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May 12, 2022
 
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National

 

U.S. Cities Are Backing Off Banning Facial Recognition as Crime Rises

Facial recognition is making a comeback in the United States as bans to thwart the technology and curb racial bias in policing come under...
 

Airbnb Beefing Up Guest Services With Satisfaction Guarantees, AirCover Protection

Wednesday morning Airbnb Inc. revealed what it's calling its "biggest change in a decade." Beyond modifications to its user interface and...
 

Vehicles With Assisted Driving Systems Struggle With Collision Tests: AAA

Assisted driving systems installed in Tesla Inc., Hyundai Motor Co. and Subaru Corp. vehicles failed to avoid head-on collisions in...
 

Creaky U.S. Power Grid Threatens Progress on Renewables, EVs

After decades of struggle, the U.S. clean-energy business is booming, with soaring electric-car sales and fast growth in wind and solar...
 

Tesla Fails to Block Its First Jury Trial Over Fatal Crash

Tesla Inc. can't escape a trial over claims the automaker is responsible for the death of a Florida teenager who crashed a Model S into a...
 

Markets/Coverages: Marsh Renewable Energy; Main Street Farm; Munich Re Surety; Skyward Crane & Rigging; Draftrs Professional Liability

Marsh Launches Renewable Energy Facility Insurance broker Marsh announced the launch of a renewable energy facility that provides...
 

Drones in Agriculture and More

Drones have become big business in the world of aviation. Today, drones represent the fastest-growing segment in transportation, with more...
 

Why Direct Carriers Do Better During Inflationary Periods

We've entered an inflationary environment, and a significant one at that. The Consumer Price Index (CPI), which has been...
 
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East

 

COVID-19 Orders Not an Excuse for Business to Skip Rent, Connecticut Court Rules

Connecticut's Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that executive orders issued by Gov. Ned Lamont affecting restaurants during the COVID-19...
 

Rhode Island High Court Revisits Exception to Workers' Comp 'Going-and-Coming' Rule

The Rhode Island Supreme Court recently revisited the "going-and-coming" rule that generally excludes workers' compensation benefits...
 

Choice Financial Buys Pensylvania's Fonner Insurance

Choice Financial Group reported that it has acquired property/casualty insurance agency Fonner Insurance Associates in Abington,...
 
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Midwest

 

Iowa's First MainStreet Adds 3 Agency Partners

First MainStreet Insurance L.C. (FMSI), an affiliate of TrueNorth Companies L.C., added three new agency partners. L.B. Anderson Agency...
 

Black Female Officers Sue Kansas City Police Department

Two Black female police officers allege in separate lawsuits that they were subjected to discrimination, retaliation and a hostile work...
 
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Insurance Jobs

 

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Southeast

 

Surfside Condo Families and Survivors Reach $1B Settlement with Insurers, Others

Families of the 98 victims of the 2021 condominium collapse near Miami Beach, along with injured survivors, could split hundreds of...
 

Florida Restaurants Go Hungry in Federal, State COVID Suits vs. Lloyd's

Florida restaurants have had little success in recent lawsuits against Lloyd's of London over insurance coverage for shutdowns during the...
 
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South Central

 

Prosecutors Skeptical of Successful Suit in Ronald Greene Suit

Three years ago, when a beaten and bloody Ronald Greene drew his final breath on a rural roadside, his death in Louisiana State Police...
 

OSHA Warns South Central Employers Not to Ignore Heat Dangers

As temperatures rise in Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma and Texas, the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health...
 

BXS Insurance Acquires Texas' Wall 2 Wall

BXS Insurance, Inc. (BXSI), a subsidiary of Cadence Bank acquired the assets of Wall 2 Wall Benefit Services (Wall 2 Wall) which is...
 
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West

 

Takeaways from Our Conversation with Cannabis Data Chief

Global cannabis sales for 2022 will reach just over $35 billion, and will almost double that in the next few years - and with newly legal...
 

Los Angeles Mayor 'Likely Knew' About Alleged Sex Harassment, Probe Shows

A top Senate Republican released an investigation that concluded Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti "likely knew or should have known" that...
 

California Fire Destroys Mansions; New Mexico Wildfire Grows

The largest wildfire in the U.S. was spreading toward mountain resort towns in northern New Mexico, prompting officials to issue another...
 

California Water Use Up Dramatically Amid Worsening Drought

California's water use jumped dramatically in March, state officials said Tuesday, as one of the driest stretches on record prompted a...
 

Deadly Hawaii Helicopter Crash Was '100% Preventable'

Federal investigators blamed a deadly 2019 helicopter crash in Hawaii on the pilot's decision to keep flying into worsening weather, and...
 
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International & Reinsurance

 

Sexism in Financial Services Has Gotten Worse, Says Aviva CEO Amanda Blanc

Aviva Plc Chief Executive Officer Amanda Blanc said that the sexism she encounters has worsened as she has risen through the ranks in...
 

Russia's War With Ukraine Must Not Derail Climate Action: Envoys Warn

The world needs to speed up decarbonization and not let a focus on energy security in the wake of Russia's invasion of Ukraine derail the...
 

Extreme Weather Threatens Global Wheat Crops - With One Notable Exception

As Russia's invasion chokes off Ukrainian wheat exports, pushing up bread and noodle prices, the global harvest faces an added test:...
 

Howden Acquires Singapore-Based AEGIS Insurance Agencies

Howden Insurance Brokers (Singapore) Pte Ltd., the international insurance broker and subsidiary of Howden, announced it has acquired the...
 

BMS Launches Operations in New Zealand

BMS, the London-based independent insurance and reinsurance broker, announced it has commenced operations in New Zealand, with the launch...
 

People Moves: Canopius CUO Duffy to Retire Next Year; AXA XL Promotes Baker to Head of Construction, UK & Lloyd's

Canopius CUO Duffy to Retire Next Year Canopius Group, the London-based global specialty re/insurer, announced that, after nearly 17...
 
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Insurance Journal Blogs and Columns

 

Florida's Failing Insurers - Who's Next?

Florida's homeowners insurance market is in a perilous, precarious position. Florida has not been struck by a hurricane since 2018, yet...
 

180 Days: Not a Reporting Deadline

Departments of Insurance exist, in part, to protect consumers from improper actions by insurance carriers. One of these actions is...
 

It's Demolition Time: Tear Down Your Information and Workflow Silos

This post is part of a series sponsored by AgentSync. Data and workflow silos are costing your insurance business time, money, and good...
 

Obtaining a Carrier Appointment as a New Insurance Agency

This post is part of a series sponsored by AgentSync. If you're just starting out as a small agency, as a firm or IMO, you may at first...
 
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Research and Webinars

 
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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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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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How the "Work" in Workers' Comp Is Changing

The Great Resignation. Labor shortages. Remote work. How are today's workplace trends affecting workers' compensation? Join us...
 
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Automate Away the Tedious Parts of Producer Management

Wasting time on repetitive producer management tasks is limiting your ability to grow quickly. Read this whitepaper from...
 
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Calling All Retail Agents Providing Collision, DOL, or Physical Damage Insurance: This Research Is for You

Entering into another year of unpredictability in the global supply chain, the shortage of automobile semiconductor chips —...
 
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EP. 37: Riding the Wave of InsurTech 3.0: What It Takes to Not Just Survive, But Thrive

As the InsurTech industry approaches the next wave of innovation, experts say this could mean...
 
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EP. 47: Cannabis Data Chief on Industry Growth, Opportunities

The cannabis business is big bucks. Global cannabis sales for 2022 will reach just over $35...
 
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