Got Innovation? Submit Your Idea to the Entrepreneurial Insurance Awards
Innovators get ready. MarketScout has begun its first-ever search for the most creative new product, underwriting application, or tool that helps distribute insurance in a more innovative fashion. ...

AmWINS Wins Court Order Against Ex-Employee Now with Ryan Group
North Carolina-based wholesale insurance broker AmWINS has won a court order against a former employee it believes is using confidential client information to target AmWINS business accounts and ...

South Carolina Forms Insurance Funding Program
South Carolina Insurance Director Scott Richardson, will introduce the new South Carolina Insurance Funding Program (SCIF) during the annual South Carolina Captive Insurance Association ...

Chartis Expands Environmental Insurance to Additional Industries
Chartis today announced the expansion of NextGen Protection, a suite of environmental insurance solutions developed by its Environmental Division. The additional industry segments within the ...

Kentucky Simulator Program Aims to Improve Driver Safety
Baby, you can drive Larry Roberts' car er, simulated driving machine. But first you have to get an official invitation from Roberts, who is the Fayette County attorney. And you have to be between ...

Texas' July Enforcements Include Nearly $500K in Fines, Restitution
Enforcement actions taken by Texas Insurance Commissioner Mike Geeslin that became final during July 2010 include five license revocations, two license denials, and fines and restitution totaling ...

Katrina Con Man Sentenced in Georgia
A Georgia man was sentenced Wednesday to two years and nine months in prison for filing more than 30 false claims seeking emergency compensation for damages from three Gulf Coast hurricanes, a ...

Florida Workers' Comp Reform Slowed Cost Growth
Reform of Florida's workers' compensation fee schedule in 2003 achieved its intended results, significantly increasing the prices paid for physician services and reducing the average payment per ...

Fee Schedule Slowed Growth of Illinois Injured Workers' Medical Costs
Medical costs per workers' compensation claim in Illinois showed slower growth in 2007 following implementation of the medical fee schedule in 2006, according to a study from the Workers ...

CMIC Raising Premiums in Massachusetts
Connecticut-based medical professional liability insurer CMIC said it will raise premiums by an average 5.3 percent for Massachusetts health care professionals. The rate change goes into effect ...

Insurance Company: Dead Flowers Started Arkansas House Fire
A fire that did $20,000 in damages to a northeast Arkansas home wasn't caused by an electrical problem or burning food or arson, an insurance investigator concluded. Instead, the dead plants did ...

Ohio Bear Owner Carried No Comp Insurance for Mauled Caretaker
Records show the Ohio man who owned a bear that recently mauled its caretaker to death had no workplace injury insurance to cover the man, an apparent violation of state law. Ohio Bureau of ...

CNA in Agreement with RSA to Expand Global Network
The CNA insurance companies announced an agreement with RSA (formerly Royal & Sun Alliance) that provides U.S.-based corporations with access to RSA's global network. "This new relationship ...

Pennsylvania Ponders Increased Auto Liability Limits
A new bill introduced to the Pennsylvania senate would double the minimum liability amounts of auto insurance policies in the state. Current laws set minimum liability limits for bodily injury at ...

Uninsured Minority Pedestrians at Greater Risk When Struck by Motorists
Uninsured minority pedestrians hit by cars are at a significantly higher risk of death than their insured white counterparts, even if the injuries sustained are similar, new research from Johns ...