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| | National | | | | Consulting firm McKinsey & Co. has agreed to pay at least $573 million to resolve claims by 40-plus U.S. states related to its role in... | | | | The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission sued two associates of Rudy Giuliani, the former New York City mayor and lawyer for Donald... | | | | Global commercial insurance prices increased 22% in the fourth quarter of 2020, according to the Global Insurance Market Index released... | | | | Bayer AG struck a $2 billion deal to resolve a class action of future claims relating to allegations that its widely used weedkiller... | | | | Renaissance Alliance Insurance Services Adds 33 Members in 2020 Renaissance Alliance, a network for independent insurance agencies,... | | | | The vast majority of U.S. small businesses took a hit to their revenue last year because of the coronavirus pandemic, with minority-owned... | | | | Insurer Allstate reported improved auto underwriting results and strong investment returns for the fourth quarter 2020. Net income was up... | | | | Catastrophe modeler RMS has made updates to its cyber offerings to target emerging cyber risks. Among the updates is the new Cyber... | | |  The COVID-19 pandemic is creating varying levels of disruption for writers in the U.S. professional liability insurance market, with many... | | |  See a need and then fill it. That's the secret of most successful businesses--and that was the driving motivator of... | | | | More National News » |
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| | East | | | | The New York State Department of Financial Services (DFS) has issued new guidance spelling out best practices for New York-regulated... | | | | A construction worker was killed when the excavator he was operating fell into a waterway, leaving him trapped him inside the equipment,... | | | | Owners of a solar energy farm in Massachusetts have reached a settlement with the state's attorney general's office to remediate a large... | | | | More East News » |
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| | Midwest | | | | A suburban Des Moines, Iowa, insurance agent has been charged with multiple felony counts after state officials say he collected... | | | | Anthony Hanes has joined Chicago-based Ryan Specialty Group's Stetson Insurance Funding (Stetson) as president. Stetson specializes in... | | | | Former Ohio Supreme Court justice Judith L. French has been appointed as the next director of the Ohio Department of Insurance, Interim... | | | | Investigators believe a fire that burned six school buses at a Racine County, Wisconsin, depot was ignited by an electrical problem and... | | | | More Midwest News » |
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| | Southeast | | | | A new group in Charleston is committed to lowering the area's carbon footprint, and they've notched a recent success on James Island. The... | | | | Amazon workers at an Alabama warehouse will vote next week on whether to unionize in one of the most visible labor-organizing pushes at... | | | | A southwest Georgia man faces charges after a death last year a racetrack he operated. Insurance Commissioner John F. King said Thursday... | | | | A Georgia state House member says drivers should not be able to avoid penalties by telling judges they have purchased hands-free devices... | | | | USG Insurance Services, Inc., a national wholesaler and MGA, has added Bob Reardon as Business Development manager: Southeast. Reardon... | | | | More Southeast News » |
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| | South Central | | | | In his State of the State address on Feb. 2, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott advocated liability protections for businesses faced with lawsuits... | | | | The Oklahoma Insurance Department (OID) has appointed Donald Ashwood as captive coordinator, a position in which he will coordinate... | | | | Texan Insurance has acquired Houston-based Suzanne Brown Agency LLC in an all-cash transaction. Founded in 2001, Suzanne Brown Agency is... | | | | More South Central News » |
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| | West | | | | Two farm groups are suing the state of Washington for failing to revise emergency regulations that seek to protect migrant farmworkers... | | | | The National Fire Protection Association and State Farm have kicked off a funding awards application period for the eighth national... | | | | San Francisco, Calif.-based Newfront Insurance has named Jeff Chenu a principal and commercial insurance broker. Chenu is based in... | | | | Crescencio Velasco Covarrubias, 45, of Button Willow, Calif., was arraigned this week on multiple felony counts of insurance fraud after... | | | | More West News » |
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| | International | | | | Global commercial insurance prices increased 22% in the fourth quarter of 2020, according to the Global Insurance Market Index released... | | | | Mosaic, a Bermuda-based global specialty insurer, has launched operations in Bermuda, London, the United States and Asia, along with a... | | | | Approximately $11 billion of property catastrophe bond limit was placed in 2020, the highest on record, according to a new Aon report... | | | | Applied Underwriters announced it will acquire Concept Special Risks, a UK-based international managing general agent, which provides... | | | | Quotech and Tenefit have announced a new partnership to bring new peril and loss-event data into insurance-market systems in real time,... | | | | Hiscox Ltd., the international specialist insurer, announced the appointment of Stéphane Flaquet, who currently serves as CEO of Hiscox... | | | | More International News » |
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| | Reader Comments | | | | Posted: Wed Feb 3 -- Wow ! There has to be at least ten different ways this could have been handled that would be condo friendly, animal friendly, elderly... Questionning | | | | Posted: Fri Jan 29 -- "Abbott acknowledged that in Texas, there is “either zero or close to zero” federal lands where drilling is done." We are going to stand... CalDude | | | | Posted: Mon Feb 1 -- Glad to see Biden implemented his mask mandate that Republican's argued he should've done while Trump was still President ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Rosenblatt | | | | Posted: Mon Feb 1 -- This sentence summed up the article well: "Much of the guidelines released Friday are similar to ones from the Trump administration".... TR714 | | | | Posted: Tue Feb 2 -- Didn't know Underwriters are now Stock Analyst. SMH. Wonder if Stockholders want underwriters to just focus on stock price and not actually... TX Agent | | | | Go To Popular Comments » |
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