Burglars don t take off for the holidays: 5 tips to prevent home break-ins
Dec. 21, 2020
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Top 10 states for USAA personal property theft claims in 2020
1. California
10. Arizona
Even though you may be home more now than ever, don’t let your guard down. In fact, unlocked doors and windows can be the cause of successful burglaries, but they can be easily preventable. Home security is vital to the safety of yourself, your family and your belongings.
Here are five simple ideas to help prevent home break-ins.
Install a home security system: Security systems offer perhaps the most powerful protection for your home. Even a simple alarm system and a few well-placed signs in your yard and on your windows can greatly diminish the likelihood of home break-ins. If you can afford it, motion sensors on doors and windows, along with 24-hour monitoring, deliver even greater protection. Monitored security systems, such as ADT Home Security, may allow for discounts on you
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Insurer Must Cover Fraud Award, Dole Tells Del. Justices
Law360 (December 16, 2020, 8:22 PM EST) An attorney for Dole Food Co. and billionaire David Murdock told the Delaware Supreme Court on Wednesday that the state s choice of law charter provisions obliges RSUI Indemnity Co. to cover $10 million of the $222 million in stockholder settlements over a fraud-tainted Dole take-private deal from 2013.
But in excess insurer RSUI s current appeal of lower court rulings from 2016 and 2017 that put Dole, then-CEO Murdock and Dole s general counsel on the hook for stockholder suit awards in Delaware s Chancery Court and U.S. District Court, counsel for RSUI countered that director and officer indemnification for fraud should be uninsurable..
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AM Best has revised the outlooks to negative from stable and affirmed the Financial Strength Rating of A- (Excellent) and the Long-Term Issuer Credit Rating of “a-” of ISMIE Mutual Insurance Company and ISMIE Indemnity Company (collectively known as ISMIE or the group). Both companies are domiciled in Chicago, IL.
These Credit Ratings (ratings) reflect ISMIE’s balance sheet strength, which AM Best categorizes as strongest, as well as its adequate operating performance, limited business profile and appropriate enterprise risk management.
The revision of the outlooks to negative reflects pressure on the group’s operating performance assessment following deterioration in underwriting and operating results and the ongoing challenges that the group faces to improve near-term results in a difficult medical professional liability (MPL) market. Underwriting performance has suffered over the most recent