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November 5, 2021
 
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National

 

AIG's Strong Q3 'Validates Strategy,' Says CEO Zaffino

American International Group's General Insurance, or property/casualty business, saw double-digit premium growth and substantially higher...
 

Biden COVID-19 Vaccine Rules for Businesses Prompt Republican Backlash

President Joe Biden will enforce a mandate that workers at U.S. companies with at least 100 employees be vaccinated against COVID-19 or...
 

Boeing Shareholders Near Settlement Over 737 Safety Oversight: Reuters

Boeing Co. investors have reached an agreement with current and former company officers to settle a lawsuit over the safety oversight of...
 

Liberty Mutual Is Moving Its 2,200 Exclusive Agents to Its New Digital Agency

Liberty Mutual Insurance, the nation's sixth-largest personal lines property/casualty insurer, is planning to transition its more than...
 

Reports from U.S.-based Group Will Examine Impacts of Climate Change on Terrorism

A new global partnership with the National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism will focus on the impact of...
 

The Impact of COVID-19 on Contractors and the Construction Industry

The coronavirus pandemic forced most individuals and businesses to stand still for a moment in time, a pause that was challenging for...
 

How Next, Root and Swiss Re Are 'Adapting' and Innovating

Over the course of the last six years, Next Insurance has adapted its business model, its distribution method, and its...
 
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East

 

New York Voters Approve Right to a Clean Environment

New Yorkers have approved a ballot measure adding the right to a clean environment to the state constitution. The measure was one of five...
 

AM Best Revises Outlooks to Stable for Quincy Mutual Group Members

AM Best has revised the outlooks to stable from negative and affirmed the financial strength rating of A+ (superior) and the long-term...
 

People Moves: New Hires at RT Specialty, Alliant

RT Specialty Names Neary to Environmental and Construction Professional Practice RT Specialty named Rachael Neary as an account...
 
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Midwest

 

Hub International Limited Acquires Chicago-Based Calculated Risk Advisors

Hub International Limited has acquired the assets of Calculated Risk Advisors, LLC. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed....
 

Buckle Up for Bucks: Kansas, Missouri Drivers on Alert for Deer

Officials in Kansas and Missouri are urging drivers to be especially cautious this time of year as collisions with deer become more...
 

Michigan Drivers to See Insurance Refunds After Pressure From Governor

All insured Michigan drivers will be getting refunds due to a $5 billion surplus in a fund that reimburses insurers medical and other...
 
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Southeast

 

Florida Appeals Court: Delayed Claim Document Doesn't Hurt Insurer

A week after a federal court found that waiting two years to file a property claim is too long, a state court reached a different...
 

Basketball Star Must Decide: NBA or $5 Million in Insurance

A University of Florida basketball player who collapsed during a game last December is deciding whether to try and get medically cleared...
 

Florida Juries Ding Walmart, Hospital for Injuries

Florida juries in the last month have returned two hefty verdicts in favor of plaintiffs, one for a slip and fall at a Walmart and one...
 

Kentucky Approves Another Workers' Comp Loss Cost Decrease

The Kentucky Department of Insurance has approved another workers' compensation loss cost decrease for employers in the state. The DOI...
 

Risk Strategies Acquires SC-based Hibbits Agency

Risk Strategies, a national specialty broker, announced it is expanding into South Carolina with the purchase of Mount Pleasant-based...
 

Business Moves: Hub Acquires Florida's Rider Insurance

Hub International, a global insurance brokerage and financial services firm, has acquired Rider Insurance Group, an agency based in Fort...
 
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South Central

 

Suspected Arson Causes $25,000 in Damage to Austin Synagogue

Austin leaders gathered earlier this week to demonstrate solidarity with the city's Jewish community after a string of antisemitic...
 

Texas Jury Awards Record $352M to Family of Paralyzed Airport Worker

A Texas jury awarded more than $352 million last month to the family of a former Houston airport worker who was paralyzed from the chest...
 
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West

 

BRP Group to Acquire Wood Gutmann & Bogart Insurance Brokers

Subsidiaries of insurance agency partnership BRP Group have agreed to acquire substantially all of the assets of Wood Gutmann & Bogart...
 

Oregon Court Distills the Science of Cannabis to Find Insurance for a CBD Claim

Although the 2018 Farm Bill carved out hemp from the federal Controlled Substances Act, few court rulings have addressed the legal...
 

Washington Asbestos Removers Facing $800K in Fines for Exposing Workers, Public

Two Washington asbestos removal contractors are facing a combined $800,000 in fines from the Department of Labor & Industries for...
 
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International & Reinsurance

 

AIG Europe's Chief Executive Expects Slowdown in Insurance Rate Rises

Insurance premium rates are likely to continue to climb in Europe, the Middle East and Africa in 2022, but probably at a slower clip, the...
 

UK Warns Facebook Executives to Keep Users Safe or Risk Criminal Charges

UK Culture Secretary Nadine Dorries warned Facebook Inc. and its chiefs are on course for criminal prosecution for failing to reign in...
 

COP26 Coal Pledge Falls Short on Support From Big User Countries as Emissions Surge

GLASGOW - A pledge to phase out coal gained the support of 23 more countries at the U.N. climate conference on Thursday, but was shunned...
 

Canada Insurers, Banks Can Resume Dividend Hikes as Regulator Lifts COVID-Era Curbs

TORONTO - Canadian banks and insurers can resume dividend increases and share buybacks and raise executive compensation, the country's...
 

Japan's Fukushima Farmers Fear Contaminated Water Release Will Hit Produce Prices

IWAKI, Japan - Farmers in Japan's northeastern Fukushima fear the release of water from the crippled power plant there could revive...
 

Vietnam Negotiates With Iran for Release of Seized Oil Tanker

HANOI, Vietnam (AP) - Vietnam was seeking more information Thursday about a Vietnamese oil tanker that was seized at gunpoint last month...
 

Death Toll Rises to 23 From Collapse of High-Rise Building in Nigeria

LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) - The death toll from the collapse of a high-rise apartment building under construction in Nigeria's most populous...
 

People Moves: Markel CATCO's Moore and Aon's Boon Join Lockton Re; Fidelis Names Lancashire's Russell as Head of Marine

Lockton Re Hires Moore, Boon for Non-Marine Retrocession, Property Specialty Lockton Re, the global reinsurance business of the largest...
 
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Rethink Your Agency Operations – 5 Levers for More Business Growth & Profitability

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Your Involvement Makes a Difference During Disaster

Your response to a client's disaster is the key to customer satisfaction, retention, and referrals. Insurance providers need a...
 
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Mobile Telematics: The solution to driving your business forward.

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Technology innovation has been shaping the way clients and staff expect businesses to behave for years, but it's important now...
 
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