Insurance Journal
JUNE 1, 2025
When Tampa-based Slide Insurance registered for an initial public stock offering last week, one page of the filing quickly had people talking in the Florida insurance industry. On page 132 of the filing with the U.S.
Attorney at Work
JUNE 1, 2025
Ask the Experts: Advice on staying calm in a crisis (prep!) and when to bring in a specialist. The post Crisis Communications for Law Firms: How and When to Engage a Crisis Communicator appeared first on Articles, Tips and Tech for Law Firms and Lawyers.
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Insurance Journal
JUNE 1, 2025
The Oregon Occupational Safety and Health Division fined Hillsboro-based Renner Trucking and Excavating Inc. $80,804 for repeatedly violating rules intended to protect workers from trenches caving in.
IP Watchdog
JUNE 1, 2025
On May 28, intellectual property (IP) policy advocacy group the Council for Innovation Promotion (C4IP) published the second edition of its Congressional Innovation Scorecard, a detailed assessment of Congressional engagement with legislative efforts on IP protections and related policies. Although this years edition highlighted a larger number of pro-IP voices in Congress, a majority of U.S.
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Insurance Journal
JUNE 1, 2025
As climate change worsens extreme weather around the US, floods are increasing the risk of home foreclosure, according to a new report by First Street Technology Inc., a climate-data company.
Civil Litigation Brief
JUNE 1, 2025
I am grateful to my colleague Paul Hughes for sending me a copy of the decision we are looking at today. Another case on the ongoing saga of whether a retainer allows a solicitor to serve interim statute bills. The.
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Expert Witness Blog
JUNE 1, 2025
In the case of Du-All Safety, LLC v. Superior Court of Alameda County , No. A155119 (Cal. Ct. App. 2019), the role of a Construction Safety Expert Witness was central to litigation involving a serious workplace injury on a construction site. The appellate decision focused on the procedural rules governing expert witness designations and had important implications for construction safety litigation in California.
Insurance Journal
JUNE 1, 2025
This post is part of a series sponsored by EZLynx. Performance data is one of the most powerful tools an independent agency can use to stay competitivebut only when it’s timely and easy to understand.
Optima Juris
JUNE 1, 2025
Todays litigators must navigate an ever-growing mountain of case data, documents, and transcripts. One deposition transcript can easily stretch beyond 200 pages. Multiply that by the number of witnesses, and it’s no surprise that manually reviewing transcripts has become one of the most time-consuming tasks in case prep. Artificial intelligence (AI) solutions have long promised reliefbut where do they actually deliver, and where should legal professionals still apply human judgment?
Insurance Journal
JUNE 1, 2025
After spending about $380 billion over the past decade to nearly double wind power capacity in Europe, utilities are now turning to an obscure and little-known market to protect themselves against a prolonged bout of calm weather.
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Legal Research is Easy
JUNE 1, 2025
There are a whole lot of terms tossed around these days. One word (or phase) that I've heard mentioned over the course of the last few months is Domestic Terrorism (which just happens to be the word of this month). Domestic Terrorism refers to criminal acts, like violence or threats, committed within the country to coerce a civilian population or influence the government.
Insurance Journal
JUNE 1, 2025
Vendor-related risks, whether from technology suppliers or non-technology partners, have always been a concern and often drive a large number of cyber insurance claims notifications.
Insurance Journal
JUNE 1, 2025
Sweden said Saturday it will step up insurance checks on foreign ships in a move aimed at tightening controls on Russia’s so-called “shadow fleet ” of aging ships.
Insurance Journal
JUNE 1, 2025
It’s not just some Florida-domiciled insurance carriers that have allegedly altered field adjusters’ reports or low-balled property damage estimates in recent years. It’s also major national insurers, according to adjusters and policyholders who spoke at a recent U.S.
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Insurance Journal
JUNE 1, 2025
Premium renewal rates increased year-over-year for all major commercial lines except workers’ compensation, according to first-quarter 2025 results of the Ivans Index. Compared to fourth-quarter 2024, all lines experienced a decrease in average premium renewal rates except umbrella.
Insurance Journal
JUNE 1, 2025
The first three months of 2025 were the slowest quarter for insurance agency mergers and acquisitions since Q2 2020, according to investment banking and financial consulting firm OPTIS Partners.
Insurance Journal
JUNE 1, 2025
When Mr. Best of AM Best created the combined ratio, he did the industry and arguably the world a great favor. After all, what business would only measure part of their cost and ignore the other 30% when determining profitability?
Insurance Journal
JUNE 1, 2025
By Andrea Wells Workers’ compensation remained a healthy and profitable line in 2024, but claims severity grew with an increase of 6% for medical claim severity and 6% for indemnity claim severity.
Speaker: Allison Mears, Adela Wekselblatt, and George Socha
Artificial intelligence is reshaping the legal industry, and paralegals are at the forefront of this transformation. As AI becomes more integrated into legal workflows, paralegals can streamline their daily tasks, enhance efficiency, and add greater value to their firms and organizations. But what exactly does AI mean for paralegals today—and how can you leverage it to your advantage?
Insurance Journal
JUNE 1, 2025
A new task force has been formed to develop standards in California for insurance coverage and clean-up of smoke-damaged homes.
Insurance Journal
JUNE 1, 2025
If you write personal lines–or own a home–then you know. Homeowners insurance rates are up–significantly in some states such as Texas. But better news is around the corner judging by a new industry report.
Insurance Journal
JUNE 1, 2025
Recruitment doesn’t have to be a dull subject. Imagine discussing it in a more enjoyable way at your next management meeting. Viral work trends are an excellent starting point.
Insurance Journal
JUNE 1, 2025
The U.S. higher education insurance market is as diverse as the academic degrees these institutions offer.
Speaker: Andrew Klein
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Insurance Journal
JUNE 1, 2025
Written premiums in California stabilized in 2022 through 2024 after the large swings during the pandemic, while the combined ratio rose to the highest level in 14 years, a new report shows.
Insurance Journal
JUNE 1, 2025
By Allen Laman As commercial property insurance rates moderate, the value and relevance of captive insurance companies isn’t expected to fade away.
Insurance Journal
JUNE 1, 2025
AM Best has removed from under review with developing implications and upgraded the Financial Strength Rating to A (Excellent) from A- (Excellent) and the Long-Term Issuer Credit Rating (Long-Term ICR) to “a” (Excellent) from “a-” (Excellent) of Velocity Specialty Insurance …
Insurance Journal
JUNE 1, 2025
By Chad Hemenway According to The Council of Insurance Agents & Brokers (CIAB) quarterly survey, commercial property/casualty premiums across all account sizes in the first quarter of 2025 rose by 4.
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Insurance Journal
JUNE 1, 2025
This post is part of a series sponsored by Old Republic Surety. “We’ve targeted tight turnaround times from submission to approval using Old Republic Surety’s (ORS) FastBond process the faster, the better,” says Todd Taylor, CPCU, AFSB.
Insurance Journal
JUNE 1, 2025
National Mosaic, headquartered in Hamilton, Bermuda, named environmental and casualty risk specialist and former district attorney Thomas Duggan as the company’s claims head for North America.
Insurance Journal
JUNE 1, 2025
National Starwind Launches Four Programs Starwind Specialty Insurance Services, a CRC Group company, has launched four insurance programs: Starwind Environmental; Starwind PVT (Political Violence & Terrorism); Starwind Equipment; and Starwind Cannabis.
Insurance Journal
JUNE 1, 2025
No NOAA “I guess if they don’t talk about it, then it doesn’t happen.
Speaker: Andrew Klein and Jennifer Vandenplas
Patent due diligence processes take too long. The information you need is publicly available but accessing it is often tedious & inefficient, requiring you to wade through dozens of PTO websites or for-free tools to gather what you need. Plus, it frequently occurs late in the game, leaving professionals under pressure, sifting through chaotic 100-page PDFs, and frustrated with poorly formatted information & patent numbers.
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