Posts by Hometown Insurance

A Georgia insurance agent whose license expired a year ago has been charged with diverting workers’ compensation premiums from businesses and providing falsified certificates of insurance. Lucy Margarita Suarez, 33, of Dalton, Georgia, was arrested in Miami and returned to …

On the last day to vote on bills, the New Hampshire House of Representatives passed a bill aimed at reducing liability insurance costs for care professionals. Senate Bill 614 establishes “multiple-caregiver self-insured risk coverage arrangements” for childcare, day care, foster …

Finland warned the public of drones possibly entering its airspace, for the first time near Helsinki, in the early hours of Friday. Flights were disrupted at the country’s biggest airport, Helsinki-Vantaa, and about 1.8 million residents of southern Finland were …

Stomach bugs on cruise ships recently hit a nearly two-decade high as more people than ever board the vessels, underscoring how easily viruses spread on contained voyages. While cruises are in a global spotlight after a rare hantavirus outbreak killed …

Early this week, Iranian state-linked media floated a plan to charge the operators of undersea internet cables in the Strait of Hormuz for access to what they say is Iran’s offshore territory. The suggestion comes after Iranian warnings that several …

The city of Austin will pay $35 million to three men and the family of a fourth who were wrongly accused of the 1991 rape and murder of four teenage girls at a yogurt shop, a case that initially sent …

An Illinois man who suffered severe injuries to his hand and fingers in a dog attack received a $300,000 settlement, the law firm John J. Malm & Associates said. The man attacked by two pit bulls while taking his German …

American Family Insurance has launched a branded reality competition series, “Designed To Last,” a first-of-its-kind show that reimagines how to think about protecting homes and families against increasing climate risk. The four-episode series sponsored by American Family Insurance premiered May …

Reconstruction cost inflation in the U.S. cooled in the second quarter, offering a bit of relief for insurers and businesses.

The Bank of Canada struck an optimistic tone on the economic impact of artificial intelligence, arguing that widespread adoption of the technology will boost the country’s ailing productivity without significant job losses. In her first speech as external deputy governor, …