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'Keep Delivering': Amazon Tornado Tragedy Raises Emergency Safety Training Questions

The messages between an Amazon.com Inc. delivery driver and her boss began about 80 minutes before a tornado struck one of the company's...
 

Administration Asks Supreme Court to Lift Lower Courts' Hold on Vaccine Mandate

The Biden administration on Thursday asked the U.S. Supreme Court to lift rulings by two lower courts that put the president's COVID-19...
 

Judge Tosses $4.5B Deal Shielding Sacklers From Purdue Opioid Claims

A federal judge has thrown out a $4.5 billion settlement that would have shielded the Sackler family, which owned OxyContin maker Purdue...
 

Judge Rules Dominion Defamation Suit Against Fox News Can Move Forward

Fox News probably had enough information after the 2020 presidential election to know a conspiracy theory claiming Dominion Voting...
 

Insuring Cannabis Summit: Tribal Cannabis Broker in Lonely, Rewarding Space

This is part of a series of articles from Insurance Journal's annual Insuring Cannabis Summit on Oct. 14. You can find more articles from...
 

Meteorological Society Details Extreme Weather Made More Likely by Climate Change

The American Meteorological Society released a report this week detailing some of the extreme weather events made more likely by...
 

Millions of Migrants Can't Get COVID Vaccines Because of Drugmakers' Liability Fears

BRUSSELS/BANGKOK - Tens of millions of migrants may be denied COVID-19 vaccines from a global program because some major manufacturers...
 

MCI Lloyd’s Syndicate 1902 Offers ‘Ground-Breaking’ Infectious Disease Liability Cover

Specialist liability underwriter Medical & Commercial International (MCI) announced the launch of a ground-breaking communicable disease...
 

Privacy Not an Issue, Insurance GIS Players Say

When CM Guest Editor Mike Fitzgerald asked representatives of the Geospatial Insurance Consortium and InsurTechs Cape...
 
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East

 

New Jersey Landlord Accused of Demanding Sex from Tenants to Pay $4.5M

A landlord accused of demanding sex from his low-income tenants under threat of eviction or in exchange for helping them receive rent...
 

New York Contractor Faces $374K in Penalties After Fatal Worker Fall

A federal workplace safety investigation has found a Queens, New York, construction contractor failed to provide and ensure the use of...
 

People Moves: New Hires at Alliant, TMPAA, Risk Strategies

Alliant Insurance Services Hires Bixby, Leavitt as Senior Vice Presidents Alliant Insurance Services hired Doug Bixby senior vice...
 

Firms Sue to Overturn New York Law Allowing Lawsuits Against Gun Industry

A group of gun manufacturers, distributors and retailers on Thursday filed a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of a New York law...
 
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Midwest

 

'Keep Delivering': Amazon Tornado Tragedy Raises Emergency Safety Training Questions

The messages between an Amazon.com Inc. delivery driver and her boss began about 80 minutes before a tornado struck one of the company's...
 

Insurance Agent wins Iowa State Senate Seat

An Iowa insurance agent has overwhelmingly won a state Senate seat in a northwest Iowa special election. Spirit Lake insurance agent Dave...
 

Chicago Blackhawks Settle Lawsuit with Former Player

The Chicago Blackhawks and a former player who said he was sexually assaulted by an assistant coach have settled a lawsuit that...
 

Chicago to Pay Woman Nearly $3 Million over Botched Police Raid

The Chicago Council on Wednesday voted to pay nearly $3 million to a woman who was handcuffed while naked by police officers during a...
 
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Southeast

 

Three Years From Loss, Not Denial, Appeals Court Holds in Carolina AOB Case

In a property insurance claims dispute, the statute of limitations' clock starts ticking on the date of the loss, not the date the...
 

Per-person Limits Apply, Not Per-accident in Deadly Crash, Carolina High Court Rules

It's not unusual for uninsured and underinsured motorist policies to carry per-person limits and per-accident limits. But in North...
 

Injured Kentucky Candle Factory Workers File Suit Against Company

Workers who were injured at a candle factory that was demolished by a tornado in Mayfield, Kentucky, have filed suit against the...
 

Business Moves: PointeNorth Acquires AIE; United to Sell Personal Lines

PointeNorth Insurance Group, a regional agency, has acquired Alabama Insurance Exchange, based in Birmingham, the company said in a news...
 

OSHA Slams Dollar General for Repeat Safety Violations at Stores

Dollar General, which began in Alabama and now has stores nationwide, has been fined $321,000 for repeated safety violations at a Mobile,...
 
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South Central

 

FEMA to Offer Home Repair Tips for Ida Victims

FEMA mitigation specialists will give tips about rebuilding and protecting homes from future disaster-related damage such as high winds...
 

Texas Woman Sentenced for Conspiring to Stage Automobile Accidents

A Texas woman has been sentenced for conspiring to stage automobile accidents in order to defraud insurance trucking companies United...
 

Louisiana Residents Who Lost Homes in Ida Still Billed for Power

Louisiana residents who lost their homes to Hurricane Ida or have not had power since the late-August storm tell a newspaper the power...
 
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West

 

Inquiry Finds Oregon Institution's Misconduct Investigations to be Subpar

Oregon Health & Science University lacks clear policies on handling, documenting and investigating reported misconduct, an inquiry by...
 

Grand Jury Charges Oil Company in California Spill

A Los Angeles federal grand jury charged an oil company and two subsidiaries for an oil spill off the California coast in October....
 

Settlement in Oregon Suit Alleging Deputy Pinned Black Child

Clackamas County, Oregon has paid $45,000 to settle a lawsuit filed by a mother who said one of several sheriff's deputies held her...
 
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International & Reinsurance

 

Exor, Again, Agrees to Sell PartnerRe to France's Covéa for $9 Billion (€7.8 Billion)

French mutual insurer Covéa and Exor, a holding company controlled by the Agnelli family, have officially agreed to a delayed deal in...
 

Bayer Faces Billion-Dollar Class Action Suit in Germany Over Monsanto Takeover

BERLIN - Bayer faces a billion-dollar investor class action lawsuit in Germany over the takeover of U.S. seed manufacturer Monsanto,...
 

Canada's Desjardins Group Reaches Settlement Over Massive Data Breach in 2019

Canada's Desjardins Group said on Thursday it had reached a settlement with plaintiffs in a lawsuit tied to a massive data breach in...
 

Google Faces Heavy Fines in Russia After Court Rules in Favor of Putin Ally

Alphabet Inc.'s Google is facing potentially heavy fines in Russia after a court ruled it must unblock the YouTube account of a TV...
 

AM Best Upgrades Ratings of Canada's Co-operators General and Sovereign General

Ratings agency AM Best has upgraded the Financial Strength Rating to A (Excellent) from A- (Excellent) and the Long-Term Issuer Credit...
 

People Moves: Aon Recruits WTW's James as Chief Broking Officer, Commercial Risk UK; Allianz' Strong to WTW as Head of Environmental; AGCS Promotes Yee for TMT

This edition of International People Moves details appointments at Aon, Willis Towers Watson and Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty...
 
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Insurance Journal Blogs and Columns

 

5 Ways Insurance Distribution Licensing Software Makes Life Easier for Insurance Agencies

This post is part of a series sponsored by AgentSync. Investing in technology can be daunting. The thought of setting up an entirely new...
 
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Research and Webinars

 
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Agent Involvement Makes a Difference During Disaster

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