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November 13, 2020
 
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National

 

Professional Liability Underwriters Feeling Pressure From COVID: AM Best

The COVID-19 pandemic is creating varying levels of disruption for writers in the U.S. professional liability insurance market, with many...
 

Court Upholds Harvard's Use of Race in Admissions; Opponents Eye Supreme Court

A U.S. appeals court on Thursday upheld Harvard University's use of race in undergraduate admissions, rejecting a challenge by...
 

Home, Pet Insurer Lemonade Bypasses Auto in Favor of Life... for Now

Lemonade plans to start selling term life insurance in the next 90 days, adding to its current rental, homeowners and pet insurance...
 

Ex-Employee Who Protested Safety Sues Amazon Alleging Bias in His Firing

A former Amazon.com Inc. worker who protested conditions at his New York City fulfillment center sued the retailer on Thursday, accusing...
 

Hurricanes Staying Stronger Longer After Landfall Than in Past

Hurricanes are keeping their staying power longer once they make landfall, spreading more inland destruction, according to a new study....
 

For First Time, Federal Reserve Cites Climate as Financial Stability Risk

The U.S. Federal Reserve for the first time called out climate change among risks enumerated in its biannual financial stability report,...
 

Slice Labs, AXIS Insurance to Offer Home Based Business Coverage

Slice Labs Inc. and AXIS Insurance have partnered to distribute AXIS Home Based Business insurance, an on-demand digital commercial...
 

Everest Insurance Promotes Wu to E&S Excess Casualty National Leader

Everest Insurance announced that Edward Wu has been promoted to the role of vice president and national leader, Excess & Surplus Excess...
 

Hiscox USA Appoints Fiddler as Chief Marketing Officer

Regine Fiddler has been appointed chief marketing officer for insurer Hiscox in the U.S. Fiddler, who previously served as the chief...
 

Florida Homeowners Insurtech TypTap Goes National

After launching in Florida as a flood insurer in 2016 and expanding into the homeowners market in 2018, TypTap Insurance Co. has officially...
 

Create a 'Safe Space' to Communicate About D&I

If they want to make any real progress on diversity and inclusion, organizations need to "create a safe space" for...
 
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East

 

Apartment Builders Settle Claims of Illegal Asbestos Work in Massachusetts

The builders of an apartment complex have agreed to pay $335,000 to settle allegations that workers improperly handled...
 

Cross Insurance Hires Moriarity as Chief Information Officer Based in Maine

Cross Insurance, a subsidiary of Cross Financial Corp. and an independent insurance provider in New England, has hired Timothy Moriarity...
 

World Insurance Associates Acquires New Jersey's Fairways Insurance

World Insurance Associates LLC (WIA) has acquired Fairways Insurance Inc. of Cinnaminson, N.J., on November 1, 2020. Terms of the...
 
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Midwest

 

Homeowners Insurer Openly Enters Ohio

Boston-based Openly is now selling homeowners insurance in Ohio. Ohio homeowners and independent agents can now buy Openly's premium...
 

Distinguished Programs Adds AIG's Schleich as Midwest Regional Sales Executive

Distinguished Programs, a national insurance program manager, has added Mike Schleich as regional sales executive covering the North...
 

28 Election Employees in 1 Missouri County Test Positive for Virus

Twenty-eight employees of the election board in one of Missouri's largest counties have tested positive for the coronavirus in recent...
 

Bridge Linking Ohio, Kentucky Closed by Fiery Crash

A fiery crash on a bridge linking Ohio and Kentucky could force the span to remain closed for days as officials tried to determine the...
 
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Southeast

 

North Carolina Insurers Seek 24.5% Rate Hike for Homeowners

The North Carolina Rate Bureau has requested an average statewide rate increase of 24.5% on homeowners insurance rates in the state,...
 

Alabama Warns of Fake Drivers License Renewal Sites

Alabama law enforcement officials on Tuesday cautioned people to beware of third-party websites when they renew their driver license...
 

World Insurance Associates Acquires The Walker Agency of South Carolina

World Insurance Associates LLC (WIA) has acquired The Walker Agency, Inc of Anderson (d/b/a Palmetto Insurance) of Anderson, S.C. on...
 

GRS Appoints Keenan to Head Learning, Marketing Operations

Global Risk Solutions, Inc., a provider of claims adjusting and environmental risk management services based in Miami, has added Colm...
 
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South Central

 

Vertafore Reveals Potential Breach of Texas Driver Information

Denver, Colo.-based insurance information technology company, Vertafore Inc., says a potential breach has occurred of data involving...
 

Louisiana Court Schedules Trial on First Coronavirus Business Interruption Lawsuit

A trial will begin Monday in what is thought to be the first lawsuit to be filed against an insurer for denying coverage for...
 

Citrus Groves, Plant Nurseries Near New Orleans Pummeled by Zeta

Hurricane Zeta hit Louisiana's citrus growers right at harvest time, and hit them hard. "We have some growers with up to 75% of their...
 
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West

 

EQ One Adds Earthquake Capacity, Expands Limits through Munich Re

EQ One, a West Coast earthquake insurance underwriter, has added additional capacity to its earthquake offering through Munich Re...
 

California's Wine Country Adapting to Annual Wildfire Threat

Harvest season in Northern California's wine country is what dream weddings are made of: ripe grapevines and golden sunsets provide...
 

Cannabis Broker Spotlight: Meade of Brown & Brown Had His "Ah-Ha" Moment After Getting into the Business

Editor's note: This part of a series of profiles on cannabis brokers, in which Insurance Journal explores why and how these folks got...
 

Arthur J. Gallagher Acquires AWIS Group in California

Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. has acquired San Diego, Calif.-based AWIS Group. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. The AWIS team will...
 

R.E. Chaix & Associates Insurance Brokers Acquires Rancho Pacific in California

R.E. Chaix & Associates Insurance Brokers has acquired Rancho Pacific Insurance Services in California. Founded by Tracy Prettyman,...
 
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International

 

Brookfield Asset Management to Launch Reinsurer; Distribute Shares to Investors

Brookfield Asset Management Inc. is launching a reinsurance business and plans to distribute shares in the new entity to its investors in...
 

Italy's UnipolSai Stays on Profit Track Despite Coronavirus Resurgence

UnipolSai, Italy's second-largest insurer, confirmed its full-year targets on Friday after a 37.7% rise in nine-month earnings, despite...
 

Irish Brewer Guinness Recalls Non-Alcoholic Stouts As Safety Precaution

Irish brewer Guinness said Wednesday that it is recalling cans of its recently launched non-alcoholic stout in Britain over contamination...
 

Chinese Grain Plant in Argentina Resumes Operations Following Fatal Accident

A grains crushing plant of Chinese farm giant COFCO International partially resumed operations on Thursday, after halting them on Tuesday...
 

Goldman Eyes More Business From Europe's Insurers With Barclays Hire

Goldman Sachs has poached Barclays' insurance banker Marguerite Bion to win more business from Europe's biggest insurers as industry...
 
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Research and Webinars

 
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Seismic Changes Ahead for D&O Insurance Segment

AM Best expects that the Directors and Officers (D&O) segment will soon undergo radical changes based on an examination of...
 
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Let's face it—the distribution channel has treated carriers, agents, and customers well in the past, but the digital world we...
 
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Workers' Comp Audit Companies- Your Opinion?

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Reader Comments

 

Supreme Court Again Weighs Fate of Affordable Care Act

Posted: Tue Nov 10 -- I guess now we'll never see Trump's HEALLLTH CARE SPECIFFICCS plan which was going to replace the ACA four years ago and he was going... FourSeasonsTotalLandscaping
 

UPI News Photographer Sued by Gun-Waving St. Louis Couple

Posted: Mon Nov 9 -- "veered onto the private street near the McCloskeys’ home" What a lie! A mob of at least 100 smashed through their historic wrought iron... Paul
 

P/C Insurers Face Workforce, Risk, Policy Challenges as Pandemic Continues

Posted: Mon Nov 9 -- So sorry to hear that. Hoping they just have a mild case, don't have any serious long-term health issues, and you're able to avoid it.... Rosenblatt
 

Study Shows COVID-19 Patients at Greater Risk of Mental Health Problems

Posted: Tue Nov 10 -- primary source: Trump's Twitter account. FourSeasonsTotalLandscaping
 

Employers Facing Wave of Lawsuits by Parents Fired During Pandemic

Posted: Thu Nov 12 -- The economic and health impact of the virus will be worse than the cure . . . there is already evidence of the same in terms of suicides,... Mr. Integrity
 
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