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Calif. Bill Would Increase Comp Benefits
A bill adopted by California legislators on Saturday would double workers compensation permanent disability benefits over three years. Senate Bill 1717, opposed…Read more →AIG Sees China General Insurance Business Growing
American International Group Inc. sees China becoming a much larger part of its general insurance business within the next five years, Nicholas…Read more →S.F. Clarifies Health Care Spending Rules
San Francisco regulators have provided further guidance on how to comply with a controversial ordinance that imposes a health care spending requirement…Read more →CGL Policy Covers Damage Found After Term
A commercial liability insurer must defend any claim of physical property damage that occurs during the policy term regardless of when the…Read more →Coloradans Spent $26 Billion in Insurance Premiums in 2007
Where do Coloradans spend their insurance dollars? During 2007, Colorado citizens paid over 26 billion dollars in premium to approximately 1,306 companies,…Read more →Workers Comp. Calculations Need Not Include Benefits
North Carolina’s Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that an employer does not have to include contributions to employee retirement accounts when calculating a…Read more →Insurers Must Defend Cell Phone Maker: Court
Insurers have a duty to defend Nokia Inc. against several class action lawsuits filed nationwide alleging that radio frequency radiation from wireless…Read more →Trial Lawyers Protest Warning-Label Rule
A proposed federal rule that would grant immunity from product liability lawsuits to drug and medical device makers that fail to warn…Read more →12 Dead in Canada Food Poisoning Outbreak
Twelve people have now died out of 26 confirmed cases of food poisoning linked to deli meats produced at a plant owned…Read more →Strong Results for Surplus Lines
Surplus Lines Results Remain Strong, Despite Heightened Competition Surplus lines insurers continued to outperform the property/casualty industry in underwriting and operating performance…Read more →Mayor Signs San Francisco Commuter Mandate
San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom has signed an ordinance, believed to be the first of its kind for a municipality, that will…Read more →Number of Uninsured Falls Slightly
The number of people without health insurance in the United States fell slightly even as employment-based coverage continued its long, steady decline,…Read more →Make insurance the easiest thing on your to-do list.
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