Posts by Hometown Insurance
Families of Gun Violence Victims Dig In for New Test of Gun Industry Protections
After Mayah Zamora was shot and wounded at Robb Elementary School, her family did what many mass shooting survivors do: They sued. They sued the store off Main Street in Uvalde, Texas, that sold the teenage gunman his AR-style rifle. …
Read More Insurers Latest Target of U.S. AGs ESG Antitrust Concerns
Insurers and reinsurers who are members of the Net-Zero Insurance Alliance (NZIA), received a letter from 23 attorneys general raising potential legal concerns that might arise from their commitment to collaborate with other insurers to advance an “activist climate agenda.” …
Read More As Lawyers Warned, Florida Courts Flooded with Suits Before Tort-Reform Bill Signed
Just as the plaintiffs’ law firm of Morgan & Morgan warned in April, the number of Florida lawsuits filed across the state has shattered previous records, topping 280,122 in April, the Florida Bar reported. That’s more than double the previous …
Read More Colleague’s Death Spurs Connecticut Lawmakers to Pass Wrong-Way Driver Bill
Connecticut lawmakers, shaken by the death of a colleague killed in a wrong-way crash earlier this year, unanimously approved a bill Wednesday that attempts to curtail the growing problem of wrong-way drivers. The legislation calls for the installation of detection …
Read More New Jersey Allows Emergency Erosion Fixes in Defiant Town
New Jersey environmental officials will allow a shore town to carry out emergency repairs to its badly eroded beachfront, even as they continue a years-long fight with city officials over how best to protect the popular Jersey Shore resort’s fragile …
Read More People Moves: Venbrook in California Names Aguilar CFO
Venbrook Group, LLC named Juan Aguilar chief financial officer. Aguilar has 20 years of industry experience, most recently serving 15 years at Aon PLC, where he held leadership roles across finance, operations and business strategy and development. Before Aon, he …
Read More Major New Mexico Transmission Line OK’d for Renewable Energy in West
The U.S. government is greenlighting a proposed multibillion-dollar transmission line that would send primarily wind-generated electricity from the rural plains of New Mexico to big cities in the West. The Interior Department announced its record of decision for the SunZia …
Read More Second Round of Insure Louisiana Incentive Program Canceled; Additional Funding Awaits
The second application period for the Insure Louisiana Incentive Program was canceled this week as the Louisiana Department of Insurance (LDI) waits on lawmakers to appropriate more funding for the program. The 30-year day application period, which began May 1, …
Read More US Imposes Sanctions on Hundreds of Targets in Fresh Russia Action
The United States and its partners on Friday announced new penalties aimed at punishing Russia for its invasion of Ukraine, intensifying what is already one of the harshest sanctions efforts ever implemented. Washington targeted Russia’s sanctions evasion, future energy revenues …
Read More G7 Steps Up Russia Sanctions, Seeks to Cut China Trade Dependency
Leaders of the world’s richest democracies agreed on Friday to stiffen sanctions against Russia, while a draft communique to be issued after their talks in the Japanese city of Hiroshima stressed the need to reduce reliance on trade with China. …
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