has continued to steal the spotlight. Ransomware is a type of malicious software that …
Spurred by a combination of financial hardship, a decrease in miles driven and a general lack of awareness of the historic relief efforts the industry initiated in 2020, auto insurance customer loyalty has given way to a nationwide surge in …
Philip Massaro has joined small business intermediary BTIS as vice president of Underwriting. Massaro has 25 years of commercial insurance underwriting and product management experience. Most recently, he was with GEICO as director of Auto and Excess for 20 western …
Auto casualty claimants are avoiding hospital emergency rooms during the COVID-19 pandemic but are generating increased hospital charges anyway, according to a new report by Mitchell, a San Diego-based claims administrator. “Anecdotally, we have heard that some people have been …
Are you tired of talking about COVID? I am. Are you as tired of the COVID business income coverage debates? I am. Because I’m so worn out, this article focuses on ONE, ok two, key policy provisions every attorney and …
An Iowa insurance agent has been ordered to pay $18,000 in civil penalties and relinquish her producer’s license over fraudulent and dishonest business practices, regulators say. The Iowa Insurance Division cited Brenda Murray of Garnavillo, Iowa, for fraudulent and dishonest …
ZURICH, Dec 15 — Natural disasters like wildfires which devastated parts of the United States and a record number of hurricanes in the Atlantic caused $76 billion in insured losses during 2020, Swiss Re said on Tuesday. The 40% increase …
A Florida school district abruptly dropped its request Thursday that the families of students and staff slain in a 2018 high school massacre be required to turn over their social media posts from that period as it tries to defend …
Neptune Flood has expanded its residential products to five more states – Montana, South Dakota, Utah, Vermont, Wyoming, and Washington, DC, completing the company’s nationwide rollout of all residential, commercial and RCBAP flood insurance products. Neptune has also completed the …