The Insurance Marketer

JANUARY 11, 2024

On December 13, 2023, The FCC has introduced new rules that are set to fundamentally change the way insurance agents and marketers approach lead generation This ruling is significant for.

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Hunton Andrews Kurth

JANUARY 11, 2024

On December 13, 2023, New York Governor Kathy Hochul signed Senate Bill S1048A into law requiring sellers that impose credit card surcharges to post the total price, inclusive of the surcharge. In addition, the surcharge to customers may not exceed the amount of the surcharge charged to the business by the credit card company for such credit card use.

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Jackson & Jackson

JANUARY 10, 2024

In California’s vibrant technology sector, understanding the scope of your Cyber Liability Insurance and Data Breach Coverage is as crucial as having the coverage itself. While these policies are essential in today’s digital landscape, knowing what they do not cover is vital for complete protection. The Gaps in Cyber Insurance: Cyber Liability Insurance and Data Breach Coverage are designed to protect against various cyber threats, but they have limitations.

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Relation

JANUARY 10, 2024

On December 19, the Relation Insurance Employee Benefits Compliance Team hosted its Quarterly Compliance Webinar titled “Looking Towards 2024: What Regulatory Changes Will Impact Your Employee Benefit Plans.” The presentation began with our VP of Compliance, Matthew LoPorto, providing the latest updates from the Council of Insurance Agents and Brokers’ Legal Counsel Working Group.

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Inbound Insurance Marketing

JANUARY 9, 2024

Insurance email marketing is a primary method for insurers to reach customers. Unfortunately, ensuring customers see – much less open – your messages is becoming increasingly challenging. New laws, threats, and algorithms are all working against your marketing efforts. However, success is still possible when you leverage smart strategies.

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Hunton Andrews Kurth

JANUARY 10, 2024

The Federal Trade Commission has announced that it will hold an informal hearing on February 13, 2024 on the agency’s proposed rule banning fake reviews and testimonials. As we reported in July 2023 , the FTC is proposing to ban business from using illicit review and endorsement practices such as using fake reviews, suppressing honest negative reviews and paying for positive reviews, which deceive consumers looking for real feedback on a product or service and undercut honest businesses.

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ProWriters

JANUARY 9, 2024

Per the nonprofit Identity Theft Resource Center (ITRC), 2,116 data breaches had been reported nationwide this year through September. That figure breaks the previous annual record of 1,862 data breach reports in 2021. Zero-day attacks against the widely used MOVEit file transfer protocol account for a dramatic number of breaches. “So far in 2023,” the ITRC stated, “344 U.S. organizations have been impacted by a single or multiple vendor(s) using a vulnerable MOVEit product.

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Hunton Andrews Kurth

JANUARY 9, 2024

With the growing emergence of Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) laws, companies selling products in the United States must increasingly plan for the end of a product’s life. EPR programs shift waste-management responsibilities that have traditionally been handled by consumers or state and local governments to the “producer” of the product. Most existing EPR programs in the United States target packaging materials, especially plastic packaging.

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