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| | National | | | | Private U.S. companies have the right under the law to require employees to get vaccinated against COVID-19, but are unlikely to do so... | | | | The Travelers Companies has agreed to acquire InsuraMatch, a national digital independent insurance agency, from the Plymouth Rock Group... | | | | A group representing major automakers is unveiling a detailed proposal Wednesday aimed at making it easier to deploy thousands of... | | | | The National Labor Relations Board will file a complaint accusing Alphabet Inc.'s Google of unlawfully monitoring and questioning... | | | | A record-setting Atlantic hurricane season that saw the highest number of named storms officially came to a close Monday. The National... | | | | This is the last week to submit for Insurance Journal's Charity Issue. This annual special issue of Insurance Journal's print magazine... | | | | Huckleberry, a small business insurance purchasing platform, has launched a new offering designed for small businesses impacted by... | | | | Global insurer Chubb announced that John Keogh, executive vice chairman of Chubb Group and chief operating officer, has been appointed... | | | | Editor's note: This is part of a series of articles based on panels and presentations during Insurance Journal's 2020 Insuring Cannabis... | | | | Property/casualty insurance for senior living facilities has taken a hit this year. The insurance market has been hardening for the last... | | | | Over the past five years, InsurTech investment has fueled a significant uptick in the availability of InsurTech... | | | | More National News » |
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| | East | | | | The Philadelphia region's largest hunger-relief group has lost nearly $1 million in a cyberattack. Thieves infiltrated the group's... | | | | NFP, an insurance broker and consultant that provides property and casualty, corporate benefits, retirement and individual solutions, has... | | | | Capco, a global management and technology consultancy, has acquired NEOS LLC, a Hartford, Conn.-based consultancy focused on helping... | | | | More East News » |
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| | Midwest | | | | New Jersey-based World Insurance Associates LLC (WIA) has acquired Insurance Solution Network LLC (ISN) of Villa Park, Ill. Terms of the... | | | | A Kansas City-area nursing home has agreed to settle a lawsuit alleging it paid female nurses less than male nurses, federal authorities... | | | | Waymo plans to open a new testing site in Ohio for its driverless autonomous vehicles that will focus on dense, urban areas, the company... | | | | More Midwest News » |
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| | Southeast | | | | Workers' compensation rates in Tennessee are expected to decrease next year after a 9.2% overall loss cost decrease was approved.... | | | | Gov. Tate Reeves instituted mask mandates in 13 more Mississippi counties Tuesday but chose not to implement the measure statewide, a... | | | | A South Carolina family has filed a lawsuit alleging their student fell ill after an elementary school covered up the presence of mold in... | | | | Core Assurance Partners, Inc. has hired Rob Huber to the firm as deputy managing director of Core Assurance Atlanta, LLC, a newly formed... | | | | More Southeast News » |
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| | South Central | | | | Wisconsin-based Sentry Insurance (Sentry) has gained approval from the Oklahoma Insurance Department to submit its Insurance Business... | | | | A study showing rates for Texas' insurer of last resort for communities along the Texas coast are inadequate by 26% for residential... | | | | The Texas Department of Insurance (TDI) has issued a reminder to insurance companies, agents, and marketers of discount healthcare... | | | | More South Central News » |
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| | West | | | | Two sizable earthquakes in the North Pacific on Tuesday shook several communities in the Aleutian Islands of Alaska but there were no... | | | | A lawsuit filed by 25 former residents of two Wyoming teen centers accuses the facilities of human trafficking and abuse. The complaint... | | | | A Northern California county has agreed to pay nearly $10 million to settle a lawsuit by a Silicon Valley software engineer who was... | | | | The captain of a scuba diving boat that caught fire and sank off the coast of California last year, killing 34 people who were trapped... | | | | La Jolla, Calif.-based Palomar Holdings Inc. has named Angela Grant chief legal officer. Grant will oversee all in-house and corporate... | | | | Editor's note: This is part of a series of articles based on panels and presentations during Insurance Journal's 2020 Insuring Cannabis... | | | | Judy Hein, 71, of Oxnard, Calif., was arraigned on five felony counts of insurance fraud after allegedly underreporting payroll for her... | | | | More West News » |
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| | International | | | | A new re/insurance group, called Vantage Group Holdings Ltd., has launched with $1 billion of equity capital, provided by private equity... | | | | AXA Group's chief risk and investment officer, Alban de Mailly Nesle is required to ponder myriad dangers to the Paris-based insurer and... | | | | Inigo Ltd., the new London insurance group that has raised $800m in start-up capital from a group of blue chip global investors,... | | | | Prospero Re Ltd., a reinsurance company wholly owned by ILS Capital Management with $250 million in statutory capital, has received... | | | | BMS Group, the independent specialist re/insurance broker, announced its Spanish subsidiary, BMS Mediación Iberia Correduría de Seguros... | | | | BRUSSELS - European Union diplomats said on Thursday they hoped a Brexit trade deal with Britain could be agreed by Friday or at the... | | | | COLOMBO -- The Burevi tropical cyclone is headed towards southern India, authorities said on Thursday, after it slammed Sri Lanka's east... | | | | BMS Group, the independent specialist re/insurance broker, announced the appointment of Aidan Pope as executive chairman of its Latin... | | | | More International News » |
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| | Research and Webinars | | | | | High net worth individuals and their families --- those with liquid assets of more than $1 million -- have an extensive variety... | | | | | Let's face it—the distribution channel has treated carriers, agents, and customers well in the past, but the digital world we... | | | | | Independent agencies today face an increasingly commoditized market, with new competitors constantly on the rise, and technology... | | | | | The hard market is here and shows no signs of slowing down. While this period of the insurance cycle is often known as being the... | | | | More research and webinars » |
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| | Insurance Journal TV | | | | | Recent research shows that more insurers are taking advantage of cloud technology for data... | | | | | Elections Part II Nov. 3 came and went, and while there's some still contentious feelings... | | | | Watch more videos at InsuranceJournal.tv » |
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| | Reader Comments | | | | Posted: Mon Nov 30 -- Insurers must be held accountable TO THE CONTRACT LANGUAGE ! Full stop ! That means that most, if not all of the BI claims triggered by the... Barry Rabkin | | | | Posted: Fri Nov 27 -- "A document crafted by a bunch of slave owners . . ." that became the model for Constitutions around the world thereafter. Apparently, the... Craig Winston Cornell | | | | Posted: Mon Nov 30 -- I live in the DFW area, Dallas County. When called for jury duty, the central jury room usually has close to 1000 people on a Monday. I... TxLady | | | | Posted: Tue Dec 1 -- It's sad that at this point it's doubtless that the clueless, racist members of the right will moan and wail about this, likely refusing to... Jon | | | | Posted: Tue Dec 1 -- WHAT? You mean people don't trust Google and Apple with their information? Now, why would that be? I swear, the author of this article must... Craig Winston Cornell | | | | Go To Popular Comments » |
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