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November 22, 2021
 
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National

 

Amazon and Its Algorithms Blamed for Crashes by Delivery Drivers

Ans Rana was in the back seat of his brother's Tesla Model S when they stopped behind a disabled car just before 9 p.m. on Atlanta's busy...
 

Insureds May be Cooling to Digital Claims Experience

Policyholders are starting to pull back from digital channels as the COVID-19 pandemic eases and revert to in-person ways to file...
 

Biden's Proposed Inflation Cap on Drug Prices Includes Private Insurance Plans

Workers and families with private health insurance would reap savings on prescription drugs from a little-noticed provision in President...
 

Resilience Cyber Closes $80M Funding Round to Further Expand Into Middle Market

Resilience, which offers cyber insurance and security solutions, reported that that it closed an $80 million Series C funding round as it...
 

GoDaddy Says Security Incident Exposed Data of 1.2M WordPress Users

Internet domain registration and web services company GoDaddy reported today that it has discovered a security breach that could affect...
 

How Remote Work Changes Agency Culture

Remote work is now an accepted practice for both agencies and insurers whether by necessity due to the pandemic or a growing workforce...
 

Russia Missile Test Creates New Belt of Space Junk, Escalating Threat to Satellites

The Russian missile test that shattered a dead satellite this week highlights a growing threat of space debris just as companies such as...
 

Surfing for The Next Agency E&O

Errors & omissions claims against agencies related to the COVID-19 pandemic have not materialized as feared a year ago. Overall, E&O...
 

Beyond the Hype: How to Value InsurTechs

Why is it so hard for property/casualty insurance carrier professionals to accept the idea that InsurTechs are bringing...
 
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East

 

New Jersey Man Indicted in Connection with Auto Insurance Fraud Scam

A Hudson County, New Jersey, man was indicted for allegedly causing fraudulent automobile insurance applications to be submitted on his...
 

Pennsylvania Lawmakers Try Anew to Toughen Penalty for Repeat DUI Drivers

The Pennsylvania House of Representatives approved legislation aiming to increase penalties for motorists who have multiple DUI...
 

Operator of Boat That Crashed in Massachusetts, Killing One, Pleads Not Guilty

A businessman who was operating a luxury powerboat that crashed in Boston Harbor last summer, leaving one passenger dead and five others...
 
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Midwest

 

Wisconsin Medical Payments per Workers' Comp Claim Among Highest in Study

A recent study by the Workers Compensation Research Institute found that medical payments per claim with more than seven days of lost...
 

Crash Kills 2 Missouri Highway Workers

Two state Department of Transportation workers were killed and another was seriously injured Thursday after they were hit by a car on an...
 
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Southeast

 

If a Tree Falls on a Porta-Potty, Injury Not Compensable, Tennessee High Court Finds

If a tree falls on worker while he's on a bathroom break, the resulting injury is not necessarily compensable, the Tennessee Supreme...
 

Habart Named Director of Tennessee's Surging Captive Section

The Tennessee Department of Commerce and Insurance has promoted the Captive Insurance Section's acting manager to be director of the...
 

Independent Agents Can Access Tech Training, Tools with Catalyit

Independent agent associations in seven states have teamed up with the technology company Catalyit to help agencies assess and improve...
 

Insurtech Slide Closes $100M Fundraising Round

Slide, an insurtech company based in Tampa, announced it is closing its oversubscribed, $100 million Series A fundraising round. Slide...
 
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Insurance Jobs

 

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South Central

 

Louisiana Department of Insurance Creates Ida Relief Resource Center

The Louisiana Department of Insurance and Lafitte mayor Tim Kerner Jr. are creating a resource center to help residents understand their...
 

Deadline Nears for FEMA Aid for Hurricane Ida

Louisiana residents impacted by Hurricane Ida's destruction in August have a week remaining to seek individual assistance from the...
 

Texas High School Band Bus Crash Kills 3

The three men killed in a fiery West Texas crash involving a school bus carrying members of a high school band included the band...
 

Report: Texas Still at Risk of Winter Power Failures

Texas is still at risk of power blackouts this winter in the event of extreme weather like the catastrophic February storm that buckled...
 
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West

 

K2 Launches Parametric MGA in California Headed by Carpinteri

K2 Insurance Services LLC launched a managing general agency called K2 Parametric, which is being led by Scott Carpinteri, who has...
 

Colorado Suburb Paying $15M to Settle Elijah Mcclain Suit

The Denver, Colorado suburb of Aurora has agreed to pay $15 million to settle a lawsuit brought by the parents of Elijah McClain, a Black...
 

AM Best: Credit Ratings of Golden Bear in California Under Review with Negative Implications

AM Best placed under review with negative implications the Financial Strength Rating of A (Excellent) and the Long-Term Issuer Credit...
 

California Commissioner Orders FAIR Plan to offer More Commercial Coverage

California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara on Friday ordered the FAIR Plan to implement his mandated increases to its decades-old...
 
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International & Reinsurance

 

UK Competition Regulator Ends Probe Into Gallagher's Planned Purchase of Willis Re

Britain's competition watchdog said on Monday it will not refer insurance broker Arthur J Gallagher & Co's planned $3.25 billion purchase...
 

Climate Change Could Fuel Atmospheric Rivers, Which Caused Recent Canada Floods

Atmospheric rivers of the kind that drenched California and flooded British Columbia in recent weeks will become larger -- and possibly...
 

Fertilizer-Maker Yara to Debut World's 1st Autonomous Electric Container Ship

OSLO - The world's first fully electric and self-steering container ship, owned by fertilizer maker Yara, is preparing to navigate...
 

Wind Turbine Maker Vestas' Shares Drop as Cyber Attack Risks Output Delays

Shares in Vestas Wind Systems A/S dropped to a two-week low after one of the world's top makers of wind turbines was hit by a cyber...
 

Apollo's Syndicate 1971 to Open for Trading in 2022

Apollo Syndicate Management, the independent specialist insurer and reinsurer, announced it has received Lloyd's approval to establish...
 
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Research and Webinars

 
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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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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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Mobile Telematics: The solution to driving your business forward.

Are you still using Credit Score to assess risk? Move beyond legacy methods of assessing risk with proven insurance solutions...
 
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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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