| | Today's Headlines | | | | June 4, 2021 | | | | Today's Headline Sponsor: Burns & Wilcox |
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| | National | | | | With the cyber risk hazard environment--ransomware, business interruption and aggregation--worsening significantly, "prospects for the... | | | | The U.S. property/casualty (P/C) industry saw its net underwriting income fall in first-quarter 2021 by 53% as compared with the same... | | | | Bristol Myers Squibb Co. was sued for $6.4 billion on Thursday for allegedly delaying its Breyanzi cancer drug to avoid payments to... | | | | The White House warned corporate executives and business leaders on Thursday to step up security measures to protect against ransomware... | | | | Ascot as a partnered with Highland Insurance Solutions LLC, a subsidiary of WNC Insurance Services Inc. to provide a builders risk... | | | | Even though Americans drove less in 2020 due to the pandemic, early estimates of crash fatalities from the U.S. Department of... | | | | Legislation to provide farmers with tools to help New York efforts to mitigate the impacts of climate change is making its way through... | | | | A few weeks after a report that it is in talks to go public, home insurance startup Kin announced its newest funding from Symphony... | | | | BKCW in Texas Joins Insurors Group Insurors Group LLC, an alliance of independent insurance agents in Texas, has added BKCW LP, located... | | |  Despite a slight improvement in net income in 2020, U.S. medical professional liability (MPL) insurers saw their sixth consecutive year of... | | |  "If you're an insurer today, and you're really good at underwriting, you should evolve into being a reinsurer and... | | | | More National News » |
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| | East | | | | Florida has again taken the top spot for strongest building code with Virginia right behind in second place. That's according to the 2021... | | | | A jury must decide whether a grocery store should be held liable for a collision between a vendor's snack food cart and a shopper riding... | | | | Hackers infiltrated computer systems for the Metropolitan Transportation Authority in New York, setting off a scramble to counter a... | | | | AM Best has revised the outlooks to negative from stable and affirmed the financial strength rating of A- (excellent) and the long-term... | | | | More East News » |
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| | Midwest | | | | HOAIC Homeowners of America Insurance Co. (HOAIC), an Irving, Texas-based property/casualty insurance provider, has added Paul Domek as a... | | | | A man hit in the face with a bean bag that left him blind in one eye during a racial injustice protest in downtown Cleveland, Ohio, a... | | | | The Illinois Supreme Court recently sided with a policyholder seeking defense from its insurer for a lawsuit brought by a customer of a... | | | | More Midwest News » |
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| | Southeast | | | | Florida has again taken the top spot for strongest building code with Virginia right behind in second place. That's according to the 2021... | | | | Propel Insurance, a privately-owned insurance agency and portfolio company of Flexpoint Ford, has acquired South Carolina-based South... | | | | Security First Insurance, one of the largest private homeowners insurers, has launched its Homeowner's Premier HO5 policy. Floridians... | | | | A former North Carolina deputy is suing a sheriff over his requirement for employees to get a COVID-19 vaccine. Christopher Neve, the... | | | | TALLAHASSEE, Fla. --For years, Florida has been reminding motorists not to use flashing hazard lights while driving. Well starting soon,... | | | | More Southeast News » |
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| | South Central | | | | AM Best has revised the outlooks to negative from stable and affirmed the Financial Strength Rating of A- (Excellent) and the Long-Term... | | | | Cedar Park, Texas-based Tejas American General Agency (TAGA) has formed an exclusive partnership with Main Street America Insurance, a... | | | | Arkansas Insurance Commissioner Alan McClain is reminding insured Arkansans seeking automobile repairs that insurance companies cannot... | | | | More South Central News » |
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| | West | | | | Board members at Casa Latina, a decades-old organization founded to empower immigrant workers and provide job and educational... | | | | Parents of a Twin Falls middle school student have filed a tort claim against the school district, contending that the girl was injured... | | | | A lawsuit against the Utah Jazz by a fan who was banned for life from the team's arena over what were called racial taunts directed at... | | | | San Diego, Calif., will pay $900,000 to an 82-year-old woman whose foot and ankle were crushed when her car collided with a city fire... | | | | More West News » |
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| | International & Reinsurance | | | | Russian President Vladimir Putin said a key stage of a gas pipeline to Germany that the U.S. targeted for sanctions had been carried out,... | | | | DWS Group and Assicurazioni Generali SpA are among suitors that submitted initial bids this week for the asset management arm of NN Group... | | | | The winners of the sixth annual Innovation in Insurance Awards have been announced by Efma and Accenture, which jointly established the... | | | | Canadian fintech company Ratehub Inc. has launched a property/casualty (P/C) brokerage called RH Insurance. Toronto-based Ratehub, which... | | | | Insurance broker Willis Tower Watson announced the launch of a multinational partnership to develop and implement insurance solutions... | | | | Economical Insurance has introduced Vyne Commercial, a new digital platform and an expanded product offering, which is designed to... | | | | This wrap-up of international People Moves includes appointments at Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty (AGCS); HDI Global SE UK &... | | | | More International & Reinsurance News » |
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| | Research and Webinars | | |  | Discover forward-thinking approaches to address the emerging risks challenging your nonprofit clients and prospects. Nonprofits... | | |  | Data and analytics are transforming the insurance industry, and independent agencies have the perfect opportunity to transform... | | |  | Brokers, help your insureds avoid the most frequently cited violations. OSHA citations. They're rampant, they hide in plain... | | |  | Video and telematics technology can be a significant benefit to your clients. Understanding the true value of technology... | | |  | Loss control is one of the most underutilized services by agents and brokers in the commercial auto industry. Understanding... | | | | More research and webinars » |
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| | Insurance Journal TV | | |  | Cyber experts are saying that the Colonial Pipeline attack, in which ransomware took down... | | |  | It was a busy legislative session for the Florida Office of Insurance Regulation, with... | | | | Watch more videos at InsuranceJournal.tv » |
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