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April 5, 2022
 
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National

 

$14M Jury Award for Protesters Comes As Other Cities Face Similar Policing Lawsuits

A federal jury's $14 million award to Denver protesters hit with pepper balls and a bag filled with lead during 2020 demonstrations over...
 

U.S. Supply-Chain Pressures Soar to a Record, Index Shows

A measure of U.S. supply-chain pressures rose to a record, adding to already stiff inflationary headwinds from logistics amid dwindling...
 

Solar Storm to Hit Earth, Prompting Monitoring by Airlines, Electric Grid Operators

A solar storm will sweep across the Earth Wednesday night, raising prospects of dazzling Northern Lights visible as far south as Chicago...
 

Biden Touts Importance of U.S. Trucking

President Joe Biden on Monday touted the importance of the U.S. trucking industry especially during the COVID-19 pandemic as the...
 

Insurance Technology: Certificate Hero and TNEDICCA Attract Investors

Certificate Hero Raises $4.5 Million for Certificate of Insurance Processing Platform Certificate Hero, a platform for issuing and...
 

Property Catastrophe Reinsurers Show Greater Risk Appetites as Price Hikes Continue

Reinsurers have boosted their 2022 probable maximum loss (PML) exposures as higher prices continues to attract more capital to...
 

Small Business Revolution

Optimism, Resiliency Open New Doors for Sector Sector Buoyed by Record Start-Ups, Pandemic Resiliency The global pandemic, economic...
 

3 Myths About Online Customer Acquisition Held by Independent Agency Carriers

Even as consumers continue to navigate toward online shopping channels, many independent agent carriers have hesitated...
 
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East

 

10 Startup Tech Firms Qualify for New York's Innovation Lab 2022

Ten emerging technology companies have been selected to participate in the 2022 FinTech Innovation Lab New York, setting them up for a...
 

Massachusetts Firms Owe Treble Damages for Delayed Wages, State's High Court Says

Massachusetts law requires that an employer who is late with wage payments to a fired employee must pay three times the late wages and...
 

Delaware Man With 9 DUI Arrests Charged With Number 10

A Delaware man has been arrested and charged drunken driving for the 10th time, state police said. Authorities said 54-year old Charles...
 

Police Investigate Allegations of Women's Rugby Team Hazing at Vermont University

Police in Vermont are investigating allegations of hazing involving the women's rugby team at Norwich University, authorities said....
 
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Midwest

 

Lawsuit Over Iowa Beef Farm in Trout Stream Watershed May Proceed

A state court judge said environmental groups may proceed with a lawsuit seeking to halt expansion of a cattle farm in northeast Iowa...
 

Lawmakers Probing Amazon Labor Practices Following Illinois Tornado Deaths

The U.S. House Oversight Committee is opening an investigation into Amazon.com's labor practices during extreme weather events, following...
 

Appeals Court Upholds $25M Judgment Against College in Ohio

An Ohio appeals court has upheld a $25 million judgment for a business that successfully claimed it was libeled by Oberlin College in the...
 

Workers Hurt When Building Collapses in Indiana

A building under construction collapsed, injuring at least two construction workers, authorities said. The building was under...
 

Minnesota Lawmakers Reach Deal to Extend Reinsurance Program

Legislative leaders announced a bipartisan deal to extend Minnesota's health care reinsurance program, beating a deadline by one day in a...
 
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Southeast

 

Crist Slams DeSantis on Insurance Crisis, But Offers No Details on His Own Plan

In one of the first mentions of the Florida property insurance crisis as a campaign issue, U.S. Rep. Charlie Crist spoke out against what...
 

Alabama, Georgia Lawmakers Make Uber, Grubhub Drivers Independent Contractors

Alabama and Georgia are poised to join the ranks of those states making it clear that drivers for Uber, Lyft, Grubhub and other delivery...
 

Georgia Jury Grants $2M to Daughter of Street Sweeper Driver Crushed by Machine

Four years after the operator of a street sweeper was crushed by the machine, a Georgia jury has awarded the man's family $2.2 million in...
 

2nd Miami Beach Condo Evacuated After Inspection, Deemed Unsound

Dozens of residents of a five-story condominium in North Miami Beach were ordered to evacuate the building Monday after engineers found...
 
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South Central

 

Arkansas Supreme Court Rules for Appellant in Elapsed Time Workers' Comp Case

The Supreme Court of Arkansas has reversed and remanded a decision in an appeal of the Arkansas Workers' Compensation Commission's denial...
 

Lawsuit Settled in Texas Child's Brain-Eating Amoeba Death

A Texas city has settled a lawsuit with the parents of a 3-year-old boy who died last September after being infected with a rare...
 

$86M in Safety Upgrades Completed in Louisiana Parish

Louisiana's largest power utility says it has completed $86 million in transmission system improvements in a small part of the wide area...
 
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West

 

$14M Jury Award for Protesters Comes As Other Cities Face Similar Policing Lawsuits

A federal jury's $14 million award to Denver protesters hit with pepper balls and a bag filled with lead during 2020 demonstrations over...
 

Idaho Governor Vetoes Bill Banning Business Vaccine Requirements

Idaho Gov. Brad Little has vetoed legislation that would make it illegal for most businesses to require the coronavirus vaccine. "I am...
 

Lawsuit Alleges Power Line Sparked Colorado Wildfire

The first lawsuit filed in connection with a wildfire that destroyed over 1,000 homes and other buildings in suburban Denver claims that...
 

People Moves: Alliant Promotes Arkley to President of Retail P/C Operations; Thune Lindberg Named Vice President

Alliant Insurance Services promoted Peter Arkley to president of its retail property/casualty operations. Arkley will lead Alliant's...
 
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International & Reinsurance

 

Solar Storm to Hit Earth, Prompting Monitoring by Airlines, Electric Grid Operators

A solar storm will sweep across the Earth Wednesday night, raising prospects of dazzling Northern Lights visible as far south as Chicago...
 

Global Insurers Want to Increase Private Equity Investments, as Inflation Hits Portfolios

Insurers want to put more money into private equity this year as they contend with rising inflation and its effects on monetary policy, a...
 

Reinsurers to Bear Brunt of Australia Flood Claims: AM Best

The majority of gross losses from recent devastating flooding in Australia likely will be borne by reinsurers with limited impact on...
 

New Global Standard Setter for Corporate Sustainability Drafts 1st Guidelines

A new global standard setter for company sustainability reporting set out its first draft guidelines on Thursday [March 31], entering a...
 

British Police, Probing Lapsus$ Hackers, Charge 2 Teenagers With Cyber Offenses

The City of London police, which has been investigating the Lapsus$ hacking group, said on Friday it had charged two teenagers with cyber...
 

Gallagher Bassett International Acquires UK-Based Claims Settlement Agencies Ltd.

Claims services provider Gallagher Bassett (GB) International has boosted its size and offering in the United Kingdom by acquiring...
 

Canada's StoneRidge Insurance Brokers Buys Generations Insurance Inc.

Canada'a SIB Corp., operating as StoneRidge Insurance Brokers (SIB), an independent provider of insurance and consulting service, has...
 

People Moves: Beazley Names Head of Cyber Services - Int'l; RenaissanceRe Appoints Senior ESG, Climate Roles; Barr Joins Miller's Specialist Credit and Political Risks Team

This edition of International People Moves details appointments at re/insurers Beazley and RenaissanceRe Holdings, as well as insurance...
 
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Navigating a Sea of Uncertainty: 5 Reasons to Select a Cargo Policy

Port accumulation and trans-shipment delays. Extreme weather events. Fires at sea. These are just a few interconnected yet...
 
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Amidst a Widespread Microchip Shortage, Real-Time Insurance Reporting is a Must

Entering into another year of unpredictability in the global supply chain, the shortage of automobile semiconductor chips —...
 
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It's Shaping Up to Be the Best E&S Lines Market in U.S. History

It's shaping up to be the best E&S lines market in U.S. history. Are you realizing the benefits? In this whitepaper, we'll...
 
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2022 Guide to Cyber Markets

This guide provides a platform for markets to quickly share information like carrier info, geographic availability, limits and...
 
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Wasting time on repetitive producer management tasks is limiting your ability to grow quickly. Read this whitepaper from...
 
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