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| | National | | | | A panel of advisers to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Tuesday voted 13 to 1 to recommend that healthcare... | | | | A former Tesla Inc. factory employee will pay Elon Musk's electric car maker $400,000 after it accused him of tipping reporters about... | | | | U.S. Supreme Court justices on Tuesday appeared wary of barring lawsuits against American companies over alleged human rights abuses... | | | | A lawyer for Donald Trump on Tuesday urged a federal appeals court to halt a lawsuit accusing the U.S. president of exploiting his family... | | | | U.S.-based Genworth Financial Inc. reported that Chinese officials have renewed their approval of China Oceanwide Holdings Group's... | | | | Specialty insurer Crum & Forster (C&F) has acquired the renewal rights of Aspen's U.S. food and beverage product recall insurance... | | | | Global insurance broker Lockton reports that three transaction liability advisors from Aon -- Joshua Halpern, Gaurav Sud and Eric Ziff --... | | |  Property/casualty insurance for senior living facilities has taken a hit this year. The insurance market has been hardening for the last... | | |  In fall 2016, Zurich North America moved its operations into a spectacular new 783,000-square-foot complex. Today, it is... | | | | More National News » |
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| | East | | | | Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf has vetoed a bill that would have expanded liability protection against COVID-19-related lawsuits for... | | | | Gale-force winds lashed much of the northeastern U.S. on Monday, prompting tornado watches and flash-flood warnings. "Hold on to your... | | | | The Liberty Company Insurance Brokers has announced that Steve Borkowski and Caparo Insurance of Conshohocken, Penn., have joined the... | | | | More East News » |
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| | Midwest | | | | Auto fatalities are up in Wisconsin despite there being fewer people on the road due to the coronavirus pandemic, a report released on... | | | | Alera Group, an insurance firm headquartered in Deerfield, Mich., has acquired Lighthouse Group, an independent insurance agency with... | | | | A Detroit, Mich.-area funeral home has agreed to pay $250,000 to settle a lawsuit that led to a groundbreaking decision that protects... | | | | More Midwest News » |
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| | Southeast | | | | A jury in Mississippi has returned a $2.6 million verdict to a woman who sued a doctor saying his inaction caused her child to have brain... | | | | Georgia has opened the application process for businesses that want to manufacture cannabis oil for medical use in the state. The General... | | | | Marsh & McLennan Agency LLC (MMA), the middle market agency subsidiary of Marsh, has acquired Heritage Insurance Service, Inc., an... | | | | More Southeast News » |
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| | South Central | | | | A Central Texas county has closed its bars after area hospitalizations for COVID-19 exceeded a state mandated limit. Meanwhile in... | | | | Port officials have begun clearing a shipping channel in Louisiana after sediments pushed into the waterway by hurricanes made the water... | | | | Are a plaintiff's damages in a legal malpractice case limited to the amount they could have collected in a judgement in the underlying... | | | | More South Central News » |
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| | West | | | | California will provide temporary tax relief and $500 million in aid to small businesses struggling because of coronavirus outbreak... | | | | California has asked hospitals to ramp up their coronavirus testing amid a surge of new cases, urging them to test health care workers at... | | | | The 2020 hurricane season set records with the number of storms in Atlantic Ocean regions, but Hawaii escaped largely unscathed in the... | | | | TWFG Insurance has acquired Penguin Insurance Services in Milpitas, Calif. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Penguin is a network of... | | | | More West News » |
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| | International | | | | Reinsurer Conduit Holdings Ltd. rose as it started trading in London after a 826 million-pound ($1.1 billion) initial public offering,... | | | | Allianz announced it has agreed to purchase the general insurance business of Westpac Banking Corp., the Australian banking group for a... | | | | Fairfax Financial Holdings Ltd. announced it has entered into a binding agreement with CVC Capital Partners (CVC) to sell all of its... | | | | U.S.-based Genworth Financial Inc. reported that Chinese officials have renewed their approval of China Oceanwide Holdings Group's... | | | | Ballantyne Brokers Ltd., an independent London broker, announced it has started business. Founded by veteran London market brokers, Ross... | | | | Hub International Ltd., the Chicago-based insurance brokerage, announced that it has acquired Seymour Alper Inc. Terms of the transaction... | | | | COLOMBO - Sri Lanka evacuated 75,000 people from homes on the east coast, where Tropical Cyclone Burevi, packing winds of 80 kph to 90... | | | | AXIS Re, the reinsurance business segment of AXIS Capital Holdings Ltd., announced the hiring of David Bangs as head of Japan. Bangs... | | | | 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... | | |  | Boost retention by reaching out at the right time with the right message. Auto insurance consumers are shopping more than ever... | | |  | AM Best expects that the Directors and Officers (D&O) segment will soon undergo radical changes based on an examination of... | | |  | 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: Wed Nov 25 -- I hope Fresse wins big against Starbucks. This definitely was illegal religious discrimination under federal civil rights law. Paul | | | | Posted: Wed Nov 25 -- If those working for the police department don't understand the concept of reasonable use of deadly force for the purpose of self defense,... Oh Goody | | | | 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: 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 | | | | Go To Popular Comments » |
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