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October 1, 2021
 
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National

 

1 in 4 Large Firms Has Vaccine Mandate for Employees, With More Coming: Gartner

One in four companies has instituted a vaccine mandate for U.S. workers, a sharp increase from last month, following President Joe...
 

Big Pharmacy Chains Under Pressure to Settle Opioid Claims Before Their First Trial

Four large pharmacy chains are set to face their first trial over the deadly U.S. opioid epidemic, creating new pressure to reach...
 

Judge Says Wells Fargo Must Face Shareholder Fraud Claims

A federal judge on Thursday rejected Wells Fargo & Co'.s bid to dismiss a lawsuit claiming it defrauded shareholders about its ability to...
 

National Labor Board Memo Says College Football Players Are Employees

College athletes who earn millions for their schools are employees, the National Labor Relations Board's top lawyer said in guidance...
 

Chubb's Digital Platform Blink Partners With USAA on Cyber Insurance

Insurer Chubb's new digital platform Blink is partnering with its first insurance carrier to offer cyber insurance to military families....
 

Retailer Neiman Marcus Notifies 4.6M Customers of Data Breach

Dallas-based retailer Neiman Marcus Group said it recently learned that an unauthorized party obtained personal information associated...
 

Employees May Not Be Working Inside Office Buildings, But Cyber Criminals Are

The normal bustle inside of many office buildings has come to a halt during the pandemic switch to remote work, but these empty buildings...
 

Re/Insurance Cyber Rates Could Double Before 2023, as Attacks Skyrocket: S&P

The pandemic caused economic and insured losses from cyber attacks to skyrocket, which has heightened awareness of the risk and increased...
 

Approval of Funding Until Dec. 3 Averts Government Shutdown, Renews Flood Program

Congress on Thursday passed a last-minute, short-term funding measure, averting a government shutdown that would have curtailed federal...
 

Insurance Industry Keeping Up With an Energy Market in Transition

Last year was a wild one for the energy sector. There were, of course, COVID-19 related issues. The sector also dealt with continuing...
 

Preparing For Gray Rhinos and Black Swans

Even if they are never laid out in a formal document, every company is going to have strategic goals. After all, no...
 
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East

 

Pennsylvania Eyes $500M from Feds for Environmental Program

A state Senate committee in Pennsylvania approved legislation to use federal coronavirus relief aid to revive a long-running program...
 

President Signs Disaster Declaration After Vermont Storms

President Joe Biden has signed a disaster declaration for damage caused by storms that hit the southern Vermont counties of Windham and...
 

More Dancers Allege Sex Abuse by Instructor, Ballerina Wife

Three more dancers have come forward to allege that an instructor and his wife, a former star with the Boston Ballet, sexually abused...
 
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Midwest

 

Tests Show no Health Risks From U.S. Steel Plant Discharge: EPA

Preliminary tests indicate iron-contaminated wastewater that leaked from a northwestern Indiana steel plant into a Lake Michigan...
 

Northrop Grumman Knew Chemical Contaminated Missouri Homes: Lawsuit

Defense company Northrop Grumman knew for more than a decade that chemicals from a site it owns near Missouri's Springfield-Branson...
 

South Dakota AG, Widow of Man Struck in Fatal Crash Ink Settlement

The widow of a man who died last year after being struck by a car driven by South Dakota Attorney General Jason Ravnsborg has reached an...
 
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Southeast

 

OSHA Fines Tampa Smelter $320,000 for Lead Exposure

The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration has fined a Tampa battery recycling center and smelter almost $320,000 for...
 

JZZ Tech Acquires Florida-Based Beacon Insurance Solutions

JZZ Technologies Inc. has acquired Florida-based Beacon Insurance Solutions, part of its continuing effort to reach the senior adult...
 

Florida's Citizens Insurance Affirmed in Three of Four Claims Appeals

As Citizens Property Insurance, Florida's state-created insurer of last resort, works to reduce its exposure, officials there may take...
 

Lawsuit says Nashville Diocese Failed to Protect Minor from Sexual Abuse

A lawsuit accuses the Catholic Diocese of Nashville of failing to protect a minor child from sexual abuse by an employee at a...
 

Patriot Growth Grows with Acquisition of Another Florida Agency

Patriot Growth Insurance Services, less than three years old, has added a Florida firm to its army of insurance agencies around the...
 
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South Central

 

Houston Man Sentenced for $1.8M Insurance Fraud Scheme; Must Repay $1.8M

A Houston businessman has been sentenced to prison for an insurance fraud scheme and ordered to pay more than $1.8 million in...
 

Dallas Apartment Blast Injures 8, Including 4 Firefighters

Eight people, including four firefighters, were injured on morning of Sept. 29 in an explosion at an apartment complex in south Dallas,...
 

Hospital Housekeeping Services in Texas Sued for Disability Discrimination

Federal officials allege in a lawsuit that a Texas-based company unlawfully fired disabled workers because of their inability to pass an...
 
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West

 

Judge Questions California Counties' Opioid Case Against Drugmakers

A California judge on Thursday said several large counties accusing four drugmakers of fueling an opioid epidemic had presented a "dearth...
 

Lawsuit: Oregon Software Company Refused to Hire Man Who is Deaf

Federal watchdogs are suing Portland, Ore.-based Viewpoint Construction Software and its recruiting firm CampusPoint Corp., alleging they...
 

People Moves: Risk Strategies Names Schmidt West Commercial Lines Leader; Lockton Names McGrath VP in California

Risk Strategies named Jim Schmidt as commercial lines leader for the West region. Schmidt will be responsible for building a regional...
 

GM, Alphabet Win California's First Autonomous Permits for Passenger Rides

General Motors Co.'s Cruise and Alphabet Inc.'s Waymo self-driving car subsidiaries on Thursday became the first companies to receive...
 
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International & Reinsurance

 

Global Construction Industry Faces Climate Change Challenges, Opportunities: Marsh

Climate change and the race to net zero greenhouse gas emissions (net zero) are arguably the greatest challenges that face the...
 

Activist Investors Starboard Value, Elliott Management Take Stakes in Willis: WSJ Report

Activist investors Starboard Value LP and Elliott Management Corp have taken stakes in insurance broker Willis Towers Watson PLC, the...
 

Russia Arrests Top Cyber Security Exec, Sending Shockwaves in Business Community

MOSCOW (AP) - Russian authorities have arrested an executive of a top cyber-security company on the charges of high treason, a move that...
 

UK Insurer Aviva Completes Sale of French Business to Aéma for £2.8­ Billion

UK insurer Aviva plc announced the completion of the sale of its French business to Aema Groupe for £2.8­ billion ($3.8 billion) in...
 

Allianz Finalizes €330 Million Acquisition of Aviva Italia

Allianz S.p.A., the Italian holding company of the Allianz Group, announced it has finalized the acquisition of Aviva Italia S.p.A., the...
 

Howden Acquires CHB Insurance Brokers in Estonia

Howden, the international insurance broker, announced the acquisition of CHB Insurance Brokers (CHB), one of the pre-eminent...
 

Top Aon Executive Ronda to Join TigerRisk

TigerRisk Partners, the Stamford, Conn.-based insurance and reinsurance broker, announced the impending appointment of Tim Ronda as a...
 

Catastrophe Data Firm PERILS Launches Real-Time Hailstorm Loss Platform for Australia

PERILS, the independent Zurich-based organization that provides industry-wide catastrophe insurance data, has announced the launch of a...
 
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Research and Webinars

 
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Reducing Workers' Compensation Risks in the Construction Industry

With increased demand for new homes and building materials, the industry faces challenges finding skilled workers to do the job....
 
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Tapping Into the Growing Home Based Business Market

The world has changed. Work has changed. Growing numbers of people are stepping away from corporate America and setting up home...
 
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Agents have the expertise. Now they have the quoting speed, too.

Businesses rely on their agents and brokers to understand the risks they face and to make recommendations on how to best protect...
 
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State of the Market - Second and Third Quarter, 2021

It goes without saying, the last two years have not been easy. We have experienced some of the hardest market conditions most of...
 
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6 Ways to Launch a Winning Digital Experience

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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Insurance Journal TV

 
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EP.23: Employees May Not Be Working Inside Office Buildings, But Cyber Criminals Are

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