| | Today's Headlines | | | | August 19, 2021 | | | | Today's Headline Sponsor: SIAA |
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| | National | | | | Insurance brokerage competitors Willis Towers Watson and Alliant Insurance Services are battling in court over what Willis alleges is a... | | | | A year and a half after the Boy Scouts of America sought bankruptcy protection amid an onslaught of child sex abuse lawsuits, a Delaware... | | | | President Joe Biden said on Wednesday his administration will require employees at nursing homes to be vaccinated against COVID-19 as a... | | | | Former Purdue Pharma President Richard Sackler said on Wednesday that his family's reign over the OxyContin maker did not contribute to... | | | | U.S. states are racing to meet a deadline to commit to a $26 billion opioid settlement with three drug distributors and the drugmaker... | | | | TechAssure has announced a partnership with RiskAnalytics and ICE Cybersecurity to launch an exclusive cyber insurance option called The... | | | | Catastrophe bonds broke a record during the first half of the year with about $8.5 billion of new securities issued, according to a... | | | | Catastrophe bonds broke a record during the first half of the year with about $8.5 billion of new securities issued, according to a report... | | | | Insurance can be a tough sell. It's convoluted, related to a future risk that's hard to imagine, expensive and seemingly... | | | | More National News » |
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| | East | | | | A New Jersey woman who killed her abusive ex-fiance can proceed with a lawsuit that claims her rights as a domestic violence victim were... | | | | Employees of the Massachusetts veterans' home at the center of a devastating COVID-19 outbreak in the spring of 2020 have sued several... | | | | Massachusetts' two largest utilities have asked to defer reimbursement payments for weather damage after a record amount of storms... | | | | More East News » |
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| | Midwest | | | | CNA CNA appointed Dieter Korte senior vice president, Middle Market. In this role, Korte will be responsible for profitability, growth,... | | | | A wildfire in the Superior National Forest of northeastern Minnesota has grown to 5 square miles (13 square kilometers) as hot, dry and... | | | | The family of one of the two men fatally shot during a demonstration against police violence in Kenosha, Wisconsin, has filed a federal... | | | | More Midwest News » |
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| | Southeast | | | | The South Carolina Supreme Court ruled that a mask mandate instituted by the University of South Carolina last month does not violate a... | | | | Former residents of the Surfside, Fla. collapsed condominium have filed a consolidated amended class action complaint against the... | | | | North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper has issued a State of Emergency in response to Tropical Storm Fred, which caused severe flood in the... | | | | More Southeast News » |
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| | South Central | | | | AM Best revised the outlooks to positive from stable and affirmed the Financial Strength Rating of A- (Excellent) and the Long-Term... | | | | Texas public safety officials said on Aug. 18 that an inspection of 6,288 commercial motor vehicles in the state resulted in more than... | | | | As the new school year begins for Texas students and mask mandates are debated in various state courts, at least four school districts... | | | | More South Central News » |
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| | West | | | | There are over 10,000 firefighters battling unprecedented blazes in California, but that isn't enough, and the state is having a hard... | | | | An Alaska school district agreed to pay $3.8 million to two children abused by a former principal who said school leaders had been "well... | | | | As temperatures recently reached triple digits, farmer Joe Del Bosque inspected the almonds in his parched orchard in California's... | | | | A federal judge has tossed most of the civil claims brought in a wrongful death lawsuit by the family of an Arizona rancher who served as... | | | | More West News » |
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| | International & Reinsurance | | | | The four largest European based reinsurers - Munich Re, Swiss Re, Hannover Re and SCOR - reported sharply higher profits in the first... | | | | Japanese cryptocurrency exchange Liquid said on Thursday it was hit by hackers in a theft estimated at more than $94 million, the latest... | | | | AMSTERDAM - Goldman Sachs said on Thursday it will buy Dutch insurer NN Group's asset management arm for around 1.7 billion euros ($1.98... | | | | A London court on Wednesday approved a 10 billion pound-plus ($14 billion-plus) class action against global payments processor Mastercard... | | | | Earthquakes have been wreaking havoc in Haiti since at least the 18th century, when the city of Port-au-Prince was destroyed twice in 19... | | | | Tokio Marine Insurance Singapore Ltd. (TMiS), a subsidiary of Tokio Marine Group, announced it was hit by a ransomware cyber attack. Upon... | | | | CCRIF SPC, the Cayman Islands-based parametric catastrophe facility, will pay approximately US$40 million to the government of Haiti,... | | | | Global insurance broker Marsh and global bank Citi said they have developed a risk mitigation structure to cover the risk associated with... | | | | It's been a momentous week for our understanding of the effects of greenhouse gas emissions. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate... | | | | More International & Reinsurance News » |
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| | Research and Webinars | | | | | We surveyed and interviewed independent agents from across the United States to understand the hurdles they face, the... | | | | | ReSource Pro offers five in-demand solutions for more unique business growth and profitability: Growth Solutions Policy... | | | | | It goes without saying, the last two years have not been easy. We have experienced some of the hardest market conditions most of... | | | | | Do you want to learn how to generate and convert more leads for your insurance agency? Your agency needs a prospecting strategy... | | | | | The 2021 P&C Market Outlook Executive Summary provides agents with a valuable breakdown of the price predictions for... | | | | More research and webinars » |
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| | Insurance Journal TV | | | | | "There are plaintiff's attorneys out there that are actively trolling for cases involving... | | | | | Sometimes, real life can be like the movies. At least, that's according to two ethical hackers... | | | | Watch more videos at InsuranceJournal.tv » |
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