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| | National | | | | Moderna Inc.'s experimental vaccine is 94.5% effective in preventing COVID-19 based on interim data from a late-stage trial, the company... | | | | Affiliating with The Institutes provides an opportunity for the industry's Insurance Information Institute (III) to become more of a 21st... | | | | Independent insurance agents and their carrier partners face strong headwinds in their efforts to maintain their dominance among... | | | | After a standoff with global regulators, management turmoil and a massive safety review, Boeing Co. is set to win U.S. approval on... | | | | McDonald's Corp. will inspect all its U.S. restaurants to ensure compliance with safety standards as coronavirus cases surge again and... | | | | General Motors Co. said on Friday it was recalling 68,677 electric cars worldwide that pose a fire risk after five reported fires and two... | | | | E&S wholesale broker and managing general agency Risk Placement Services has launched a commercial crime insurance product to cover... | | | | A U.S. judge on Thursday dismissed a libel lawsuit filed by President Donald Trump's re-election campaign against CNN over a 2019 opinion... | | |  After launching in Florida as a flood insurer in 2016 and expanding into the homeowners market in 2018, TypTap Insurance Co. has officially... | | |  Keeping up to date with rating bureau content has always been an onerous task for P/C insurance carriers, particularly... | | | | More National News » |
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| | East | | | | A Massachusetts septic hauling company has agreed to pay up to $500,000 to settle allegations that it dumped waste into a local town's... | | | | AM Best has assigned the recently-formed excess and surplus (E&S) lines insurer, Obsidian Specialty Insurance Company, a financial... | | | | World Insurance Associates LLC (WIA) acquired Danaher-Skewes & Associates Inc. of Manassas, Va., on November 1, 2020. Terms of the... | | | | Alera Group, a Deerfield, Ill.-based insurance and financial services firm, has named Brian Parker as vice president of Employee Benefits... | | | | More East News » |
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| | Midwest | | | | Eight Iowa labor and civil rights groups have filed a federal complaint alleging the state has failed to protect workers in meatpacking,... | | | | Ball Insurance Services (Ball Insurance) of Northwest Indiana has been acquired by World Insurance Associates LLC. Ball Insurance, based... | | | | Lockton has added Casey Stine as a vice president and Business Development consultant for the firm's Midwest Series. Stine, who has... | | | | More Midwest News » |
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| | Southeast | | | | After hanging over Florida for several days, the former Tropical Storm Eta became a post-tropical cyclone early Friday, racing off the... | | | | The National Weather Service in Miami is issuing a coastal flood statement as the new moon's proximity to Earth brings on another round... | | | | Flooding from heavy rains across North Carolina prompted Gov. Roy Cooper to declare a state of emergency on Friday as searchers looked... | | | | Hub International Limited (Hub), a global insurance brokerage, has acquired the insurance brokerage assets of Larry Dean Massey, Jr.... | | | | Orchid Underwriters Agency, LLC (Orchid), a specialty underwriter of catastrophe-exposed property insurance, and Homesite Group, a... | | | | More Southeast News » |
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| | South Central | | | | The Texas Department of Insurance (TDI) has approved the request by the Texas Automobile Insurance Plan Association (TAIPA) for a 4.8%... | | | | Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt has requested a federal major disaster declaration from last month's ice storm that caused an estimated $27... | | | | The federal government has designated six Louisiana parishes as contiguous natural disaster areas resulting from excessive rain and... | | | | As of Sept. 27, workers' compensation insurance carriers in Texas had reported more than 25,000 COVID-19 claims and 103 fatalities to the... | | | | More South Central News » |
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| | West | | | | Hub International Limited has acquired the assets of The Vitolo Co. in Seattle, Wash. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Mike Vitolo,... | | | | Jamil Reinery Flores, 39, and Nelly Patricia Turcios, 32, a married couple from Fullerton, Calif., were charged with multiple felony... | | | | A Washington construction company with a reported history of safety problems in Kitsap, Pierce and Grays Harbor was fined more than... | | | | Diverse California businesses supplied $2.1 billion in goods and services to insurance companies last year, a 16.7% increase since 2018.... | | | | More West News » |
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| | International | | | | Moderna Inc.'s experimental vaccine is 94.5% effective in preventing COVID-19 based on interim data from a late-stage trial, the company... | | | | Major insurance companies told the UK Supreme Court on Monday it was wrong to assume there could be unlimited cover during a pandemic in... | | | | AXA SA was ordered to pay tens of millions of euros in back taxes last year after French fiscal authorities deemed a Luxembourg-based... | | | | Hurricane Iota is set to slam into Central America Monday as the Atlantic's strongest storm of the year, bringing catastrophic winds and... | | | | Three strong typhoons over the past three weeks have killed more than 100 people in the Philippines and damaged farms and infrastructure... | | | | Medical costs of German COVID-19 patients who have left hospitals are on average 50% higher than before they were admitted, data from a... | | | | Chaucer, the London-based specialty re/insurance group, announced the launch of a reinsurance branch in Bermuda to provide U.S. clients... | | | | HSB is expanding its engineering services to deliver consultancy services that enable businesses to improve efficiency and meet their... | | | | More International News » |
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| | Research and Webinars | | |  | Independent agencies today face an increasingly commoditized market, with new competitors constantly on the rise, and technology... | | |  | Businesses choose to work with companies that make them smarter, protect them from risk, and generally, make life easier. Does... | | |  | High net worth individuals and their families --- those with liquid assets of more than $1 million -- have an extensive variety... | | |  | Boost retention by reaching out at the right time with the right message. Auto insurance consumers are shopping more than ever... | | | | More research and webinars » |
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| | Insurance Journal TV | | |  | Elections Part II Nov. 3 came and went, and while there's some still contentious feelings... | | |  | "Insurance is a technology industry now." That's according to Todd Lukens, chief... | | | | Watch more videos at InsuranceJournal.tv » |
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| | Reader Comments | | | | 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 | | | | 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 | | | | 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 | | | | Posted: Tue Nov 10 -- primary source: Trump's Twitter account. FourSeasonsTotalLandscaping | | | | 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 | | | | Go To Popular Comments » |
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