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January 31, 2022
 
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National

 

Insurers Making Waves with Wider Use of IoT Leak, Temp Sensors

Wouldn't it be nice, if, instead of relying on adjusters and restoration companies to surmise how much damage was actually caused by a...
 

Insurance Scion Who's Out to Save Human Driving

McKeel Hagerty's parents were into wooden boats and saw an unmet need to underwrite them. Hagerty, however, has been a car nut from day...
 

How Work-From-Home Has Spurred Blue-Collar Americans to Shift Careers

The pandemic shift to working at home has spurred blue-collar Americans -- who've largely been left out of that trend -- to seek a career...
 

White House Plan Aims to Strengthen Cyber Defenses for Water Utilities

The White House on Thursday unveiled a plan to beef up cybersecurity in the nation's water sector, an extension of its efforts to thwart...
 

Insurers Deploy Predictive Analytics, Artificial Intelligence in Fraud Fight

Insurers are getting a larger share of suspicious claim referrals from fraud-detection technology and are increasingly using artificial...
 

Take This Year's Agency Salary Survey: Deadline Friday

Each year Insurance Journal asks retail agency owners, principals, producers, CSRs -- the entire agency -- to participate in the...
 

P/C Industry Profits in Current Cycle Lagging Last Hard Market

[no_auto_dropcap]U.S. property/casualty insurers have benefited from significant increases in commercial premium rates...
 
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Warranty Survey Report
 
AmTrust's Warranty Survey Report reveals an opportunity in the marketplace to improve offerings and expand warranty adoption across all categories.
 
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East

 

Connecticut Court Rules University Not Liable for Teens' Abuse

Connecticut's Appellate Court ruled Friday that Wesleyan University cannot be held responsible for the alleged abuse of boys in its...
 

Philadelphia Sued by Man Exonerated After 37 Years in Prison

A Philadelphia man freed after 37 years in prison in a case tainted by perjured testimony accused the city of "outrageous police...
 

Video Leads to Firing of Massachusetts Fire Official on Injury Leave

A Massachusetts mayor has fired a top fire official out on injury leave after he was captured on video lifting heavy equipment. New...
 
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Insurance Jobs

 

Commercial Lines Rater / Rating Technician - 100% REMOTE - Work At Home Vintage Experts - Remote

 

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Sales Representative/ Insurance Carrier - National General Insurance [An Allstate Company] - IA, KY, KS, MN & UT - Remote/Work from Home

 

Insurance Underwriter - New Energy Risk - San Francisco Bay Area

 

Small Business Account Manager - Plastridge Insurance - Delray Beach, FL/Remote/Hybrid available

 
 
 

Midwest

 

Wisconsin School District Sued For Pay Discrimination

Verona Area School District, which serves Verona and parts of Fitchburg and Madison, Wisconsin, violated federal law when it paid female...
 

Ohio Hotel Carbon Monoxide Poisoning Leaves 7 in Critical Condition

Seven people were hospitalized in critical condition Jan. 29 after suffering from carbon monoxide poisoning at a Hampton Inn in Ohio,...
 

Kansas County Sued For Racial Discrimination

A former Sedgwick County, Kansas employee alleges in a lawsuit that his coworkers called him the "colored guy" and sang spirituals from...
 
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Southeast

 

People Moves: Alabama's Palomar Names Smitherman CTO; IoA Adds Three

Alabama-based Palomar Insurance has named Justin Smitherman chief technology officer, charged with tech strategies and management, the...
 

Higginbotham Acquires J.M. Insurance in Tennessee

Higginbotham Insurance has added J.M. Insurance Agency to its family in Tennessee. J.M. is an independent broker of commercial and...
 
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South Central

 

FEMA Extends Hurricane Housing in Louisiana

Nearly 2,000 households that survived Hurricanes Laura and Delta in Louisiana are getting more time in FEMA-provided housing as they...
 

Louisiana Tire Plant Fire Blazes for 10 Days

About 65% of a 10-day-old fire at a shuttered tire processing plant in central Louisiana has been doused with water and smothered with...
 

Louisiana Accepting Buyout Applications in Flood-Prone City

The state of Louisiana is now accepting buyout applications from some property owners in a Livingston Parish neighborhood that...
 
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West

 

Alaska Court Rules Against Youths in Climate Change Lawsuit

The Alaska Supreme Court upheld the dismissal of a lawsuit filed by 16 young Alaskans who claimed long-term effects of climate change...
 

BP Fined $100K for Washington Pipeline Gasoline Spills

The Washington Department of Ecology is penalizing British Petroleum $100,000 for two Olympic Pipeline gasoline spills in a Seattle...
 

Washington Contractor Fined $248K After Worker Fell to Death from Bridge

A Bellingham, Washington, construction company is facing nearly $284,000 in fines for not ensuring safeguards were in place to keep...
 

People Moves: Alliant's Caterino on Nevada Agent Advisory Council; Venbrook in California Names Reddy Chief Human Resources Officer

Karen Caterino, senior vice president of Alliant Insurance Services, has been appointed to serve as a member of the Nevada Division of...
 
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International & Reinsurance

 

Crypto Exchange Binance Builds $1B Insurance Fund After Industry's Recent Hacks

Binance Holdings Ltd. has built up a $1 billion insurance fund for its users amid a barrage of hacks on cryptocurrency trading platforms,...
 

Hackers Seize $80M of Digital Assets From Qubit in Latest DeFi Attack

More than $80 million of digital assets were swiped from a decentralized finance platform in the latest hack of cryptocurrency trading...
 

First Online M&A Insurance Marketplace Launches in Australia

io.insure, the world's first online mergers and acquisitions (M&A) insurance marketplace for small and medium-sized business (SME)...
 

Insurtech Descartes Underwriting Raises $120M to Expand Parametric Product Offering

Descartes Underwriting, the insurtech company that specializes in parametric natural catastrophe products, has announced a $120 million...
 

Officials of AstraZeneca China Summoned About Probe of Suspected Insurance Fraud

Chinese authorities summoned officials of AstraZeneca China regarding an investigation of suspected medical insurance fraud by the...
 

Berkshire's, SoftBank's Early Investments in India's Paytm Sour After Stock Rout

The collapse in the shares of Paytm following India's largest initial public offering is proving an expensive lesson for the firm's early...
 
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Insurance Journal Blogs and Columns

 

3 Reasons Insurance Professionals Should Read "Pay Up"

There is definitely one thing that you could accurately accuse me of, being behind in my reading. There is a bookshelf across from my...
 

One Simple Word

Help It's a simple but profound word. It indicates that you recognize that there is something in your path that exceeds your skills,...
 

5 Information Security Best Practices for the Insurance Industry

This post is part of a series sponsored by AgentSync. Compared to 20 years ago, modern business professionals are living the good life....
 
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Research and Webinars

 
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Influence Restoration Services for Better Results

Your response to a client's disaster is the key to customer satisfaction, retention, and referrals.  Playing a role in your...
 
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Small Business Safety and Health Handbook

Small business owners want to ensure their workers go home safe and healthy at the end of the day. However, small businesses...
 
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2021 Warranty Survey Report

The Warranty Survey report takes a deeper dive into data, such as: Who is most likely to have purchased an extended warranty in...
 
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The Connected Insurance Agent Advantage

Discover how agents can use modern communication tools to personalize their experience at scale. As the face of insurance...
 
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4 Agents Share Success Moving Out of Their Comfort Zones

Independent agents and dedicated agents looking to transition to an independent career have a lot to contemplate when...
 
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Insurance Journal TV

 
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EP. 40: EPL Challenges for Cannabis Include High Turnover

Employment practices liability is tough across pretty much all industries. As cannabis...
 
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EP. 39: Expert Says Cannabis Insurance Rates for Cyber, EPL, Property to Rise in 2022

A survey of 200-plus cannabis insurance-focused professionals at one of the largest brokers in...
 
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