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May 20, 2022
 
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National

 

Republicans Have a New Enemy No. 1: ESG Investing

Heading into the hotly contested midterm elections, the American political right has a new rallying cry: Down with ESG. Conservatives...
 

Insurers Too Late for Subrogation in Auto Parts Price-Fixing Case, Court Rules

Insurers waited too long to intervene in anti-trust litigation that brought settlements requiring dozens of auto parts manufacturers to...
 

Chiropractic Care Linked to Lower Injured Workers' Costs, Faster Return to Work

Chiropractors are involved in only a small fraction of workers' compensation claims for low back pain in states where insurers or...
 

Mental Telehealth CEO Ousted as U.S. Probes Prescription Practices

Cerebral Inc. directors voted to oust the mental telehealth giant's founder and chief executive officer, Kyle Robertson, on Wednesday, as...
 

Livestream Tech Firms Learn Hard Lessons from Violent Videos Tied to Mass Killings

These days, mass shooters like the one now held in the Buffalo, New York, supermarket attack don't stop with planning out their brutal...
 

Markets/Coverages: Hub Targets Nonprofits; Ryan Tackles Auto Excess With Axsal; Trisura and HSB Back At-Bay Cyber

Hub Launches Nonprofit Specialty Practice Insurance broker Hub International, with decades of experience in the sector, has launched a...
 

Insurance Technology: Zurich's FieldView Simplifies Crop Reporting; Kinetic Adds 'Jump Detection' to Wearables; Beat Capital to Launch MGAs Using OneShield

Zurich's Climate FieldView Expands Precision Crop Information for RCIS Zurich North America crop insurance business - Rural Community...
 

Employers Adapting to New World of Worries

Insurers Seek Policies on Diversity, Pay Equity, Social Media, COVID, Even Facial Scans The past few years have been filled with newer...
 

How We're Doing It: Science Fiction Becomes Reality When Insurers Become Tech Companies

Get a quote for life insurance just by sending a selfie or for your house by answering a few online questions. Keep...
 
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East

 

Markets/Coverages: Maryland's Residual Insurer Ups Limits for Commercial Drivers

Maryland's auto insurance market for drivers that private insurers won't cover has received approval to offer combined single limits...
 

'Borat' Actor Cohen Drops $9M Suit Against Cannabis Company Over Billboard

Actor Sacha Baron Cohen has dropped his lawsuit against a Massachusetts cannabis dispensary that used an image of his character Borat on...
 

Explosion at Maryland Nail Salon Injured 7 Including First Responders

Seven people, including police officers and EMS personnel, were injured in an explosion at a Maryland nail salon on Monday night,...
 
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Midwest

 

Explosion at Wisconsin Marine Construction Company Injures 6

A huge fire set off by an explosion burned Thursday at a marine construction company in southeast Wisconsin. Three civilians and three...
 

Minneapolis to Pay $1.5M to Man Arrested During George Floyd Protest

Minneapolis has agreed to pay $1.5 million to a man who said police used excessive force when he was arrested during the protests that...
 

St. Louis Assistant Chief to Receive $162,000 in Discrimination Settlement

The city of St. Louis will pay a St. Louis assistant police chief nearly $162,000 to settle his federal discrimination lawsuit in which...
 
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Insurance Jobs

 

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Underwriting Assistant - Frederick Mutual Insurance Company - Frederick Maryland

 

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Southeast

 

Florida Appeals Court Slashes $600,000 Attorney Fee on $52,000 Claim

Florida may have one of the most generous attorney-fee mechanisms in the country, sometimes resulting in plaintiff's fees that are...
 

Pharmacy Owners Sentenced in 'Astonishing' $174M Cream Scheme

A federal judge in Tennessee has sentenced two Florida men to prison after they were found guilty of an extensive telemedicine fraud that...
 

Two of Central Kentucky's Oldest Agencies Merge

Two of the oldest insurance agencies in Central Kentucky have merged. Rightmyer Insurance Agency in Danville, founded in the 1930s, has...
 
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South Central

 

Texas AG Lawsuit Claims Google 'Private Browsing' Mode Not Really Private

The Google search engine collects data on users who think they can be anonymous if they use a "private browsing" mode, Texas Attorney...
 

Family Dollar Closing Arkansas Distribution Center Following Rodent Lawsuit

Family Dollar is closing an Arkansas distribution facility where more than 1,000 rodents were found earlier this year, forcing the recall...
 
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West

 

Arson Probe After 14 Homes Being Built in Arizona Destroyed

Authorities in the Tucson suburb of Marana, Arizona, are investigating whether a fire that destroyed 14 homes under construction homes...
 

Hawaii Hurricane Season Forecasted to be Slow With La Nina

Hawaii and the Central Pacific basin should expect two to four hurricanes, tropical depressions or tropical storms this year, federal...
 

California Employers Cited $1.75M in Refinery Worker Death

The Cal/OSHA Process Safety Management Unit cited Valero Refinery of Benicia and three contractors a combined $1.75 million for serious...
 
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International & Reinsurance

 

Zurich Insurance to Sell Russian Business to Local Team

Zurich Insurance has agreed to sell its Russian business to members of the local team, it said on Friday, as the Swiss insurer became the...
 

Pollution Kills 9 Million People a Year, Mostly in Poorer Nations

Premature deaths from common pollution sources have risen by two-thirds globally since 2000, a dark consequence of the economic...
 

Japan Approves Plan to Release Wastewater From Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant

TOKYO (AP) - Japan's nuclear regulator on Wednesday approved plans by the operator of the wrecked Fukushima nuclear plant to release its...
 

Charges of Violence, Bullying Follow Mass Employee Exodus at Calgary Oil Firm

When two-thirds of the brokers at a prominent Calgary oil firm quit without explanation around the Easter weekend, the exodus chilled...
 

Financial Risks of Climate Change Are Exaggerated: Senior HSBC Banker

Central bank policymakers and other global authorities are exaggerating the financial risks of climate change, a senior HSBC banker in...
 

People Moves: NFP Names New Exec Team in Canada; Acrisure Re Hires WTW's Ainsby to Lead New Asia Fac Unit; Howden Sweden Taps WTW's Gustafsson as CEO

This edition of International People Moves details appointments at three brokers: NFP, Acrisure Re and Howden Sweden. A summary of these...
 
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Research and Webinars

 
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The Power of a Network Partnership for Independent Agents

Increasing numbers of new agency owners, existing independents, and former captive agents are looking to join agency networks to...
 
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Behind the Scenes of the Fastest Home & Auto Rollout in Modern Insurance History

Branch Insurance expanded into 14 states in just 1 year. Tune in live on June 22 at 10am Pacific for a behind-the-scenes look at...
 
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Beyond Burnout-Redefining a New Era in the Work Place

In a new report, Beyond Burnout—Redefining a New Era in the Work Place, Cake & Arrow gets to the heart of how people's...
 
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5 Ways Predictive Analytics Helps Insurers Grow

Consumer activity is picking up as the pandemic wanes. With this surge in activity, many analysts believe the insurance industry...
 
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Third-party Risk Posture of the Top 99 US Insurance Companies

This report analyzes the top 99 insurance companies by net premiums written in order better understand their cyber posture and...
 
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