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Markets/Coverages: CFC Says New Cyber Product Includes 2 Industry Firsts

Specialist insurer CFC announced a new cyber product – Cyber Proactive Response (CPR) – aimed at businesses with revenues up to $250 million. CFC said the new product includes two firsts for the cyber insurance industry. Policyholders will not only Read more…


People Moves: Pete Anhalt to Lead The General Following Sentry Acquisition

Sentry Insurance announced that Pete Anhalt will lead The General following Sentry’s acquisition of the brand from American Family Insurance. Anhalt currently serves as president of Sentry’s Dairyland brand and brings decades of leadership experience in the non-standard auto (NSA) Read more…


California FAIR Plan Stabilization Act Moving Through Legislature

A bill that aims to enable the California FAIR Plan to seek additional claims paying capacity is making its way through state Legislature. Assembly Bill 226, the FAIR Plan Stabilization Act, passed out of the Assembly 72-0. Related: California OKs Read more…


Iowa Man Who Falsified Rolex Watch Claim Sentenced to 10 Years in Prison

An Iowa man was sentenced last week to ten years in prison after pleading guilty to Insurance Fraud (Class D Felony) and Fraudulent Practice (Class D Felony), following an investigation conducted by the Iowa Insurance Division’s Fraud Bureau. Bryce Douglas Read more…


Supreme Court Largely Backs FDA on Flavored Vapes

The US Supreme Court largely sided with the Food and Drug Administration in its rejection of applications to sell flavored vaping products, backing actions the agency took during Joe Biden’s presidency amid uncertainty about the approach it will take under Read more…


TDI to Adopt 11.5% Workers’ Comp Rate Decrease

The Texas Department of Insurance said in a March 28 bulletin that it accepted the National Council on Compensation Insurance (NCCI) advisory loss cost filing proposal of an overall average decrease of 11.5% to the current loss cost level. The Read more…


Florida’s Universal P&C Overstated Claims to Cat Fund, Must Pay $4M Fine, AG Says

The Florida Hurricane Catastrophe Fund will not have to pay some $30 million to Universal Property & Casualty Insurance Co., after the carrier settled a civil suit that alleged the insurer had backdated claims to boost reimbursement from the fund. Read more…


Severe Storm Threatens Central US With Heavy Rains, Tornadoes

Heavy rain, severe thunderstorms and the risk of tornadoes are threatening more than 40 million people from Michigan to Texas as a slow-moving cold front hovers over the region. There’s a rare high risk for damaging winds and long-lasting powerful Read more…


Chipotle to Settle Kansas Religious Harassment Lawsuit

National restaurant chain Chipotle Services, Inc. will pay $20,000 and furnish other relief to settle a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) religious harassment, retaliation, and constructive discharge lawsuit, the federal agency announced. The EEOC suit alleged that in July Read more…


Firm Issued Fake insurance for Russian Oil Tankers, Norway’s Regulator Says

The insurance issued to dozens of aging oil tankers used by Russia to skirt international sanctions was bogus, according to Norwegian authorities now investigating the small firm behind the forged documents. Norway-registered Romarine AS purported to be an insurance provider Read more…