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August 31, 2022
 
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National

 

Breaking Down Inflation's $30B Impact on Insurers Line By Line

Experts at McKinsey & Company estimate that inflation pushed loss costs for property/casualty insurers up roughly $30 billion last year,...
 

Reinsurers Adopt Divergent Strategies About Natural Catastrophe Exposures: S&P

The natural catastrophe business of global reinsurers has been reshaped by five years of higher-than-expected losses, which is leading...
 

Musk Looks to Delay Twitter Trial Following Whistleblower Claims

Elon Musk is seeking to delay until November a trial over his intention to back out of a $44 billion deal to buy Twitter Inc TWTR.N and...
 

Commercial Auto Insurtech Fairmatic Raises $42M

Insurtech Fairmatic, founded by Jonathan Matus, a former Android and Facebook mobile executive, announced a $42 million Series A funding...
 

FTC Accuses Data Broker of Selling Sensitive Location Data

Federal regulators have sued a data broker they accuse of selling sensitive geolocation data from millions of mobile devices, information...
 

People Moves: Senior Hires at Everest Wholesale Division; Zoidis New Atain CEO; Bohac Joins SIAA; B&B Adds 5 to Analytics Team

Everest Insurance Division Announces Key Leadership Appointments Everest Insurance, the Insurance division of Everest Re Group, Ltd., has...
 

Takeaways from Our Conversation with a Cannabis Investing Pro

Cannabis sales continue to rise, and states continue to legalize it. There may be a few clouds in the cannabis industry forecast, which...
 

Over 20 New E&S Entrants Reshaping Marketplace: RPS

Wholesale broker Risk Placement Services (RPS) said more than 20 new insurance companies and managing general agents have entered the excess...
 

5 Emerging Risks to Watch: Concurrent Weather Events, Electric Vehicles, Robots

In this edition, we highlight the possible effects of concurrent weather events on critical sectors, hacking...
 
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East

 

Hartford Insurance Loses Appeal of Loss of Consortium Claim It Labeled a 'Ploy'

Hartford Insurance Group has lost an appeal of a $1.45 million injury settlement between an injured employee and third parties where 60%...
 

Maryland High Court Revives Dental Malpractice Claim Over Tossed Testimony

A county judge improperly took sides when he threw out expert testimony and dismissed a medical malpractice case, Maryland's high court...
 

Hilb Group Acquires Cook & Co. in Massachusetts

Insurance broker The Hilb Group reports it has acquired Massachusetts-based Cook & Company Insurance Services in Hanover. Cook & Co....
 

Program Manager McNeil, New York Cannabis Industry Form Workers' Comp Group

Insurance program manager McNeil & Co. and the Cannabis Association of New York (CANY) are forming a workers' compensation safety group...
 
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Midwest

 

Severe Storms Blamed in 3 Deaths in Michigan, Ohio, Arkansas

Severe storms that brought damaging winds, heavy rains and flash flooding to parts of the Midwest and the South were blamed for the...
 

First MainStreet Adds Pair of Partner Agencies in Iowa

First MainStreet Insurance L.C. (FMSI), an affiliate of TrueNorth Companies L.C., announced it has added two Iowa-based partner agencies....
 

People Moves: Powers Adds 3 Members; Gardner Joins KAIA

Powers Insurance & Risk Management Hires Three New Team Members Powers Insurance & Risk Management, one of the largest family-owned and...
 

BenefitMall Acquires Iowa-Based Mutual Med

BenefitMall, a provider of next-generation broker services, announced the acquisition of Mutual Med, a Davenport, Iowa-based insurance...
 
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Southeast

 

Comp Insurers Object to Florida Hospital Payments Set at 2x U.S. Average

The Florida Division of Workers' Compensation appears to be intent on pushing the ball across the goal line on a long-awaited revision to...
 

Florida Judge Dismisses Contractors' Challenge to SB 2D's Attorney Fee Limits

A Florida judge has thrown out a constitutional challenge to an insurance litigation reform law, noting that the state officials named in...
 

SEC Charges Lindberg Misappropriated $75M from His Insurance Companies

One day after a judge set a new trial date for former Carolina insurance executive Greg Lindberg's bribery case, the U.S. Securities and...
 

Mississippi Capital City Without Running Water After Floods Worsen Pump Problems

In Mississippi's capital, thousands of residents have no running water, after river flooding contributed to longstanding problems at the...
 
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Insurance Jobs

 

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South Central

 

Severe Storms Blamed in 3 Deaths in Michigan, Ohio, Arkansas

Severe storms that brought damaging winds, heavy rains and flash flooding to parts of the Midwest and the South were blamed for the...
 

Texas Newspaper Sued Over Firing Worker for Bug Bite Complaints

While media organizations depend on their reporters' abilities to expose issues of public concern, a journalist at the Killeen Daily...
 
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West

 

Oregon Wildfire Threatening over 7,000 Structures

The Rum Creek Fire in remote southwest Oregon has burned nearly 18.75 square miles is threatening thousands of homes and is only about 1%...
 

California Lawmakers Pass Landmark Fast Food Workers Bill

California lawmakers this week approved a nation-leading measure that would give more than a half-million fast food workers more power...
 

Washington Judge Enters Order on Washington Insurance Commissioner's Credit Scoring Ban

Judge Indu Thomas entered the final order declaring that Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler exceeded his authority when he issued a...
 
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International & Reinsurance

 

Reinsurers Adopt Divergent Strategies About Natural Catastrophe Exposures: S&P

The natural catastrophe business of global reinsurers has been reshaped by five years of higher-than-expected losses, which is leading...
 

Greenland's Melting 'Zombie Ice' Will Raise Global Sea Level by 10 Inches: Report

Greenland's rapidly melting ice sheet will eventually raise global sea level by at least 10.6 inches (27 centimeters) -- more than twice...
 

Insurtech Accelerant Launches $175M Sidecar Investment Vehicle Flywheel Re

Accelerant, an insurtech platform that aims to provide underwriters with risk exchange, data analytics and long-term capacity...
 

People Moves: TigerRisk Hires Aon's Rosenberg for ILS Team; Gallagher Re Appoints Delacroix in France; BMS Re Taps Carpenter's Torres-Ortíz for Caribbean Fac

This edition of International People Moves details appointments at TigerRisk, Gallagher Re and BMS Re. A summary of these new hires...
 
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Insurance Journal Blogs and Columns

 

Taking Advantage of Just-In-Time Carrier Appointments

This post is part of a series sponsored by AgentSync. While we have a variety of ways that we use data to innovate, one trend we've seen...
 
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Research and Webinars

 
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How a "Differentiated Service Mindset" Is Critical to Your Business

The State of the Market, Innovation and Where Everyone's Headed Next The small commercial insurance market went through a...
 
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How Reviews Can Get Your More Quotes

In today's insurance landscape, your online reputation is critical. This guide has everything you need to grow your online...
 
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Top Independents and Dedicated Agents Use This to Secure Coverage in Hard Markets – You Should Too

Are you an independent agent or a dedicated agent who is struggling to find carriers and coverage for your clients? This webinar...
 
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The High Price of "Business As Usual" in the Insurance Industry

AgentSync's Guide to the Price of "Business as Usual" in the Insurance Industry When an insurance organization considers adding...
 
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Biometric Authentication Explained

In a digital world, how can you be sure that someone is who they say they are? Or that they even exist at all? This book from...
 
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Insurance Journal TV

 
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EP. 45: Beyond Zeros and Ones: When Cyber Attacks Become Physical

When people think of cyber attacks, they might think of things like phishing, ransomware or...
 
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EP. 55: Cannabis Investing Pro Explains Confusing Market, Offers Tips

Many of our listeners may be insurance brokers, carrier executives, claims managers, lawyers,...
 
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