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| | National | | | | There were 744 announced insurance agency mergers and acquisitions in 2020, up nearly 20% from 649 reported in 2019. The surge resulted... | | | | The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected Merck & Co. Inc.'s bid to revive a $2.54 billion jury verdict it won against rival drugmaker... | | | | The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday grappled with a dispute that one justice called a "close call" over a lawsuit filed by the city of... | | | | Ford Motor Co. must recall 3 million vehicles with potentially defective driver-side Takata air bags, the U.S. auto safety regulator said... | | | | AM Best announced that it would not change the "A-" financial strength ratings of the members of Dallas-based specialty insurer Hallmark... | | | | International investment management firm TowerBrook Capital Partners and private equity firm Further Global Capital agreed to acquire 100... | | |  Given that business-as-usual is unlikely to return soon due to the coronavirus pandemic, U.S. property/casualty insurers will continue to... | | |  Disasters such as the Space Shuttle Challenger explosion and the Chernobyl nuclear accident are said to have involved... | | | | More National News » |
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| | East | | | | Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker vetoed a sweeping climate change bill Thursday, just days after top Democratic lawmakers on Beacon... | | | | A woman who has Tourette's syndrome may proceed with her lawsuit against a surgeon who declined to repair her injured shoulder because of... | | | | Guardians of a Rhode Island moped driver who was sent into a coma with a head injury after he crashed while being followed closely by a... | | | | The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday grappled with a dispute that one justice called a "close call" over a lawsuit filed by the city of... | | | | More East News » |
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| | Midwest | | | | The Hilb Group LLC (THG) acquired Linwood, Michigan-based Owen Moore Insurance Agency (OMA) in a transaction that was effective Dec. 31,... | | | | Cincinnati, Ohio-based Great American Insurance Group has promoted Kenneth (Ken) R. Bearley to divisional president within its... | | | | Nebraska teachers and meatpacking workers worry it will take longer for essential workers like them to get the coronavirus vaccine now... | | | | A federal judge has awarded more than $1 million in damages to another veteran who says he was sexually abused by a former physician... | | | | More Midwest News » |
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| | Southeast | | | | The Tennessee Department of Commerce & Insurance (TDCI) has located and returned more than $22.8 million to Tennesseans in combinedlife... | | | | The Kentucky Supreme Court ruled last month that an online poker company must pay more than $1 billion to the state for illegal gambling... | | | | Atlanta-based INSUREtrust has announced multiple additions and promotions to its Atlanta team. The company, which was just acquired by... | | | | Florida's property insurance market is "spiraling towards collapse" and requires immediate attention if there is any chance of protecting... | | | | More Southeast News » |
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| | South Central | | | | E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Co. Inc. (DuPont) and a former employee have been indicted for knowingly violating requirements of federal... | | | | Louisiana Citizens Property Insurance Corp., the state-sponsored insurer of last resort, now in its 14th round of depopulation, continues... | | | | AM Best announced that its would not change the "A-" financial strength ratings of the members of Dallas-based Hallmark Insurance Group... | | | | More South Central News » |
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| | West | | | | California may have paid out nearly $10 billion in phony coronavirus unemployment claims - more than double the previous estimate - with... | | | | Brown & Riding has named Harold Nam chief financial officer. Nam joined Brown & Riding in 2008 as a staff accountant. Since joining the... | | | | Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. has acquired San Diego, Calif.-based Atlas General Holdings LLC, dba Atlas General Insurance Services. Mike... | | | | More West News » |
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| | International | | | | The future of Nord Stream 2 looks increasingly uncertain as the U.S. ramped up pressure on the project with new sanctions, and companies... | | | | AkinovA (Bermuda) Ltd., the wholly owned Bermuda trading subsidiary of AkinovA Ltd., has been granted the first "Insurance Marketplace... | | | | HSBC Holdings Plc and Malayan Banking Bhd.'s insurance venture are among shortlisted bidders for AXA SA's business in Singapore, which... | | | | Aon CEO Greg Case has been recognized for advancing the equality of LGBTQ+ employees and individuals. Specifically, Case was named the... | | | | Liberty Specialty Markets (LSM), part of Liberty Mutual Insurance Group, has launched new terrorism insurance coverage in the German... | | | | AXIS Insurance, the specialty insurance business segment of AXIS Capital Holdings Ltd., announced the hiring of two additional... | | | | More International News » |
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| | Research and Webinars | | |  | For the Insurance industry, digital transformation has shifted from the 3 - 5 year plan to the 6 month plan. That transformation... | | |  | It has never been more evident that traditional paradigms no longer serve the insurance industry or its customers. To understand... | | |  | P&C brokers, are you helping your clients navigate their critical areas of risk? Businesses choose to work with brokers that... | | |  | 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 | | |  | Norman Ives, a wholesale insurance broker at Worldwide Facilities LLC specializing in custom... | | |  | Recent research shows that more insurers are taking advantage of cloud technology for data... | | | | Watch more videos at InsuranceJournal.tv » |
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