Insurtech Buddy Launches To Help Weekend Warriors
For people who enjoy outdoor hobbies like skiing or cycling, rising healthcare costs and the proliferation of high-deductible health-insurance plans offer a conundrum: Can they keep doing the physical tasks they enjoy, even if an accident could wipe out their savings?
November 27, 2018
Life & Health
Worker At Disney Worlds Morimoto Asia Restaurant Diagnosed With Contagious Infection
OK, so not exactly the news you want to hear about after you ate that massive Thanksgiving dinner, but here goes... On Wednesday evening, the Florida Department of Health in Orange County tweeted that a food service worker at the Morimoto Asia restaurant at Walt Disney World had been infected with hepatitis A, a highly contagious liver infection.
November 27, 2018
Excess & Surplus Lines
Life & Health
Florida
DOI Recoups $38.4M For Colorado Consumers
The Colorado Division of Insurance recovered about $38.4 million for Colorado consumers during the last fiscal year.
November 15, 2018
Auto
Legislation & Regulation
Life & Health
Property
Colorado
Jury Delivers $25.5M Statement To Aetna To Change Its Ways
An Oklahoma jury has awarded $25.5 million to the family of a cancer patient denied coverage by Aetna, with jurors saying that the insurer acted "recklessly" and that the verdict was meant as a message for Aetna to change its ways.
November 12, 2018
Life & Health
Litigation
Man With Alleged History Of Fraudulent Claims Accused of Drowning Wife For Life Insurance Policy
The man Twin Cities Community Hospital in Templeton hired earlier this year to be its chief nursing officer allegedly murdered his wife, a successful lawyer with a $1 million life insurance policy, in attempt to collect large sums of money that would allow him to continue living a luxurious lifestyle, which included expensive cars and multiple mistresses, according to a lawsuit filed this week in Florida.
November 5, 2018
Auto
Fraud
Liability
Life & Health
Litigation
Florida
What Do Jay-Z, Google, Iron Man And Will Smith All Have In Common?
A hot new life insurance start-up that has caught the attention of celebrities has raised US$35 million in its latest financing round.
October 31, 2018
Life & Health
Technology
Opioid Makers Have Raised Insurance Cost For North Carolinians, Lawsuit Claims
A North Carolina man has filed a lawsuit against more than a dozen pharmaceutical companies, alleging that their targeted marketing and distribution of prescription opioids has directly led to higher insurance costs for North Carolinians.
October 31, 2018
Life & Health
Litigation
North Carolina
Technology To Lower Blood Pressure May Be Final Straw
I like technology as much as the next person. Ok, I probably like technology more than the next person, but enough is enough. Sometimes we just become too dependent on technology in our personal lives, and someone just has to stand up and say something.
October 26, 2018
Life & Health
Technology
Workers' Compensation
Pet Health Insurance One Of Fastest-Growing Workplace Perks
Millions of U.S. employees will soon be electing their 2019 workplace benefits during the fall open enrollment period. Pet health insurance is quickly becoming one of the most requested voluntary benefits as its popularity continues to skyrocket among U.S. employers looking to attract, engage and retain pet-owning employees.
October 19, 2018
Life & Health
Recall: Walmart Salad Blend May Have Deadly Contamination
The following information has been released by the USDA: GHSE, LLC, a Green Cove Springs, Florida establishment, is recalling approximately 738 pounds of ready-to-eat salad with meat products that contain a corn ingredient that may be contaminated with Salmonella and Listeria monocytogenes.
October 18, 2018
Life & Health
Florida
DOJ Indicts 4 Florida Men In $1B Telemedicine Fraud Conspiracy
Four Florida men were charged in a multistate telemedicine scheme that billed at least $931 million in fraudulent claims to private insurance companies, the Department of Justice said Monday.
October 16, 2018
Fraud
Life & Health
Florida
Wife kills Self, Kids After Chinese Man Fakes Own Death For Insurance
A man who faked his own death to cheat on his insurance turned himself in when he discovered his wife had killed herself and their two young children because of his disappearance.
October 15, 2018
Fraud
Life & Health
Bill Would Require Comp Payers To Cover Medical Marijuana
A New Jersey lawmaker on Friday filed a bill that would require workers compensation carriers to pay for medical marijuana.
October 10, 2018
Legislation & Regulation
Life & Health
Workers' Compensation
New Jersey
Liability Test Case Against Opioid Makers Allowed To Move Forward
A lawsuit seeking to hold drugmakers and distributors responsible for a nationwide opioid epidemic should be allowed to move forward, a federal magistrate said in a preliminary ruling that may increase the likelihood of a settlement.
October 9, 2018
Liability
Life & Health
La Croix Hit With Class Action Lawsuit Over Ingredient Found In Cockroach Insecticide
La Croix is in hot water after a new class-action lawsuit claims the luxe drink brand has been falsely advertised as “100 percent natural.”
The suit alleges that La Croix water contains numerous artificial ingredients like linalool, which is found in cockroach insecticide.
October 9, 2018
Liability
Life & Health
California
The suit alleges that La Croix water contains numerous artificial ingredients like linalool, which is found in cockroach insecticide.



