Insurance Journal

Insurance Journal
December 3, 2018 Issue

National Articles from December 3, 2018

Reducing Fire Risk Doesn’t Cost More
How States Differ in Responding to Coverages and Their Application
The Allure and Challenges of Online Insurance Distribution
The Insurance Recruiter: Q&A

Imagery and Artificial Intelligence in Wildfire Risk
Why Parents Should Buy Bigger, Safer Vehicles for Teen Drivers
Insurance Brokers Sharing in the Sharing Economy
What Agents Should Know About Cryptocurrency
How the Insurance Market Will Expand in an Age of Autonomous Vehicles
Global Property, Mortality Protection Gap Hits $500B: Swiss Re
Report Identifies P/C Insurance Companies with Best Reputations
New Markets
Declarations
Business Moves

West Articles from December 3, 2018

AI Enhances Highway Safety in Las Vegas
Will California See More Laws and Regulations in Wake of Wildfires?
Hawaii’s Big Island Gets $10M for Lava Recovery
Woman Sues Hospital in New Mexico for Resuscitating Her
People

South Articles from December 3, 2018

Researchers: Houston’s Urbanization Partly to Blame for More Frequent and Intense Rain Events

Southeast Articles from December 3, 2018

Chubb Partners with Conservation Group on Miami Flood Protection
Corps Study Seeks Solution to Flooding in Alabama County
4 Alabama Counties Declared Federal Disaster from Hurricane Michael
Red Tide Found in Gulf Off Alabama Shore
South Carolina Insurance Chief Farmer Named 2019 NAIC President-Elect
Second South Carolina Jury Deadlocks in Talc Cancer Case Retrial
Florida CFO: Insurers Must Step Up Hurricane Michael Response
OSHA Fines Alabama Steel Firm $320K Over Safety Hazards
People

Midwest Articles from December 3, 2018

Minnesota Workplace Injury, Illness Rate at an All-Time Low in 2017
Michigan’s Kaufman Group Recognized as a BEST for Workplace Training and Development
St. Louis Brewery Defeats Trademark Complaint by Heirs of Conservative Icon Schlafly
People

East Articles from December 3, 2018

Mass. Appeals Court Rules Medical Device Manufacturer Illegally Fired Employee
Pennsylvania Insurance Department Plans Review of 2 Workers’ Comp Filings
N.J. Woman Pleads Guilty in Used Luxury Vehicle Theft Scheme
N.Y. Man Charged With More Than $15K in Workers’ Comp Fraud
Pennsylvania Agencies Praise Passage of ‘Patient Brokering’ Provision in Federal Opioid Law
People

Insurance JournalDecember 3, 2018 Issue

Reducing Fire Risk Doesn’t Cost More

How States Differ in Responding to Coverages and Their Application

The Allure and Challenges of Online Insurance Distribution

The Insurance Recruiter: Q&A

Imagery and Artificial Intelligence in Wildfire Risk

Why Parents Should Buy Bigger, Safer Vehicles for Teen Drivers

Insurance Brokers Sharing in the Sharing Economy

What Agents Should Know About Cryptocurrency

How the Insurance Market Will Expand in an Age of Autonomous Vehicles

Global Property, Mortality Protection Gap Hits $500B: Swiss Re

Report Identifies P/C Insurance Companies with Best Reputations

New Markets

Declarations

Business Moves

AI Enhances Highway Safety in Las Vegas

Will California See More Laws and Regulations in Wake of Wildfires?

Hawaii’s Big Island Gets $10M for Lava Recovery

Woman Sues Hospital in New Mexico for Resuscitating Her

People

Researchers: Houston’s Urbanization Partly to Blame for More Frequent and Intense Rain Events

Chubb Partners with Conservation Group on Miami Flood Protection

Corps Study Seeks Solution to Flooding in Alabama County

4 Alabama Counties Declared Federal Disaster from Hurricane Michael

Red Tide Found in Gulf Off Alabama Shore

South Carolina Insurance Chief Farmer Named 2019 NAIC President-Elect

Second South Carolina Jury Deadlocks in Talc Cancer Case Retrial

Florida CFO: Insurers Must Step Up Hurricane Michael Response

OSHA Fines Alabama Steel Firm $320K Over Safety Hazards

People

Minnesota Workplace Injury, Illness Rate at an All-Time Low in 2017

Michigan’s Kaufman Group Recognized as a BEST for Workplace Training and Development

St. Louis Brewery Defeats Trademark Complaint by Heirs of Conservative Icon Schlafly

People

Mass. Appeals Court Rules Medical Device Manufacturer Illegally Fired Employee

Pennsylvania Insurance Department Plans Review of 2 Workers’ Comp Filings

N.J. Woman Pleads Guilty in Used Luxury Vehicle Theft Scheme

N.Y. Man Charged With More Than $15K in Workers’ Comp Fraud

Pennsylvania Agencies Praise Passage of ‘Patient Brokering’ Provision in Federal Opioid Law

People

Insurance Journal
December 3, 2018 Issue