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Carrier Management to Host ‘Demo Day’ for Homeowners Insurers June 18
Carrier Management is hosting the second event in a series of free “Demo Days”, designed to allow home insurers to experience rapid fire demos of cutting-edge risk tools. The latest online event offers insurance professionals risk assessment, prevention and intelligence …
POSTED JUNE 16, 2025 5:38 AM |
Federal Court Blocks CFPB Move to Scrap Racial Discrimination Settlement
A federal judge in Chicago on Thursday refused to allow the U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to vacate a racial discrimination settlement reached last year with a mortgage lender, finding there was no basis for granting an extraordinary request. The …
POSTED JUNE 16, 2025 5:18 AM |
Rate Growth Slows, Moving Violations Increase: The Road Ahead for Auto
The auto insurance market is shifting gears. Last year, the sector saw premium growth, lower retention rates and improved loss ratios, leading to a softening market and increased profitability. However, it’s a winding road, according to the 2025 annual LexisNexis …
POSTED JUNE 16, 2025 5:04 AM |
AM Best Downgrades Nonprofits Insurance Alliance Members in California, Vermont
AM Best has downgraded the Financial Strength Rating (FSR) to A- (Excellent) from A (Excellent) and the Long-Term Issuer Credit Ratings (Long-Term ICRs) to “a-” (Excellent) from “a+” (Excellent) of the Vermont and California members of Nonprofits Insurance Alliance Group. …
POSTED JUNE 16, 2025 5:03 AM |
People Moves: Dann Joins The Liberty Company in California as Vice President
The Liberty Company Insurance Brokers hired Connor Dann as vice president, producer. Dann is based in Liberty’s Woodland Hills, California, office. In his new role, Connor focuses on expanding Liberty’s presence in key markets, particularly within the construction and real …
POSTED JUNE 16, 2025 5:00 AM |
Las Vegas Drywall Contractor Must Pay $824K in Wages, Damages
The U.S. Department of Labor recovered $824,276 in back wages and damages for 680 employees of a Las Vegas drywall contractor, which reported denied overtime pay to piece-rate and hourly workers. The department’s Wage and Hour Division investigated Spectrum Construction …
POSTED JUNE 16, 2025 5:00 AM |
Trump Denied Reconsideration of $5M Judgment in E. Jean Carroll Sex Abuse Case
A federal appeals court won’t reconsider its ruling upholding a $5 million civil judgment against President Donald Trump in a civil lawsuit alleging he sexually abused a writer in a Manhattan department store in the mid-1990s. In an 8-2 vote …
POSTED JUNE 16, 2025 5:00 AM |
Connecticut Hopes to Curb Auto Claims Arbitration by Shifting Cost to Insurers
Connecticut lawmakers have passed a measure to shift the cost of auto insurance arbitration hearings between claimants and insurers over damage claims to the insurance industry. Currently the department of insurance absorbs the average $3,075 cost to hold each of …
POSTED JUNE 16, 2025 5:00 AM |
Lawsuit Filed Over Jailhouse Killing of Deaf Man in Maryland
In the days before Javarick Gantt was strangled to death in jail, he was forced to share a cell with a first-degree murder suspect whose violent behavior had already alarmed his previous cellmate, according to a lawsuit filed Tuesday. Gantt, …
POSTED JUNE 16, 2025 5:00 AM |
Insurer USAA Expands Presence in Virginia With Purchase of Building
Insurer USAA, which serves military veterans and their families, has purchased a new, larger office space in Chesapeake, Virginia to accommodate its expanding membership and workforce. Through the expansion, USAA said it expects to add 500 new jobs to the …
POSTED JUNE 13, 2025 6:00 PM |
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