by The Egis Group | Dec 10, 2018 | Insurance Information
A snowstorm hit North Carolina and Virginia this weekend bringing over 20 inches of snow in some areas. The snow, sleet, and frozen rain caused power outages for over 250,000 people. Some areas saw more snow than they see in an entire winter. Asheville, NC, received...
by The Egis Group | Nov 26, 2018 | Insurance Information
Catastrophe modeler RMS has estimated costs from both the Camp and Woolsey wildfires in California. The Camp wildfire shows $7.5 billion to $10 billion in damages while the Woolsey Fire is estimated between $1.5 billion to $3 billion. This brings the total of both...
by The Egis Group | Nov 12, 2018 | Insurance Information
Twenty thousand Google workers protested the company’s sexual harassment policies by walking off the job last week. The walk-off was propelled by a New York Times piece which brought to light a $90 million exit package given to an executive by Google after a sexual...
by The Egis Group | Oct 22, 2018 | Insurance Information
Lawmakers are trying to find a formula to make the roads safer from distractions. Many states have passed distracted driving legislation, rolled out large campaigns, and enforced penalties for cell phone use while driving. Georgia has been facing one of the largest...
by The Egis Group | Oct 15, 2018 | Insurance Information
Facebook announced a new security breach last Friday, announcing that data had been stolen from 29 million accounts. The cyber attackers took information such as birthdays, employers, religious preference, as well as location check-ins and page follows from 14 million...