| | Today's Headlines | | | | December 27, 2021 |
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| | National | | | | A 2012 insurance industry proposal to make tornado shelters part of the building code for large commercial and residential buildings was... | | | | Capital One Financial Corp. agreed to pay $190 million to settle a class-action lawsuit that customers filed against the firm after a... | | | | Hallmark Financial Services, Inc. announced last Thursday that it will no longer actively pursue a previously announced separation of its... | | | | During the pandemic, worker deaths decreased by 10.7% in 2020 compared to 2019, with 4,764 fatal workplace injuries, according to the... | | | | The Supreme Court will hear oral arguments Jan. 7 on whether the Biden administration can order workers at private companies and health... | | | | Smithfield Foods, the world's largest pork producer, last year assigned a team of dedicated employees to enforce social distancing and... | | | | FWD Group Ltd., the Hong Kong-based insurer backed by billionaire Richard Li, withdrew its U.S. initial public offering as China tightens... | | |  Every emerging risk strategy must begin with a horizon scan. At Praedicat, our strategy is to scan the scientific... | | | | More National News » |
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| | East | | | | The New Hampshire Liquor Commission has fined a restaurant in Windham, New Hampshire, $2,500 and suspended its liquor license for 10 days... | | | | The New York State Police in Brunswick arrested 53-year-old Michael LePage of Glens Falls, New York, on December 17, 2021, for insurance... | | | | DealerPolicy Appoints Super as Head of Agency Solutions DealerPolicy, an insurance marketplace for automotive retail, appointed Tom Super... | | | | More East News » |
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| | Midwest | | | | A contractor working at a Caterpillar Inc. foundry in central Illinois fell to his death when he apparently stepped off a ladder at the... | | | | Minnesota-based Medtronic has agreed to pay $400,000 to South Dakota to resolve allegations that it paid kickbacks to a neurosurgeon,... | | | | Investigators in a small southern Missouri town are trying to determine the identity of a serial arsonist who is believed responsible for... | | | | More Midwest News » |
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| | Southeast | | | | King Insurance, a Florida-based insurance broker and employee benefits firm, has acquired three agencies in Florida and Georgia, bringing... | | | | CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP)--A plan to build a $1.1 billion seawall around much of downtown Charleston is leaning toward relying on concrete... | | | | More Southeast News » |
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| | South Central | | | | Crews extinguished a large fire at a Houston-area refinery that broke out early Dec. 23, injuring four people. The fire started at about... | | | | A congressional committee has launched an investigation into the promoter of the Astroworld music festival in Houston, in which 10 people... | | | | President Joe Biden has declared a major disaster in Arkansas, making federal relief funding available in five north eastern counties hit... | | | | A New Orleans-based oil company has agreed to turn over a $432 million cleanup trust fund and pay an additional $43 million to settle a... | | | | World Insurance Associates LLC has acquired Total Coverage Insurance of Irving, Texas. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. TCI... | | | | More South Central News » |
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| | West | | | | Insurance rates in key lines for cannabis businesses may be heading up 10% or more next year. That was one of the predictions made by an... | | | | The state of Washington has agreed to a $4 million settlement for two former foster children who were abused and sexually assaulted. The... | | | | The City Council in Portland, Oregon, unanimously approved of paying $100,000 to settle a federal lawsuit filed against police by a man... | | | | Alliant Insurance Services named Adam Walter a vice president within its employee benefits group. based in Phoenix, Arizona. Walter will... | | | | More West News » |
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| | International & Reinsurance | | | | Ten of this year's most destructive weather events cost a combined $170 billion in damages, according to a new study. Hurricane Ida, a... | | | | An Italian judge on Thursday dropped a case against the CEO of Unipol and six other people related to the 2013 merger between Italy's... | | | | MELBOURNE - India's Adani Group is preparing to ship the first coal cargo from Australia's most controversial mine, after battling a... | | | | Insurance broker Marsh announced that it has increased its shareholding in Marsh India Insurance Brokers Pvt. Ltd. from 49% to 92%. Marsh... | | | | Canopius Group, the London-based global specialty re/insurer, announced it has completed a loss portfolio transfer (LPT) agreement with... | | | | UK broker Ardonagh Group announced it has agreed to acquire Portuguese broker MDS Group. Headquartered in Porto, MDS has offices in... | | | | Lloyd's has launched a new renewable energy consortium, to respond to the growing needs of the Asia-Pacific region and supporting... | | | | More International & Reinsurance News » |
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