House Bill 108/Senate Bill 175, signed into law earlier this year, amends the Maryland Condominium Act, increasing from $5,000 to $10,000 the maximum amount of a condo association’s property insurance deductible that a unit owner is responsible for when the cause of damage to the condo originates in his/her specific unit. The condo association is […]
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The Insurance Department recently approved five Pennsylvania Compensation Rating Bureau (PCRB) filings, all of which carry April 1, 2021 effective dates. The following PCRB Circulars detail the changes: Circular No. 1747 Basic Manual Housekeeping Revisions to Section 2 Circular No. 1748 (includes revised level for the State Average Weekly Wage) Revisions to Designated Auditable Payrolls
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If you write workers’ compensation for Delaware F-Classifications, begin using the Pending Rate Change Endorsement for policies issued with effective dates on and after Dec. 1, 2020.The Delaware Compensation Rating Bureau submitted Filing No. 2008 that proposes an overall increase in collectible rate level of 6.53 percent in residual market rates and an overall increase
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If you write through the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP), take note of the forthcoming program changes, including: EFFECTIVE APRIL 1, 2021 Updated premium rates Updated Community Rating System EFFECTIVE JAN 1, 2022 Updated base premiums for Preferred Risk Policies and policies rated under the Newly Mapped Procedure Updated premium multiplier tables for policies rated
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The Delaware Department of Insurance (DOI) updated Universally Applicable Bulletin No. 5, which outlines the Delaware Insurance Data Security Act requirements. The updates include: A change to the DOI’s email address (now doidatasecurity@delaware.gov), where notices of a data breach are sent The addition of a requirement to for insurers to submit an annual certification of
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The Delaware Department of Insurance (DOI) updated Universally Applicable Bulletin No. 5, which outlines the Delaware Insurance Data Security Act requirements. The updates include: A change to the DOI’s email address (now doidatasecurity@delaware.gov), where notices of a data breach are sent The addition of a requirement to for insurers to submit an annual certification of
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As a reminder, a U.S. District Court in Pittsburgh last month struck down some of Gov. Wolf’s COVID-19 shutdown orders as unconstitutional, including the business closure and stay-at-home orders (which already have been suspended), as well as the 25-person indoor and 250-person outdoor gathering limitations.Gov. Wolf filed an appeal and last week was granted a
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Changes to Pennsylvania’s overtime eligibility standards went into effect Oct. 3 after a lengthy regulatory review process. As a reminder, the now final regulation will gradually raise the threshold to potentially qualify for overtime exempt status to $875 per week ($45,500 annually) in October 2022, with automatic adjustments to the salary threshold thereafter.Please note: Pennsylvania’s
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Late last month hackers attacked insurance broker Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. (to include claims unit Gallagher Basset). The ransomware incident forced the firm to take its global systems offline and turn to outside cybersecurity professionals for help. Ransomware attacks increased almost 50% between the first and second quarters of 2020, according to a recent
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