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| | National | | | | As COVID-19 cases surge in the United States, businesses say they fear a California court ruling has increased the likelihood that... | | | | The United States staggered through a steady onslaught of deadly billion-dollar weather and climate disasters in an extra hot 2021, while... | | | | Federal cybersecurity officials are again warning of Russian cyber attacks and urging critical infrastructure networks in particular to... | | | | Personalized smart guns, which can be fired only by verified users, may finally become available to U.S. consumers after two decades of... | | | | Prince Andrew failed to convince a judge to toss a lawsuit accusing him of sexually abusing a teenage girl decades ago. Virginia Giuffre... | | | | Natural disasters across the globe caused economic losses of US$280 billion in 2021, of which roughly US$120 billion were insured,... | | |  For brokers and agents to navigate the market successfully, Brent Winans, vice president of Clear Advantage Risk Management, said it takes... | | |  MGAs thrive on delivering unique solutions for hard-to-place risks, with many companies quick to react to rapidly... | | | | More National News » |
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| | East | | | | A federal judge has given preliminary approval to a $34 million settlement of a class-action lawsuit against a chemical company over... | | | | West Penn Power of Greensburg, Pennsylvania will pay a $610,000 penalty under a settlement to resolve water discharge violations at two... | | | | Specialty insurance broker One80 Intermediaries reported it has acquired PMC Insurance Group, a workers' compensation wholesale broker... | | | | Harvard University is not required to pay legal defense fees for a professor who was found guilty of hiding his ties to a Chinese-run... | | | | More East News » |
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| | Midwest | | | | A judge on Jan. 10 refused to dismiss a lawsuit against an engineering company, which is accused of not doing enough to stop the flow of... | | | | Inszone Insurance Services, a national provider of benefits, personal and commercial lines insurance, has acquired Illinois-based Lamb,... | | | | AAdvantage Insurance Group Adds Gracie Diaz as Account Executive AAdvantage Insurance Group has hired Gracie Diaz as its newest Account... | | | | More Midwest News » |
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| | Southeast | | | | The volume of claims litigation in Florida continues to subside and by December had dropped almost 50% below last summer's high point, a... | | | | Insurers would no longer need to hire expensive expert witnesses in some claims disputes, but could rely on Google maps and images to... | | | | Charles Taylor, a claims management and tech company, has acquired Orlando-based Contego Investigative Services, the companies announced... | | | | King Insurance announced it has added two more Florida insurance agencies to its rapidly growing stable of firms in the Southeast. Don... | | | | More Southeast News » |
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| | South Central | | | | Carelessly discarded New Year's fireworks may have started a blaze that destroyed much of a church, the Louisiana State Fire Marshal's... | | | | More than four months after Hurricane Ida destroyed or did major damage to their houses, some Louisiana residents are just now moving... | | | | More South Central News » |
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| | West | | | | AM Best expects demand surge and rising inflationary pressures on building costs to add to overall loss estimates in the recent wildfires... | | | | California Gov. Gavin Newsom proposed a $286.4 billion budget that sets off months of budget talks with his fellow Democrats, who control... | | | | Gov. Doug Ducey has proposed setting aside $1 billion to remove the salt from sea water and bring it to Arizona, a major legacy project... | | | | A 58-story luxury apartment building in San Francisco continues to sink and is tilting about 3 inches per year, the engineer responsible... | | | | More West News » |
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| | International & Reinsurance | | | | Thawing permafrost could put as much as 50% of Arctic infrastructure at high risk of damage by 2050, requiring tens of billions of... | | | | Daniele Presutti, Accenture's Insurance lead in Europe, and Silvia Milián, Accenture's Insurance lead for strategy and consulting in... | | | | Pine Walk Capital Ltd., the London-based specialist MGA platform, has announced the launch of its sixth MGA, OPEnergy Ltd. OPEnergy... | | | | The credit insurance and surety specialist, Xenia Broking Group Ltd., announced it has acquired the UK whole turnover trade credit and... | | | | Lloyd's confirmed a contract has been signed with DXC Technology and the International Underwriting Association (IUA) in an agreement... | | | | Willis Towers Watson announced the formation of a new Crisis Management unit with the merger of Special Contingency Risks (SCR) and the... | | | | India is pushing for a valuation of about 15 trillion rupees ($203 billion) for a state-owned insurer that's soon expected to file for... | | | | Heavy rainfall is disrupting southeastern Brazil's giant iron ore industry, with the world's No. 2 producer Vale SA among companies to... | | | | More International & Reinsurance News » |
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| | Insurance Journal Blogs and Columns | | | | Trial attorneys are on the move. Having won a victory in New York on New Year's Eve, when Gov. Kathy Hochul signed legislation tipping... | | | | This post is part of a series sponsored by Old Republic Surety. Commercial clients who are new to surety sometimes need help to... | | | | More Blogs » |
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