| | National | | | | Ransom-seeking hackers have begun taking advantage of a recently disclosed flaw in Microsoft's widely used mail server software, the... | | | | Adaptive cruise control systems on cars, which control braking and speed, raise the risk of traffic crashes because the technology leads... | | | | Members of the Sackler family who own Purdue Pharma LP have offered roughly $4.3 billion to resolve sprawling opioid litigation, up from... | | | | A new partnership between specialty wholesaler CRC Group, 5Star Specialty Programs and life insurer subsidiary Pan-American Benefit... | | | | Some serious money has been sent the way of various insurance startups over the past week. Investors backed cutting-edge commercial lines... | | | | Despite the COVID-19 pandemic, the U.S. property/casualty (P/C) industry improved its overall profitability in 2020, with a 68% increase... | | | | After a dramatic downturn in the second quarter of 2020 due to the coronavirus pandemic, merger and acquisition (M&A) deal volume soared... | | |  Insurance agents and brokers should prepare for a big agency errors and omissions (E&O) litigation wave to crash their shores in 2021.... | | |  "I remember this same story 10 years ago." The LinkedIn comment on our first-quarter magazine cover story, "Google's... | | | | More National News » |
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| | East | | | | An insurer that paid $4.5 million to Dartmouth College to restore a dormitory that was damaged by fire can't seek recovery from two... | | | | The New York Department of Financial Services' (DFS) Cybersecurity Division issued a March 9 letter to regulated entities regarding the... | | | | The Machinists Union is providing more than $61,000 to help a shipbuilder recover from a gruesome injury at Bath Iron Works. Garrett... | | | | The MEMIC Group, a Portland, Maine-headquartered workers' compensation insurance specialty carrier, has promoted Jeffrey Funk to the... | | | | More East News » |
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| | Midwest | | | | South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem's push to scale back a voter-approved measure to legalize medical marijuana was left clinging to life on... | | | | Heavy snow and high winds in northeastern Minnesota left hundreds without power and caused hazardous travel conditions while the... | | | | The owners of a former Christian reform school for girls in southwest Missouri are charged with more than 100 counts alleging they... | | | | A Nebraska lawmaker who is a leading supporter of medical marijuana has warned her fellow senators that the issue will likely appear on... | | | | More Midwest News » |
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| | Southeast | | | | The Florida Office of Insurance Regulation will conduct a rate hearing on Monday, March 15 on proposed rate increases from Citizens... | | | | The Alabama House of Representatives began a lengthy review of medical marijuana legislation on Wednesday, requiring the bill to go... | | | | JAG Insurance Group (JAG), a South Florida-based commercial insurance agency with Florida offices in Coral Gables and Delray Beach, as... | | | | More Southeast News » |
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| | | | | | | 7 New Classes Announced! | | | | March webinars are now live for the Academy of Insurance. March offerings include workers' comp, E&O, and our ever-popular Master classes. | | | | | | | | Academy of Insurance | | |
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| | South Central | | | | Relation Insurance Services Inc. (Relation), based in Walnut Creek, Calif., has acquired the assets of The McKinney Group, dba McGhee... | | | | Federal officials have cited an Oklahoma construction contractor for exposing its employees to trenching and excavation hazards,... | | | | Melissa Hamilton has been reappointed as public counsel for the Texas Office of Public Insurance Counsel (OPIC), which represents... | | | | A Pennsylvania-based security company will pay $110,000 to settle a pregnancy discrimination lawsuit filed on behalf of an employee in... | | | | More South Central News » |
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| | West | | | | Daniel Clampitt, 41, of Denair, Calif., was arraigned on four felony counts including insurance fraud, grand theft and perjury for... | | | | Two new lawsuits filed in Marion County, Ore., seek more than $1 billion in damages from Pacific Power, claiming the utility's negligence... | | | | Alera Group has acquired Behling Insurance Agency Inc. in Utah. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Behling provides personal and... | | | | State Farm is returning $400 million to California mutual auto insurance customers due to better than anticipated claim results, the... | | | | More West News » |
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| | International & Reinsurance | | | | AXA SA, France's biggest insurer, is dropping German energy giant RWE AG as a client in a decision that highlights how taboo the coal... | | | | South Africa may still be short of the halfway mark of the pandemic even after two distinct waves of the coronavirus swept through the... | | | | Credit Suisse Group AG froze four more funds that invested in the bank's $10 billion supply chain finance strategy, adding to the... | | | | OKUMA, Japan - A decade ago, a massive tsunami crashed into the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. Three of its reactors melted down,... | | | | BEIJING - China's Ant Group flagged a set of financial self-discipline rules on Friday amid intense scrutiny on its activities by... | | | | Specialist insurer Hiscox announced the appointment of Isha Patel to head of Direct Commercial within Hiscox UK. Patel joined Hiscox in... | | | | More International & Reinsurance News » |
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| | Research and Webinars | | |  | Have you thought about how your insurance agency can be found online? Consumers have been turning to the internet to shop for... | | |  | To succeed and grow in a digital-first world, insurance agencies need to know and use the data in their technology. Agencies... | | |  | As a retail broker, you have likely addressed some tough pandemic-related questions from your business clients – from... | | |  | As the insurance industry rebounds from a tumultuous 2020, we will see swift changes across a number of critical areas. In this... | | |  | P&C brokers, are you helping your clients navigate their critical areas of risk? Businesses choose to work with brokers that... | | | | More research and webinars » |
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| | Insurance Journal TV | | |  | With the sophistication of cyber attacks, claims growth, and now, a global pandemic driving an... | | |  | Florida insurance chief David Altmaier has a busy year ahead, and it won't just include... | | | | Watch more videos at InsuranceJournal.tv » |
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