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| National | | General Motors Co. plans to offer subscriptions for its Onstar Guardian security services to anyone in the United States or Canada who... | | The expectation that hundreds of so-called zombie companies will fail over the next few years and drag on the economy is among the major... | | The U.S. recovered almost all the Bitcoin ransom paid to the perpetrators of the cyber attack on Colonial Pipeline Co. last month in a... | | A group of 50 investors managing more than $4.5 trillion in assets is calling on companies involved in the development and use of facial... | | Computer scientist Lynne Parker made breakthroughs in getting robots to work together so they could perform difficult missions, like... | | Amazon's billionaire founder Jeff Bezos said on Monday he and his brother Mark will fly on the first crewed space flight from his rocket... | | Falcon Risk Holdings is the name of a new managing general agency formed by Griffin Highline Capital, HDI Global Specialty SE and Craig... | | Despite a slight improvement in net income in 2020, U.S. medical professional liability (MPL) insurers saw their sixth consecutive year of... | | Late last week, federal lawmakers requested information from Chicago-based insurer CNA about a March 21 cyber attack on... | | More National News » |
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| East | | The National Rifle Association has dropped a lawsuit accusing New York's attorney general of suing the gun rights group last year out of... | | Three priests have been placed on leave in response to claims in a lawsuit filed last month that they sexually abused a boy in the 1990s,... | | Ascot Appoints Lillegard as Group Chief Actuary Ascot has appointed Matthew Lillegard as group chief actuary. He will be responsible for... | | More East News » |
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| Midwest | | A Wisconsin grain facility faces 14 workplace safety violation citations and more than $676,000 in penalties following the death of a... | | Wholesale insurance broker and managing general agent, Scottish American, has acquired Fastcomp of Boston Heights, Ohio. Terms of the... | | A company based in the Cincinnati, Ohio-area will pay $22,500 to settle a federal sexual harassment and retaliation suit. The U.S. Equal... | | More Midwest News » |
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| Southeast | | Attorneys who are hired by insurance carriers to defend policyholders from lawsuits have a duty to represent the insured, but the insurer... | | KIAWAH ISLAND, S.C. -- Developers planning to build homes on a sand spit south of Charleston, South Carolina are facing another setback... | | Federal investigators are offering $2,500 rewards for tips leading to people who set fires inside Walmart stores in Alabama and... | | Investment firm PEAK6 announced that its insurance operations subsidiary, PEAK6 InsurTech, will acquire Team Focus Insurance Group, a... | | More Southeast News » |
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| South Central | | Two Arkansas physicians were sentenced in late May to a combined 150 months in federal prison for distributing pain medicines without a... | | An average "dead zone" is likely in the Gulf of Mexico, where a large area of water holding too little oxygen to keep marine animals... | | Texas businesses that require customers to be vaccinated against COVID-19 will be denied state contracts and could lose their licenses or... | | More South Central News » |
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| West | | Hub International Ltd. has acquired the assets of EnterMedicare Inc. in Los Angeles, Calif. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Dennis... | | The Washington state Department of Corrections has agreed to pay $3.25 million to the family of a man who died at Monroe Correctional... | | Authorities suspect an arsonist set a wooden roller coaster on fire in an overnight blaze at a northern Idaho theme park. The Kootenai... | | Cate Havstad-Casad, co-owner of Havstad-Casad Family Farms in Jefferson County, didn't hold back last week while speaking on a Zoom call... | | San Diego, Calif.-based ICW Group Insurance Cos. has named Nicole Rathsam senior vice president, chief financial officer. Rathsam will... | | More West News » |
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| International & Reinsurance | | The expectation that hundreds of so-called zombie companies will fail over the next few years and drag on the economy is among the major... | | Contaminants released from the wreckage of a container ship off the coast of Sri Lanka could be dragged thousands of kilometers by ocean... | | The Bank of England on Tuesday set out its first comprehensive stress test of the ability of the British financial system to cope with... | | MILAN - Italian insurer Cattolica said on Monday it had decided to delay a planned 200 million euro ($244 million) cash call to give its... | | The total cost faced by the global insurance industry to implement IFRS 17 is estimated to be in the range of US$15 billion-$20 billion,... | | Lloyd's insurer Argo Group has decided to stop insuring Canada's Trans Mountain tar sands pipeline when its current insurance policy... | | SINGAPORE - Half of the roughly 20 tropical cyclones expected to form in the western Pacific Ocean through September this year are... | | More International & Reinsurance News » |
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| Insurance Journal Blogs and Columns | | The bills for the Biden administration's multi-trillion dollar American Jobs and American Families plans are expected to be footed by... | | This post is part of a series sponsored by Old Republic Surety. If you're an independent agent with construction contractor clients,... | | More Blogs » |
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| Research and Webinars | | | Discover forward-thinking approaches to address the emerging risks challenging your nonprofit clients and prospects. Nonprofits... | | | With today's expanding technology and issues surrounding audits, cybersecurity, regulatory & tax reform challenges as well... | | | For brokers to successfully tap into cannabis-related business opportunities and ensure their clients have the right coverage, a... | | | Video and telematics technology can be a significant benefit to your clients. Understanding the true value of technology... | | | Loss control is one of the most underutilized services by agents and brokers in the commercial auto industry. Understanding... | | More research and webinars » |
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| Insurance Journal TV | | | Cyber experts are saying that the Colonial Pipeline attack, in which ransomware took down... | | | It was a busy legislative session for the Florida Office of Insurance Regulation, with... | | Watch more videos at InsuranceJournal.tv » |
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