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4 Steps You Can Take to Feel More in Control Now
COVID-19 has upended life as we know it for millions of people around the world. Many of us—including the young and healthy—are seriously contemplating our mortality for the first time. As the parent of a toddler, with a baby on the way, I’m definitely in this camp. It’s deeply unsettling to ponder how this virus […]
POSTED MAY 14, 2020 1:55 PM |
Life (Insurance) in the Time of COVID-19
“Yes, you can still get coverage,” says Derek Hensley, a Springfield, Ill., insurance agent. “We are trying to minimize physical contact, but we have an application you can start over the phone and complete via email.”
POSTED APRIL 13, 2020 10:28 PM |
A Financial Lifeline You May Have Forgotten About
So much has happened in the last few days and weeks that I feel like months have passed. Social distancing is now on everyone’s lips. And the goal is noble: flatten “the curve” and prevent more people from getting sick from the Coronavirus. The impact, though, is being felt in so many ways by so […]
POSTED MARCH 18, 2020 7:36 PM |
Join Our Special “Love Insurance” Twitter Chat during #InsureYourLove
Join us as we moderate a Twitter Chat during Insure Your Love Month along with NAIFA. We’ll discuss new data that shows Americans are delaying traditional life milestones and following alternative paths in favor of financial security. We hope the chat helps promote how important financial security, including having adequate life insurance, is for couples. […]
POSTED FEBRUARY 03, 2020 1:00 PM |
5 Reasons Why Having Life Insurance Is Good for You
We get it: No one wants to think about death—for us or the ones we love. And a lot of people equate life insurance with death. And while it IS there if the worst were to happen, it can also do so many other things, and doesn’t have to break your budget while doing it. Check out these great reasons to consider life insurance.
POSTED JANUARY 07, 2020 4:51 PM |
News – Insurance Journal
Mississippi Establishes Small Business Website for Virus Relief Grants
Mississippi has established a website where owners of small businesses can soon start applying for grants funded by a federal coronavirus pandemic relief package, Gov. Tate Reeves said Friday. The site – backtobusinessms.org – has rules for the program created …
POSTED JUNE 02, 2020 4:59 PM |
AXA XL Construction Ecosystem Platform Offers Risk Insights for Contractors
AXA XL’s North America Construction insurance business is launching the Construction Ecosystem, an integrated digital platform, employing construction technologies to monitor and aggregate data that provides AXA XL’s contractor clients with insights and benchmarks to help manage risks on their …
POSTED JUNE 02, 2020 4:58 PM |
Texas Workers’ Comp Division Issues Data Call for COVID-19 Injuries
The Texas Department of Insurance, Division of Workers’ Compensation (DWC) has issued a mandatory data call for certain information related to COVID-19 injuries reported to selected insurance carriers on or after Dec. 1, 2019. The Workers’ Compensation Research and Evaluation …
POSTED JUNE 02, 2020 4:41 PM |
Oklahoma Company to Pay $55K to Settle Disability Discrimination Suit
An Oklahoma-based internet retailer will pay $55,000 to settle a disability discrimination lawsuit, federal officials say. In its lawsuit, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) said Black Forest Décor LLC, based in Jenks, Oklahoma, unlawfully fired warehouse employee for …
POSTED JUNE 02, 2020 4:34 PM |
BRP Group’s BKS-Partners Acquires Assets of Chicago Agency, Rosenthal Bros.
Baldwin Krystyn Sherman Partners LLC (BKS-Partners), the middle-market subsidiary of Tampa, Florida-based insurance distribution firm, BRP Group, has acquired substantially all assets of Rosenthal Bros. Inc. (Rosenthal Brothers), a Chicago-based provider of property/casualty insurance, employee benefits and private client solutions …
POSTED JUNE 02, 2020 4:27 PM |
Michigan Orders Auto Insurers to Issue COVID-19 Refunds or Waivers
Auto insurers in Michigan have been ordered to issue refunds or premium waivers to policyholders due to reduced driving and resulting decrease in risk to insurers brought on by the stay at home orders related to the COVID-19 pandemic. In …
POSTED JUNE 02, 2020 4:15 PM |
Big Publishers Sue Digital ‘Emergency Library’ Offering Free Books During Coronavirus
Four of the country’s biggest publishers have sued a digital library for copyright infringement, alleging that the Internet Archive has illegally offered more than a million scanned works to the public, including such favorites as Toni Morrison’s “Song of Solomon, …
POSTED JUNE 02, 2020 4:07 PM |
Poms & Associates in California Names Schirtz Vice President
Poms & Associates has named Jennifer M. Schirtz vice president of insurance placement. Schirtz is responsible for managing relationships with insurance carriers. Schirtz joins Poms & Associates from HUB International Insurance Services Inc., where she worked as an account executive …
POSTED JUNE 02, 2020 3:14 PM |
Nevada Property Manager Paying $300K in Virus Eviction Ban Lawsuit
A Nevada-based property management company that issued eviction notices to tenants in Tacoma during the coronavirus pandemic has agreed to pay nearly $350,000 to resolve a lawsuit filed by Washington state Attorney General Bob Ferguson. The money includes nearly $300,000 …
POSTED JUNE 02, 2020 2:46 PM |
Former California Surplus Line Chair Grant Was a ‘Determined Leader’
Donald W. Grant served as the chair of the board of directors for the Surplus Line Association of California, was involved in the wholesale brokerage community and founded a managing general agency. Grant died on May 24. Former SLA board …
POSTED JUNE 02, 2020 2:40 PM |
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