In July 2021, after the collapse of the Champlain Towers South in Surfside, Florida, the city of Miami ordered structural inspections of all buildings over 40 years old. Since then, two other condominium buildings have been deemed unsafe and evacuated. …
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I remember talking with an agency owner a few years ago who had gotten upset with an insurance carrier with whom they were working. This has been a frequent occurrence in the last few years as the hard market has …
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By Andrew G. Simpson Global insurance broker Arthur J. Gallagher is suing two former employees who left to start their own New York brokerage firm for allegedly soliciting Gallagher clients and using confidential information in violation of their employment agreements. …
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A Connecticut insurance agent has no duty to inform clients that their home insurer intends not to renew their insurance policy, the state’s high court affirmed in a case where the homeowners argued their long relationship with the agent created …
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The California Department of Insurance launched enforcement actions against Tesla Insurance Services Inc. and Tesla Insurance Company companies for allegedly failing to adequately handle hundreds of California automobile policy claims. The actions are also aimed at State National Insurance Company. …
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California’s worker heat standards led to fewer work-related injuries on hot days, a new study from the Workers Compensation Research Institute found. The WCRI study, Impact of California’s Heat Standard on Workers’ Compensation Outcomes, measured how California’s heat standard impacted …
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By Janie Har Police in Northern California were understandably perplexed when they pulled over a Waymo taxi after it made an illegal U-turn, only to find no driver behind the wheel and therefore, no one to ticket. The San Bruno …
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By Diana Novak Jones A Los Angeles jury ordered Johnson & Johnson to pay $966 million to the family of a woman who died from mesothelioma, finding the company liable in the latest lawsuit alleging its baby powder products cause …
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