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​​U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg passed away on September 18, 2020, at the age of 87. In 1993, she was nominated by President Clinton and confirmed by the Senate for her seat, having already established herself as a strong advocate, particularly for the rights of women. She has received many eloquent tributes over the last several days.My purpose here is to look at how Justice Ginsburg ruled on questions impacting the insurance industry. I wrote a similar piece in 2016 after the passing of the late Justice Antonin Scalia. Insurance cases do not frequently come before the high court. I want to look…

​Judging from the questions you've been asking the Big I NY Research Department, there appears to be a lot of confusion over what agents are and are not permitted to do when it comes to obtaining motor vehicle records (MVRs). In this six-minute episode of Two Minutes With Tim, I try to set the records straight. Here are a few links to supplement what I discuss in the video:​[embedded content] Source

​Sure, Farmers Insurance says they've seen a thing or two​, but have they seen this item​ from the Insurance Information Institute's The Triple I Blog? I don't think so. Sometimes the blog posts just write themselves. ABC News in North Carolina reports that a driver in the state looked up and saw a bird carrying a huge fish. “It was one of those slow-motion moments in life. I saw the fish and I saw him drop it,” said Rhesa Walston of Beaufort, North Carolina. The catfish smashed straight into her windshield. It happened so quickly she didn’t have time to react. “There was glass all over…