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FTC Complaints and Class Actions Send Warning to Consumer Product Manufacturers and Retailers: Double-Check Your Product Warranties

Hunton Andrews Kurth

In the past year, the FTC has promoted consumers’ so-called “right to repair.” In particular, the FTC has focused on the “Anti-Tying Rule” of the Magnuson-Moss Warranty Act (the “MMWA”), which limits manufacturers’ ability to steer consumers to manufacturer-affiliated repair shops. Plaintiffs’ firms have taken notice, filing a spate of class actions based on purported violations of the Anti-Tying Rule.

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Agency Bill Or Direct Bill: It Pays To Prepare For Both

Agency Intelligence

Are you launching a new agency? Are you a brokerage expanding into new lines? Or are you simply looking for ways to bind policies, get paid, and/or move funds across the industry faster? A key consideration is how your policies are billed.

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Workers Comp:A Strong Line Rebounds From Pandemic Pressure

Triple-I: Workers Compensation

Max Dorfman, Research Writer, Triple-I The workers compensation field is “responding and adapting remarkably well to economic changes,” according to Donna Glenn , chief actuary, National Council on Compensation Insurance (NCCI). “The pandemic brought new occupational illnesses into the system, but it was offset by a reduction of other types of claims back in 2020.