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February 14, 2022
 
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National

 

Valentine Heartbreaker: Romance Scammers Took in $547 Million in 2021

New data show that more consumers than ever are falling prey to romance scammers. Consumers reported losing $547 million in 2021 alone....
 

Judge Sets March Hearing on Boy Scouts Bankruptcy After Claimant Group Signs On

The judge presiding over the Boy Scouts of America bankruptcy has delayed the start of a trial to determine whether the BSA's...
 

Jury Deliberates Over Palin Defamation Claim Against New York Times

Jurors began considering whether to hold the New York Times liable for defaming Sarah Palin, after her lawyer on Friday accused the...
 

Judge Blocks Biden Order on Calculating Climate Risks in Government Decisions

A federal judge on Friday blocked for now the Biden administration from restoring Obama-era values for calculating the cost of climate...
 

Hertz Customers Who Claim They Were Falsely Arrested Score Win in Court

Hertz Corp., battling hundreds of customers who say they were falsely arrested for auto theft after renting cars, was ordered by a...
 

Gangs Now Arbitrate Payment Disputes as Ransomware Growth Continues

Cyber criminal gangs are getting increasingly adept at hacking and becoming more professional, even setting up an arbitration system to...
 

People Moves: Burns & Wilcox Adds 5 to Private Client and Flood; AmTrust Forms New E&S Leadership Team Led by Bublitz

Wholesale insurance broker Burns & Wilcox has added five new associates across the country to its private client and flood teams within...
 

Insurance Pros At Odds With Las Vegas, Final Result in Predicting Cincinnati Super Bowl

Property/casualty insurance professionals predicted the Cincinnati Bengals would beat the Los Angeles Rams in yesterday's Super Bowl LVI....
 

U.S. Surplus Lines Premium Up 22% in 2021

Surplus lines premium increased 22% and transactions rebounded almost 6.6% over their 2020 totals in the 15 states with designated surplus...
 

Businesses Need to Make Work More Human: Bain & Company

Companies need to rehumanize the way they think about work, says a new report from Bain & Company, which found that 58...
 
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East

 

Vermont Governor Vetoes Registration, Insurance Requirement for Contractors

Gov. Phil Scott last week vetoed a bill that proposed creating a framework for registering construction contractors, saying it would hurt...
 

Bus Firm Reaches $20M False Claims Act Settlement With New Jersey Transit

A bus company accused of overcharging New Jersey Transit for missed trips and over-billing for hours and miles driven will pay more than...
 

New Hampshire Hospital to Pay $3.8 Million to Resolve Kickback Claims

New Hampshire's Catholic Medical Center has agreed to pay $3.8 million to resolve allegations that it violated federal law against...
 
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Midwest

 

People Moves: Westfield Specialty Adds Jain; Holmes Murphy Promotes Deibele

Westfield Specialty Adds Manoj Jain as Chief Information Officer Westfield Specialty has added Manoj Jain as chief information officer...
 

Kansas Town Wins First Round in Lawsuit Over Natural Gas Prices

Residents of a small city in southeast Kansas may continue a lawsuit that claims energy utility BP gouged them with hefty price increases...
 

Kansas University Settles Free-Speech Lawsuit

Haskell Indian Nations University has settled a lawsuit filed after a former university president sought to dictate what student...
 

Fatal Accident at 3M Plant in Minnesota Investigated

An investigation is underway into a fatal accident at a 3M plant in western Minnesota. Authorities in Alexandria say a female employee...
 

Program in Michigan Targeting Basement Flooding from Storms

Detroit is starting a program to reduce chronic basement flooding during intense storms. The program initially will target two...
 
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Southeast

 

Georgia Theft Ring Taking Entire Moving Vans and Their Belongings

Georgia authorities are investigating what may be an Atlanta-based theft ring that has stolen more than two dozen moving trucks, swiping...
 

Reward Offered for Info on QVC Distribution Center Fire in North Carolina

Authorities are offering a $20,000 reward for information on a fire that destroyed a QVC distribution facility in North Carolina and...
 

Florida Teacher Dies Day After Being Hit by SUV Outside High School

A Florida teacher died Friday, a day after being struck by an SUV and trapped underneath it in the back parking lot of a Tampa Bay area...
 

Florida OIR to Hold Workshop on Claims Litigation Data Call

Florida insurance carriers will be able to find out what claims litigation data they should be collecting and how it should be reported,...
 
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South Central

 

7 More Charged in Louisiana Staged Automobile Collision Scheme

Seven more people have been charged in New Orleans for their participation in a scheme to stage collisions with commercial trucks,...
 

Texas Judge Drops Two of Six Boeing Max Test Fraud Counts Against Pilot

A judge has tossed two of six fraud counts against a former Boeing pilot involved in evaluating the troubled Boeing 737 Max jetliner. A...
 

Texas Supreme Court Rules Golf Cart Accident Isn't Covered in District's Auto Liability Policy

The Texas Supreme Court recently ruled that injuries suffered in a golf cart at a school isn't covered in an auto liability policy held...
 

Arkansas Judge Dismisses Duggar Sister's Suit Over Records' Release

A federal judge on Feb. 9 dismissed a lawsuit four sisters of Josh Duggar filed over the release of records from a police investigation...
 
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West

 

Takeaways from Our Conversation on More M&As, Cannabis 'Frappucinos' on Tap for 2022

New Frontier Data, a producer of cannabis research and intelligence, released its "22 for 22 Report," in January, which imparts a...
 

Court Upholds Decision Not to Certify Class in Washington Auto Case

The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals has affirmed the district court's decision declining to certify a proposed damages class in an auto...
 

California Lawmakers Pushing Bill to Require Vaccines for All Employees

California would mandate that all businesses require their employees and independent contractors to receive the COVID-19 vaccine under...
 

Actuary Paper: Active Wildfire Seasons Providing Lessons on Fire Risk

Destructive and costly wildfires in the western U.S. over the past several years are driving efforts to better understand wildfire risk,...
 

Criminals Gained Access to Info on 650K Through Washington Database

Investigators believe hackers stole at least some of the Social Security numbers and other sensitive personal data of 650,000 current and...
 

Judge Deals Blow to California FAIR Plan's Efforts to Stay Insurance Commissioner's Order

A judge has denied a request a preliminary injunction to halt the enforcement of an order from California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo...
 
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International & Reinsurance

 

More Airlines Avoiding Ukraine Airspace Amid Insurance Issues

More airlines are likely to avoid Ukraine's airspace amid insurance issues and a decision by leading European carriers to stop...
 

UK Fintech Vitesse Raises $26M With Participation From Hannover Digital Investments

Vitesse PSP, the London-based fintech that specializes in digital solutions for global payments and counts numerous insurers among its...
 

German Fuel Storage Firm Mabanaft Still Unable to Restore Operations After Cyber Attack

Germany's Mabanaft GmbH & Co. KG, the fuel storage and distribution company that suffered a cyber attack at the end of January, said its...
 

Drought in Spain and Portugal Empties Reservoirs, Ruins Crops

Roofs peeking out of the water have become a common sight every summer at the Lindoso reservoir in northwestern Spain. In especially dry...
 

India's Life Insurance Corp. Files IPO Papers to Potentially Raise $8 Billion

State-run Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) has filed draft papers with the market regulator to sell 5% of its shares to...
 

People Moves: Fairfax Financial Promotes Clarke to President; AXA XL Names Lee as Head of Claims, Canada; Zurich's Price Joins SiriusPoint as Head of Travel A&H

This edition of International People Moves details appointments at Fairfax Financial Holdings, AXA XL and SiriusPoint Ltd. A summary of...
 
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Insurance Journal Blogs and Columns

 

3 Keys to Avoiding Employment Practices Issues Related to COVID

Last week, the Academy of Insurance hosted a class on the EPLI (Employment Practices Liability Insurance) implications of employers'...
 

Yes and no

Yes and no. I've been saying yes to some new things lately. That means that I had to say no to some other things, which is ok. Every yes...
 

What Kind of Work are We Doing?

A job is the work we do when we need to have work. Maybe there's nothing else available. Maybe there's nothing else that we're qualified...
 
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Research and Webinars

 
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The Ultimate Tax Savings Guide For Insurance Agents

Tax season is here, and as an insurance agent, there are many unique tax strategies available that will help you maximize your...
 
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Risk Management Checklist: Are you helping your clients navigate their critical areas of risk?

Use this tool to keep track of all the areas of risk your clients might be exposed to and ensure you're helping cover them all....
 
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Real Stories of Success from Agents Making Change

Independent agents and dedicated agents looking to transition to an independent career have a lot to contemplate when...
 
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Three Keys to Differentiating Your Brokerage

In an increasingly crowded and commoditized market, brokers are faced with minimal customer loyalty and look to differentiate...
 
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Travelers Ins. Adopts Personalization Strategy to Support the Agent-Policyholder Relationship

Discover how agents can use modern communication tools to personalize their experience at scale. As the face of insurance...
 
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EP. 41: More M&As, Cannabis 'Frappucinos' on Tap for 2022

New Frontier Data, a producer of cannabis research and intelligence, released its "22 for 22...
 
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EP. 30: Insurers Grapple With Uncertainty Around Catastrophic Cyber Risk

Much uncertainty exists around catastrophic cyber threats, and for an industry so focused on...
 
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