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| National | | As the development, and possible mass production, of COVID-19 (C-19) vaccines gather speed, the transportation and logistics industry... | | Insurance technology company Zywave snatched up Advisen, a global insurance data provider, in a deal expected to fuel more rapid... | | Cyber security has emerged as the most pressing exposure for business confronting a new "age of risk," topping the coronavirus pandemic... | | The leading drugstores, drug distributors and health insurers lost about $22 billion in market value Tuesday after Amazon.com Inc.... | | U.S. life insurers face questions about their ability to cover a sudden rush of claims after the Federal Reserve highlighted liquidity... | | The U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) said on Monday it was expanding a probe into nearly 159,000 Tesla Model S... | | Arch Insurance North America announced that Stephen Ruschak has been hired as executive vice president, Surety. Ruschak most recently was... | | State Farm is sending sensors that can detect hazards in electric wiring to 40,000 homeowners in California, Arizona and Texas as part of... | | After launching in Florida as a flood insurer in 2016 and expanding into the homeowners market in 2018, TypTap Insurance Co. has officially... | | Much discussion of casualty catastrophe is consumed with talk of the "next asbestos," the $100 billion insurance loss... | | More National News » |
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| East | | An apparent steam explosion in a maintenance building at a Veterans Affairs hospital in Connecticut killed two people Friday, and a third... | | Kaufman Dolowich & Voluck LLP (KDV), a national law firm serving the business and insurance communities and headquartered in Woodbury,... | | TigerRisk Partners has appointed Bill O'Keefe as its head of Strategy. In this new role, O'Keefe will identify growth initiatives, advise... | | More East News » |
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| Midwest | | Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer said on Nov. 16 she has the authority to issue a second stay-at-home order to curb the spiking coronavirus... | | Risk Placement Services (RPS) in Rolling Meadows, Ill., has hired Brian Foley to lead its National Personal Lines Practice. This is a new... | | A small community college in northeast Kansas has settled a lawsuit accusing it of directing coaches to recruit more white athletes and... | | Like many medical workers around the world, the coronavirus pandemic is a burden that Fargo emergency room nurse Adam Johnston can't... | | More Midwest News » |
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| Southeast | | Tennessee Governor Bill Lee has selected Carter Lawrence to serve in his cabinet as commissioner of the Tennessee Department of Commerce... | | Kentucky's Supreme Court on Thursday upheld the governor's authority to issue coronavirus-related restrictions on businesses and... | | A South Carolina county is considering relaxing its mining regulations. The Sun News in Myrtle Beach reports Horry County Council could... | | Several changes came to Florida's Citizens Property Insurance Corp. Board of Governors this month with two new appointments and the... | | More Southeast News » |
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| South Central | | Houston, Texas-based Houston International Insurance Group (HIIG) is changing its name to Skyward Specialty Insurance Group (Skyward... | | Dwight W. Andrus Insurance Inc., based in Lafayette, La., has appointed Erroll "Charlie" Babineaux Jr. chief sales officer. Babineaux... | | The Texas Department of Insurance has issued a call to insurers licensed to write property/casualty insurance in Texas, including surplus... | | More South Central News » |
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| West | | Three Mid-Columbia farms are among those receiving the biggest fines in the state from the Washington state Department of Labor and... | | A magnitude 5.5 earthquake struck a remote corner of Nevada early Friday, shaking the desert and a nearby town, the U.S. Geological... | | MJ Hall & Co. has added Maaika Marsh as a lead broker. Marsh is based in Chandler, Ariz. She has more than 10 years of experience in... | | Calabasas, Calif.-based Topa Insurance Group has promoted Susan Pavone to vice president of underwriting. Pavone will oversee the... | | More West News » |
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| International | | As the development, and possible mass production, of COVID-19 (C-19) vaccines gather speed, the transportation and logistics industry... | | The world's 10 largest insurance markets are cumulatively expected to see their gross domestic product (GDP) decrease by 4.5% in 2020... | | Employers that embrace flexible working after the COVID-19 pandemic could boost applications from women for top jobs by as much as 20%,... | | Some of Canada's largest banks and insurers are set to participate in a pilot project to better understand the risks to the financial... | | Hurricane Iota slammed into Central America late Monday with ferocious winds and rain, threatening to cripple a region already reeling... | | Specialty insurer and reinsurer Convex Group Ltd. announced it has secured commitments for an additional $1.0 billion of equity capital,... | | Swiss Re announced the appointment of Agis Kitsikis as head of Client Markets P&C for Canada and English Caribbean, effective... | | More International News » |
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| Research and Webinars | | | Independent agencies today face an increasingly commoditized market, with new competitors constantly on the rise, and technology... | | | To say that the commercial insurance industry is experiencing a moment of massive, unprecedented transformation would be an... | | | Brokers, help your insureds avoid the most frequently cited violations. OSHA citations. They're rampant, they hide in plain... | | | Influencing the auto insurance claims process from the moment of impact reduces claim costs and improves policyholder... | | More research and webinars » |
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| Insurance Journal TV | | | Elections Part II Nov. 3 came and went, and while there's some still contentious feelings... | | | "Insurance is a technology industry now." That's according to Todd Lukens, chief... | | Watch more videos at InsuranceJournal.tv » |
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