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| | National | | | | Claims errors continue to be the most frequent reason that property/casualty insurers are cited by regulators when responding to market... | | | | Microsoft says the U.S. Labor Department is scrutinizing its efforts to boost Black employment and leadership at the tech company.... | | | | The Federal Communications Commission has given no indication it will move quickly on an effort by President Donald Trump to narrow the... | | | | Waymo on Thursday will relaunch and expand its fully automated, robo-taxi ride hailing service in Phoenix, rebooting its effort to... | | | | After launching in Florida as a flood insurer in 2016 and expanding into the homeowners market in 2018, TypTap Insurance Co. has... | | | | Pathpoint, a new brokerage for excess and surplus lines, is billing itself as an all-digital wholesale brokerage built from the ground... | | | | A U.S. government weather forecaster on Thursday said there is an 85% chance of La Niña conditions continuing through the upcoming... | | | | Florida-based flood insurance agency National Flood Insurance (NFI) has backed a new online platform for consumers and agents to quote,... | | |  It's been said that necessity is the mother of invention. That proverb was illustrated perfectly during the insurance... | | | | More National News » |
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| | Featured Events | | |  | October 26 / Virtual | | |  | October 20 / virtual | | |
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| | East | | | | Two members of Congress from New York called on the National Transportation Safety Board to reverse its decision not to send an... | | | | A series of arson fires in the town of Stowe has prompted the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives and Vermont police... | | | | Ametros has hired Nicole Chappelle as vice president of Settlement Solutions, leading the professional administrator's strategy for... | | | | More East News » |
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| | Midwest | | | | POWERS Insurance & Risk Management in St. Louis, Mo., has hired Julia Gonzalez as Personal Lines Sales Marketer. In this position,... | | | | People struggling to pay rent, along with small businesses and nonprofits hurt by the pandemic and the weak economy, could have details... | | | | A Cedar Rapids, Iowa, hospital plans tear down part of a building that sustained significant damage in a derecho that tore through the... | | | | St. Paul, Minn., police said they have recovered six collector cars stolen from a body shop and are searching for suspects. The vintage... | | | | More Midwest News » |
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| | | | | | | Top Professional Liability Event of 2020 | | | | Learn and interact with many of the most engaging and experienced industry practitioners in the PLI industry at the PLUS Conference on Nov 9-11. | | | | | | | | Professional Liability Underwriting Society (PLUS) | | |
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| | Southeast | | | | Tennesseans have a new tool to help them file workers' compensation claims - an app that lets them fill out key forms by speaking into a... | | | | AMS Professional Liability, a wholesale broker in the state of Florida, and Allsouth Professional Liability, a brokerage specializing in... | | | | EPIC Insurance Brokers and Consultants, a retail property and casualty insurance brokerage and employee benefits consultant, has added... | | | | More Southeast News » |
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| | | | | | | Understanding Business Income | | | | Business income coverage is arguably one of the most important coverages your commercial clients should have. Get THE book on the subject. | | | | | | | | Insurance Journal's Academy of Insurance | | |
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| | South Central | | | | CoreLogic an Irvine, Calif.-based global property information, analytics and data-enabled solutions provider, has released data analysis... | | | | Louisiana is steeling itself for another in a record-breaking series of violent storms as Hurricane Delta sped across the Gulf of Mexico... | | | | The family of a Louisiana fourth grader is suing the public school system that suspended him after a teacher spotted a BB gun in his room... | | | | Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards has declared a state of emergency ahead of Hurricane Delta, which is on track to hit his state later this... | | | | More South Central News » |
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| | West | | | | Waymo on Thursday will relaunch and expand its fully automated, robo-taxi ride hailing service in Phoenix, rebooting its effort to... | | | | The family of a Black man who was fatally shot by an Orange County sheriff's deputy last month filed a wrongful death claim Tuesday... | | | | M.J. Hall & Co. has formed a personal lines insurance practice, adding April Hughes as a broker specializing in personal lines. Hughes is... | | | | California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara has added new members to the California Department of Insurance's Curriculum Board, the... | | | | A handful of Washington businesses are facing fines for violations related to lack of mask use by customers and staff, however thousands... | | | | More West News » |
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| | International | | | | Premium income for the London company market grew by 10% last year with £21.436 billion of large commercial and wholesale risks... | | | | Five years after London-based hedge fund Toscafund ditched the shares it held in insurance companies, the $3.5 billion firm and its peers... | | | | Canadian hospitality businesses, already reeling from the downturn sparked by the coronavirus pandemic, are facing yet another... | | | | Ant Group's $35 billion initial public offering (IPO) is unlikely to suffer from any U.S. restrictions on the Chinese financial... | | | | Global insurance broker Hub International has acquired the property/casualty and employee benefits businesses of Mumby Insurance Brokers... | | | | More International News » |
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| | | | | | | Business Income Insurance Demystified | | | | Business income coverage is arguably one of the most important coverages your commercial clients should have. Get THE book on the subject. | | | | | | | | Insurance Journal's Academy of Insurance | | |
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| | Insurance Journal Blogs and Columns | | | | This post is part of a series sponsored by ITC (Insurance Technologies Corporation). Comparative rating systems may seem commonplace in... | | | | More Blogs » |
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| | Research and Webinars | | |  | Today, marijuana use has employers balancing state laws against federal anti-drug policies, as well as against employees' rights... | | |  | High net worth individuals and their families --- those with liquid assets of more than $1 million -- have an extensive variety... | | |  | Businesses choose to work with companies that make them smarter, protect them from risk, and generally, make life easier. Does... | | |  | Let's face it—the distribution channel has treated carriers, agents, and customers well in the past, but the digital world we... | | | | More research and webinars » |
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| | Insurance Journal TV | | |  | Remember the infamous McDonald's hot coffee lawsuit from the 1990s? If blazing java on a... | | |  | George Woods, a senior exec with Guy Carpenter, is an intriguing guest. He's knowledgeable... | | | | Watch more videos at InsuranceJournal.tv » |
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| | Reader Comments | | | | Posted: Thu Oct 1 -- This is terrible. For all of these massive publicly traded insurers it is a race to the bottom. Everyone wants to trim expenses to... Augustine | | | | Posted: Mon Oct 5 -- It's refreshing to hear such common sense rulings, and affirm that PHYSICAL PROPERTY damage needs to have occurred for the BI to be... John V. | | | | Posted: Tue Oct 6 -- Interesting article. But I stopped reading when I got to the obligatory End of the World reference. "Homebound offers a glimpse of how... Craig Winston Cornell | | | | Posted: Mon Oct 5 -- So, Repub Gov with same party legislature gleefully supports State of Emergency, while Michigan works to politicize the other party Gov for... Caldude | | | | Posted: Mon Oct 5 -- Where do I start...make insurance companies pay for something not covered. Hmmm...where does that lead. Higher premiums for ALL. Forest for... Jack | | | | Go To Popular Comments » |
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