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| | National | | | | Democrats and Republicans in Congress are taking aim at a controversial law that shields internet platforms including Facebook Inc. and... | | | | Climate change is weakening the ocean currents that shape weather on both sides of the Atlantic. The Atlantic Meridional Overturning... | | | | Hippo Enterprises said it will go public through a merger with a blank-check firm, backed by Silicon Valley heavyweights Reid Hoffman and... | | | | U.S. property data and analytics company CoreLogic Inc. rebuffed peer CoStar Group Inc.'s sweetened buyout offer, saying it required... | | | | Brit Ltd. said it will merge its U.S. service company platform, Brit Global Specialty USA, and its managing general agency Ambridge. The... | | | | Alleghany Corp. has triggered a changing of the guard, with a new chief executive officer slated to take over at the end of 2021. Current... | | | | Root Inc.'s second earnings report as a public company reveals that the digital auto insurance startup continues to lose substantial... | | | | There was no escaping the coronavirus in 2020 and the pandemic will dominate the risk landscape again in 2021, according to global leaders... | | | | According to a recent Accenture study assessing consumer views about the financial services industry, personalization is... | | | | More National News » |
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| | East | | | | Two people died when they were struck by a truck at a construction site in Boston on Wednesday, officials said. The workers were struck... | | | | A federal grand jury in Worcester, Massachusetts, brought additional charges against two men in connection with their involvement in an... | | | | The McGowan Companies, based in Fairview Park, Ohio, has acquired the assets of the wholesale division of Liberty Corner,... | | | | More East News » |
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| | Midwest | | | | Kansas lawmakers moved on March 2 to extend protections for businesses from lawsuits over COVID-19. The Senate Judiciary Committee... | | | | Chicago-based global insurance brokerage, Hub International Limited (Hub), has acquired the assets of Benefit Strategies Agency LLC and... | | | | Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has announced the further loosening of Michigan's coronavirus restrictions, easing capacity limits in restaurants... | | | | The family of a Lebanon, Mo., police officer who died of COVID-19 has been denied workers' compensation, city officials said. Officer... | | | | More Midwest News » |
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| | Southeast | | | | It's the start of another Florida Legislative Session with a familiar theme -- insurers pushing for reforms they say are needed to help... | | | | Kentucky's governor toured parts of his state hard by heavy rains Tuesday and pledged to seek federal assistance after massive flooding... | | | | Associated Insurance Administrators (AIA), based in Montgomery, Ala., has appointed Patrick Albrecht as president. The appointment of... | | | | More Southeast News » |
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| | South Central | | | | Alliant Insurance Services has acquired Group Insurance Incorporated (GII), a full-service employee benefits provider and general agency... | | | | As small-business owners and managers across Texas went to work Wednesday morning, they faced yet another 2021 headache: deal with losing... | | | | The largest and oldest power cooperative in Texas is filing for bankruptcy protection, citing February's winter storm that left millions... | | | | More South Central News » |
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| | West | | | | Editor's note: This part of a series of profiles on cannabis brokers, in which Insurance Journal explores why and how these folks got... | | | | Newport Beach, Calif.-based Alliant Insurance Services has named Derek Whipple senior vice president of energy and marine. Whipple is... | | | | San Diego, Calif.-based ICW Group Insurance Cos. has named Iva Yuan vice president, product and pricing. Yuan will oversee the strategic... | | | | A semitruck on Tuesday crashed into an SUV carrying 25 people on a Southern California highway, killing 13 and leaving others injured,... | | | | More West News » |
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| | International & Reinsurance | | | | MILAN - Europe's insurance industry doesn't have the capacity to deal with the systemic risk of a pandemic and more protection needs to... | | | | More than five years after massive cyber attacks left a quarter of a million Ukrainians without electricity, the world's power grids have... | | | | LONDON - A funding crisis at Greensill Capital could spill over to some of its high-risk borrowers and lead to losses for insurers and... | | | | PARIS - A Paris court [held] a hearing Wednesday in a class-action effort to hold French health authorities and companies accountable... | | | | Aviva Plc has exited its Italian businesses in a pair of deals totaling 873 million euros ($1.1 billion) as the UK insurer continues to... | | | | Costero Holdings, a privately held London-based brokerage, has acquired the independent broker Mar Risk Services Ltd. (MarRS), effective... | | | | Zurich Insurance Group has appointed Sierra Signorelli, currently group chief underwriting officer, to the role of chief executive... | | | | More International & Reinsurance News » |
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| | Insurance Journal Blogs and Columns | | | | This post is part of a series sponsored by ITC (Insurance Technologies Corporation). Leads. They're an insurance agency's lifeblood.... | | | | This post is part of a series sponsored by Old Republic Surety. Growth, expansion and acquisitions are all good, right? Not necessarily.... | | | | More Blogs » |
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| | Research and Webinars | | | | | As the insurance industry rebounds from a tumultuous 2020, we will see swift changes across a number of critical areas. In this... | | | | | Agencies arranging financing to insureds through premium finance companies can increase their top and bottom lines by offering... | | | | | Now that the 2020 election is behind us, it is predicted that we'll likely see even greater growth in renewables with the Biden... | | | | | Historically, it's been difficult for independent agents to profitably place commercial lines, but insurtech is quickly changing... | | | | | As a retail broker, you have likely addressed some tough pandemic-related questions from your business clients – from... | | | | More research and webinars » |
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| | Insurance Journal TV | | | | | Anyone who uses social media has probably come across deepfakes, which refer to media such as... | | | | | Florida insurance chief David Altmaier has a busy year ahead, and it won't just include... | | | | Watch more videos at InsuranceJournal.tv » |
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