| | Today's Headlines | | | | July 5, 2022 |
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| | National | | | | Automation enhances industry, but it's harmful to the mental health of its human co-workers. A University of Pittsburgh study suggests... | | | | For the first time since the devastating U.S. hurricanes of 2004 and 2005, property-catastrophe capacity contracted during the June/July... | | | | MarketScout said commercial property/casualty rates in the U.S. during the second quarter 2022 were about the same as the first quarter,... | | | | Physicians Mutual Launches Pet Insurance Physicians Mutual has launched pet insurance for dogs and cats. Physicians Mutual Pet is the... | | | | The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday curtailed the Environmental Protection Agency's ability to restrict greenhouse gas emissions from... | | | | Betterview Analytics Now Offered via OneShield Property data firm Betterview, which serves property/casualty insurance companies, is now... | | | | Insurance regulation in the United States is overly complicated, unreasonably difficult, and at times it's totally politically motivated... | | |  The pandemic has led to a rise in mental health-related workers’ comp claims for first responders, according to Safety National’s... | | |  When a cognitive bias expert gave the keynote address at a Casualty Actuarial Society meeting in May, he called... | | | | More National News » |
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| | East | | | | FBI, Homeland Security and New York police officials have charged nine defendants including gang members with a violent racketeering and... | | | | New York lawmakers approved a sweeping overhaul Friday of the state's handgun licensing rules, seeking to preserve some limits on... | | | | FALLS CHURCH, Va. -- A pair of lawsuits that for years has plagued Virginia's largest school system with allegations that it ignored... | | | | More East News » |
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| | Midwest | | | | The first lawsuits have been filed only days after an Amtrak train collision and derailment in rural Missouri that left four people dead... | | | | Marsh & McLennan Agency LLC acquired CS Insurance Strategies, full-service insurance broker based in Chicago. CS Insurance Strategies was... | | | | The family of an 11-year old boy who died on a water ride at an Iowa amusement park a year ago filed a wrongful death lawsuit in state... | | | | More Midwest News » |
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| | Southeast | | | | Insurers might say this one falls in the category of "no good deed goes unpunished." In a workers' compensation decision published today,... | | | | Major U.S. drug distributors McKesson Corp., AmerisourceBergen Corp., and Cardinal Health Inc. are not responsible for fueling an opioid... | | | | The surcharge for Florida's Workers' Compensation Administration Trust Fund and for the second-injury fund will remain the same for 2023... | | | | A federal court in Georgia has refused to dismiss a construction company from a lawsuit over wetlands violations, even though the company... | | | | More Southeast News » |
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| | South Central | | | | The Austin, Texas fire department reported at least 90 fires the night of July 4th in spite of a fireworks ban ordered by Austin and... | | | | A federal workplace safety investigation found that a temporary worker suffered serious injuries on Jan. 3, 2022, after being struck by a... | | | | The Gray Insurance Company Names Borne "Paul" Boudreaux, III as President The Gray Insurance Company announced that Borne "Paul"... | | | | More South Central News » |
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| | West | | | | Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. acquired La Mesa, Calif.-based Wrightman, Inc., doing business as Surety Associates of Southern California... | | | | California Gov. Gavin Newsom proclaimed states of emergency in Santa Barbara and Monterey counties on Friday to help the process of... | | | | Cybersecurity experts say the California Department of Justice apparently failed to follow basic security procedures on its website,... | | | | San Diego County will pay $8.1 million to the family of an unarmed man who was shot in the back by a sheriff's deputy after he jumped out... | | | | More West News » |
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| | International & Reinsurance | | | | A handful of shipowners still willing to transport Russian crude are reaping big rewards on at least one route as others shun the trade.... | | | | Thousands of people on the outskirts of Sydney were told to leave their homes or prepare to evacuate as days of torrential rain leads to... | | | | Chinese search and rescue officials pulled 12 bodies on Monday from waters southwest of Hong Kong after an engineering vessel snapped in... | | | | MELBOURNE -- Torrential rain is lashing Australia's southeast coast, forcing thousands of people from their homes because of the danger... | | | | ROME - An Italian court has thrown out requests to unfreeze billionaire Alexey Mordashov's yacht which was seized by the police as part... | | | | Twenty-one crew members remain aboard a bulk carrier which lost power in turbulent waters near Sydney, after overnight rescue attempts... | | | | Howden, the London-based insurance broker, announced the acquisition of Wallace McLean, which further strengthens its local expertise and... | | | | | | | | | | | | More International & Reinsurance News » |
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| | Insurance Journal Blogs and Columns | | | | It's no secret. The leading cause of an agency errors and omissions claim continues to be "failure to procure coverage." But that's not... | | | | New York, Miami, Tampa and New Orleans are the metro areas with the most single-family homes at risk of heavy damage from storm surge... | | | | Arturo released its inaugural report "Hurricane Exposure: The State of Gulf Homes" that analyzes more than 17 million homes across the... | | | | Some Oregon business groups are suing over the state's new job site rules mandating that employers take steps to protect workers from... | | | | More Blogs » |
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| | Research and Webinars | | |  | How can insurance companies use online face verification as part of their digital transformation strategies? Download our report... | | |  | Increasing numbers of new agency owners, existing independents, and former captive agents are looking to join agency networks to... | | |  | During the pandemic, Cake & Arrow conducted qualitative research with hundreds of gig workers and small business owners to... | | |  | Data and analytics not only help develop preventative safety measures, but predictive safety measures as well. See how leading... | | |  | AgentSync's Guide to the Price of "Business as Usual" in the Insurance Industry When an insurance organization considers adding... | | | | More research and webinars » |
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| | Insurance Journal TV | | |  | The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration declared in an April memo that cannabis seeds that... | | |  | A lot has changed in the world of automation since Apple first launched its virtual assistant,... | | | | Watch more videos at InsuranceJournal.tv » |
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