| | National | | | | Property data and analytics firm CoreLogic has agreed to be acquired by two private equity firms for about $6 billion. Funds managed by... | | | | A federal judge has dismissed Walmart Inc's lawsuit seeking to preemptively block the U.S. government from blaming the world's largest... | | | | The effects of the COVID-19 pandemic will be felt by the insurance industry and its customers well into 2021 as consumers and businesses... | | | | Amazon.com has revealed plans to install AI-powered video cameras in its branded delivery vans, in a move that the world's largest... | | | | The deadline to participate in the 2021 Agency Salary Survey is today. Would you like to know where agency salaries and total... | | | | California recently adopted significant amendments to its financial code, resulting in what is now known as the California Consumer... | | | | A new offering from Chubb's Workplace Benefits division looks to integrate and streamline absence management and workplace benefits for... | | | | Fourth quarter profit at The Hartford dipped slightly due in part to COVID-related group life insurance claims. Fourth quarter 2020 net... | | | | 2020 wasn't the bottom of the barrel in all regards - depending on how you look at it. The planet's average surface temperature in 2020... | | | | Workers' compensation underwriters are about to be tested in the marketplace like never before. While the current situation is not all... | | |  The COVID-19 pandemic is creating varying levels of disruption for writers in the U.S. professional liability insurance market, with many... | | |  COVID-19 has impacted many areas of property/casualty insurance, but perhaps the most challenging is that it has... | | | | More National News » |
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| | East | | | | Three people were injured in a gas line explosion on Wednesday which also set three vehicles on fire and caused damage to a house in a... | | | | A.I.M. Mutual has expanded its coverage territory to Rhode Island. The company, a monoline workers' compensation carrier based in... | | | | Selective's College Competition kicks off this week across eight colleges throughout the country and will run through February. The... | | | | More East News » |
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| | Midwest | | | | MJ Insurance, headquartered in Indianapolis, has added industry veteran Leea Ashfeld-Schwarz to its Benefits Consulting team, where she... | | | | Missouri senators on Feb. 3 advanced a bill that would shield hospitals, manufacturers and other businesses from lawsuits over alleged... | | | | Worldwide electronics leader Foxconn Technology Group violated terms of its contract in Wisconsin, while local governments spent hundreds... | | | | Health officials are warning consumers in Illinois that they may have bought beef tainted with E. coli bacteria that was produced at a... | | | | More Midwest News » |
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| | Southeast | | | | A Florida woman allegedly acting as an insurance agent without a license was arrested last month after an investigation by the Florida... | | | | Nearly four years after West Virginia lawmakers allowed a regulatory system to be established for medical cannabis products, eligible... | | | | A nearly $14 million settlement has been reached in a lawsuit over a 2018 crash that killed a Kentucky police officer. The money will go... | | | | McGriff has hired Dain Jorgenson as a senior vice president and producer in its Birmingham-based Energy Practice. Jorgenson joins McGriff... | | | | More Southeast News » |
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| | South Central | | | | It looks like Tesla has gone all-in on Texas. Not only is the electric car company moving some manufacturing operations to Austin, its... | | | | Forty workers' compensation insurance carriers out of 120 assessed in Texas scored high enough to be placed in the "high performer" tier... | | | | Two Texas-based hotel management firms have agreed to pay $400,000 to settle a federal lawsuit alleging gender pay discrimination at a... | | | | More South Central News » |
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| | West | | | | The California Supreme Court rejected a lawsuit that sought to overturn a ballot measure that makes app-based ride-hailing and delivery... | | | | A theme park in Utah has filed a lawsuit against Taylor Swift that accuses her of trademark infringement. Evermore Parks said in its suit... | | | | Editor's note: This part of a series of profiles on cannabis brokers, in which Insurance Journal explores why and how these folks got... | | | | Former licensed insurance agent Laura Lopez, 37, of Long Beach, Calif., was arraigned on one felony count of grand theft after allegedly... | | | | More West News » |
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| | International | | | | DUBLIN - Ireland's High Court ruled on Friday that four publicans insured by FBD were entitled to be indemnified for losses under... | | | | The website of the New Zealand Stock Exchange slowed to a crawl on a Tuesday afternoon in August. It was so badly throttled that the... | | | | MOSCOW - Russian mining giant Norilsk Nickel was fined $2 billion on Friday for the damage caused by a huge fuel spill last year in the... | | | | LONDON - Around 40% of British companies that import and export said the shift to a new trading arrangement with the European Union had... | | | | The Insurance Council of Australia (ICA) has declared a catastrophe for the Perth Hills bushfires which continue to burn north-east of... | | | | W. R. Berkley Corp. announced the appointment of David Brosnan as chief executive officer of W. R. Berkley Syndicate Management Ltd., the... | | | | Vale SA reached a settlement agreement with Brazilian authorities for a dam collapse that killed 270 people and led to production... | | | | More International News » |
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