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May 17, 2022
 
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National

 

U.S. Traffic Deaths Jump 10.5% in 2021 to Highest Number Since 2005

U.S. traffic deaths jumped 10.5% in 2021 to 42,915 - the highest number killed on American roads in a single-year since 2005, U.S....
 

Climate Change Is Hurting Insurance Industry: Report

Climate change is hurting the insurance industry and only 8% of insurers are preparing adequately for its impact, consultants Capgemini...
 

Hacker Shows Off a Way to Unlock Tesla Models, Start Cars

Tesla Inc. customers might love the carmakers' nifty keyless entry system, but one cybersecurity researcher has demonstrated how the same...
 

Buttigieg Sends $5 Billion to Cities for Safety as Road Deaths Soar

With upcoming data showing traffic deaths soaring, the Biden administration is steering $5 billion in federal aid to cities and...
 

Businesses See Cyber Attacks as Biggest Threat - Ahead of Pandemic, Economy: Survey

Cyber attacks are now seen as the dominant risk for many businesses - ahead of the pandemic, economic downturn, skills shortages and...
 

U.S. SEC Chair Says Much to Be Done to Protect Crypto Investors

Cryptocurrency assets are highly speculative and investors in them need more protections or they could lose trust in the markets, Gary...
 

Are APIs the Golden Ticket to Seamless Connectivity in Insurance?

The agent portal used to be the epitome of a great tech-enabled relationship between carriers and agents. But then...
 
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East

 

How Sunken Boat Insurance Claim Factors Into Vermont Murder Case

A boat insurance claim denial and fraud investigation have surfaced as integral pieces of the murder case being brought against a...
 

Judge Advances Suit Alleging Virginia Police Officers Protected Sex Traffickers

A federal judge ruled Wednesday that a lawsuit against two former police officers accused of protecting a sex trafficking ring in...
 

Firefighters Battle Large Forest Fire in White Mountains in New Hampshire

BARTLETT, N.H. -- Firefighters in New Hampshire are battling a large forest fire that burned hundreds of acres in the White Mountains...
 
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Midwest

 

Kansas Court: More Fact-Finding Required in Air Ambulance Case

Federal law may prohibit states from regulating prices charged to insurers by air ambulance providers, but that doesn't absolve the...
 

Wisconsin Corn Mill Officials Indicted For 2017 Fatal Explosion

A federal grand jury has indicted the operator and six management officials of a Cambria, Wisconsin corn mill - where a May 31, 2017,...
 

Liberty Partners With Ohio's Roger Smith

The Liberty Company Insurance Brokers formed a recent partnership with Roger Smith Insurance Agency of Tiffin, Ohio. Founded in 1987 by...
 
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Insurance Jobs

 

Business Development Representative (InsurTech) - DataCrest, Inc. - Remote

 

Product Analyst - Coverys - Boston, MA; East Lansing, MI; Omaha, NE or Remote

 

Insurance Broker Property and Casualty - Undisclosed - Nassau County, NY

 

Assistant Deputy Superintendent for the Property Bureau - Department of Financial Services - One State Street, New York City

 

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Southeast

 

Florida Law Requires Post-Mortem on Insolvent Insurers, But Few Reports Available

Florida regulators are required to perform post-mortem analyses on failed insurance companies, but few of the reports have been completed...
 

Sunshine State Could See Higher Risk of Property-Destroying Wildfires

Perhaps the rain from hurricanes can help extinguish the wildfires. That may be the only silver lining to computer modeling reports...
 

Video of Carolina Beach House Collapsing into Sea Continues to Go Viral

A video of a beach house being swallowed by the sea on North Carolina's Outer Banks continues to go viral, drawing new attention to the...
 

Three More Florida Insurers Asking for Big Rate Hikes at Hearings Today

The Florida Office of Insurance Regulation is holding hearings today on major rate increases from three more property insurers, Florida...
 
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South Central

 

BP Oil Spill Settlement Goes Towards Louisiana Shoreline Construction

Louisiana has begun construction of a $67 million project to create miles (kilometers) of oyster reefs to protect the shoreline in a New...
 

Ex-Louisiana Police Boss Faces Contempt in Ronald Greene Probe

Lawmakers investigating the deadly arrest of Black motorist Ronald Greene voted unanimously last week to hold the former head of the...
 
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West

 

Idaho Announces $119M Opioid Crisis Settlement

Idaho officials announced a $119 million settlement with drugmaker Johnson & Johnson and three major distributors over their role in the...
 

Rain Brings Relief to Massive New Mexico Wildfire

Lightning sparked a few new small fires in the drought-stricken Southwest Monday but the thunderstorms brought welcome rain to the...
 

Workers' Comp Claims from 10 Years of Legal Cannabis in Colorado Reveal a Boring Trend

Data on injured workers from the nation's most mature adult-use cannabis market is pretty boring. No excessive claims resulting from...
 
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International & Reinsurance

 

Allianz to Pay Over $6B for Structured Alpha Fraud, Former Fund Manager Indicted

Germany's Allianz SE agreed to pay more than $6 billion and its U.S. asset management unit will plead guilty to criminal securities fraud...
 

Climate Change Is Hurting Insurance Industry: Report

Climate change is hurting the insurance industry and only 8% of insurers are preparing adequately for its impact, consultants Capgemini...
 

Businesses See Cyber Attacks as Biggest Threat - Ahead of Pandemic, Economy: Survey

Cyber attacks are now seen as the dominant risk for many businesses - ahead of the pandemic, economic downturn, skills shortages and...
 

UK Investigates Source of Monkeypox Cases

Four more cases of monkeypox have been identified in Britain, bringing the total to seven, according to the UK Health Security Agency....
 

India's LIC Shares Slump After Record, but Disappointing, IPO

Shares in Life Insurance Corp. of India (LIC) slid 6% in their market debut on Tuesday, a fresh setback for the state-owned giant after...
 

People Moves: Liberty Mutual Re Hires AXA XL's Sharman for Casualty Re; SiriusPoint Taps AXA XL's Pascall as Head of London and Int'l Casualty

This edition of International People Moves details appointments at Liberty Mutual Re and SiriusPoint. A summary of these new hires...
 
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Research and Webinars

 
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The Power of a Network Partnership for Independent Agents

Increasing numbers of new agency owners, existing independents, and former captive agents are looking to join agency networks to...
 
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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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Streamline Producer Management Through Smart Integrations

Wasting time on repetitive producer management tasks is limiting your ability to grow quickly. Read this whitepaper from...
 
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There's a Microchip Shortage. What Now?

Entering into another year of unpredictability in the global supply chain, the shortage of automobile semiconductor chips —...
 
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Beyond Burnout-Redefining a New Era in the Work Place

In a new report, Beyond Burnout—Redefining a New Era in the Work Place, Cake & Arrow gets to the heart of how people's...
 
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The cannabis business is big bucks. Global cannabis sales for 2022 will reach just over $35...
 
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