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September 17, 2021
 
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National

 

Demand Outpacing Supply in One of Best E&S Markets in 50 Years, Industry Veteran Says

The chair of W.R. Berkley Corp. has been observing conditions in the excess and surplus and specialty markets for more than five decades...
 

Financial Services Firms Beware, Outsiders Are Cracking the Code

Anyone can be a banker these days, you just need the right code. Global brands from Mercedes and Amazon to IKEA and Walmart are cutting...
 

'Cyber Bullets' Are Part of War on Hacks, Says U.S. Cyber Director

The U.S. government should be prepared to fire "cyber bullets" in response to significant hacking attacks as part of a comprehensive...
 

People Moves: Wuller Promoted to CEO of RSG Underwriting Managers, Replacing Clark

Ryan Specialty Group announced the appointment of Miles Wuller to chief executive officer of RSG Underwriting Managers, Ryan Specialty's...
 

Benefits Firm Unum to Offer Digital Vaccination Verification Tool

Employee benefits firm Unum said it will soon launch a product to help employers determine employees' COVID-19 vaccination status and...
 

Great American Introduces Home-Based Business Coverage

Great American Insurance Group has introduced a new product offering through PolicySweet, its online offering for small business...
 

Red Flags on Insurance for Green Building Products

While "greener" buildings are important to reducing global carbon emissions, the buildings offer much more than that. Green buildings bring...
 

Transforming Commercial Insurance: Lessons From The Hartford

Traditional insurance products focus on risk transfer. Insurers compete based on their ability to use historical loss...
 
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East

 

Ex-Owner of Virginia Assisted Living Facility Pleads Guilty to Fraud

The former owner of a Richmond, Virginia, assisted living facility pleaded guilty to health care fraud after spending more than $800,000...
 

Ex-Shoe Company Exec in Massachusetts Gets Nearly Six Years for Embezzlement

A former executive at a nearly 140-year-old shoe manufacturer in Massachusetts has been sentenced to nearly six years in prison for...
 

Vermont Governor Seeking Disaster Assistance After Flooding

Vermont Governor Phil Scott asked the federal government to help Bennington and Windham counties recover from summer flooding. Scott said...
 
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Midwest

 

Ford Sending $500 to Evacuated Michigan Households

Ford Motor Co. will send $500 checks to every household that was evacuated from a southeastern Michigan city because of a gasoline leak...
 

40 Vehicles Damaged, Destroyed by Fire in Indianapolis Auto Yard

About 40 vehicles have been destroyed or damaged during a fire in an Indianapolis auto yard. The blaze initially was reported about 1:45...
 

Wisconsin Agribusiness Sued for Harassment, Discrimination, Retaliation

Wisconsin's largest ginseng producer is facing a federal lawsuit charging the company with subjecting female workers to hostile work...
 
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Southeast

 

South Carolina Lawyer Who Arranged Own Death Turns Himself in on Insurance Fraud

A prominent South Carolina lawyer who found the bodies of his wife and son three months ago plans to turn himself in to face charges in a...
 

Florida New Litigated Claims Fell 35% in August

New litigated claims for Florida's largest property and casualty insurers dropped to 4,313 in August, a 35% decrease from July, according...
 

Surfside Commissioners Reject Proposed Land Swap at Site of Condo Collapse

Commissioners in Surfside, Florida, have rejected a proposal to trade public beachfront to the eventual buyer of the condominium collapse...
 
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South Central

 

Donelon Doubles Down as State Farm Refuses to Cover Ida Evacuation Costs

For the second time in a week, Louisiana Insurance Commissioner Jim Donelon has said he is considering levying fines against insurance...
 

Texas Reduces Insurance Complaint Processing Times by 80%

The Texas Department of Insurance eliminated a backlog of consumer complaints and reduced processing times by 80% as part of the agency's...
 

Oklahoma Moves Up in Highway Bridge Conditions Ranking

Oklahoma moved from No. 9 in the nation to No. 7 among states with the lowest percentages of structurally deficient bridges on the...
 
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West

 

Alera Acquires The Brokerage Commercial Insurance Services in California

Alera Group acquired The Brokerage Commercial Insurance Services Inc. in in Newport Beach, Calif. The Brokerage Commercial Insurance...
 

Termination Lawsuit in Washington County Settles for $1.4M

The Clark County Council in Washington has agreed to pay Don Benton and two other former county employees $1.4 million less than four...
 

California County Paying $11M to Man Exonerated in 1998 Murder

A California county has paid $11 million to a man who spent two decades in prison after being wrongly convicted of killing his girlfriend...
 

Tourists from China Sue After Deadly Utah Tour Bus Crash

The state of Utah didn't do enough to make sure a remote highway was safe before a tour bus crashed, killing four people from China and...
 
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International & Reinsurance

 

Financial Services Firms Beware, Outsiders Are Cracking the Code

Anyone can be a banker these days, you just need the right code. Global brands from Mercedes and Amazon to IKEA and Walmart are cutting...
 

Lloyd's Urges Insurance Workforce With Ethnic Minorities as One-Third of New Hires

Lloyd's of London wants the commercial insurance market to recruit a third of its workforce from ethnic minorities, it said on Friday, as...
 

Zurich Insurance Weighs Selling Some Australian Non-Core Assets

Zurich Insurance Group AG is considering a sale of some of its general insurance assets in Australia as the Swiss firm seeks to...
 

Fukushima Plant Officials Admit Faulure to Probe Cause of Faulty Filters

TOKYO -- Officials at Japan's wrecked Fukushima nuclear power plant have acknowledged they neglected to investigate the cause of faulty...
 

People Moves: Beazley Names Sanchez to New Cyber Role; AGCS Promotes Vassallo for Energy & Construction; Dyer and Adams Join Marsh's UK Marine & Cargo Practice

This edition of International People Moves covers London-based appointments at Beazley, Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty (AGCS) and...
 

Moody's Closes on Acquisition of Risk Modeler RMS for $2 Billion

Moody's Corp. reported that it has completed its acquisition of RMS, the climate and natural disaster risk modeling and analytics firm....
 
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Join us Wed. Sept. 22nd, 10 am PST, 1pm EST to learn how your agency can achieve rapid growth. Whitney Norcup, COO of Columbia...
 
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Understanding the uninsured: Five opportunities for promising growth.

The protection gap is found anywhere your customer is exposed to a risk that they could insure against but do not. This is a...
 
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Discover How to Influence the Restoration Process for Better Policyholder Experience

Your response to a client's disaster is the key to customer satisfaction, retention, and referrals. Insurance providers need a...
 
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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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Beyond Survival: Key Strategies to Thrive as an Independent Agent

We surveyed and interviewed independent agents from across the United States to understand the hurdles they face, the...
 
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The insuring cannabis space has been busily bringing new products and services to operators as...
 
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