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Florida legislative leaders posted a proclamation Tuesday painting the broad outlines of the special session scheduled to begin Monday, Dec. 12. And it quickly had tongues wagging around the industry. As expected, the proclamation from Sen. President...
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The startup has attracted over 14k members since launching.
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The company plans to expand the Small Business Gateway to include additional product lines.
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From a pandemic whose effects are still being felt to continued labor shortages, there have never been more reasons for employers to look after their workers’ mental health. The post
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CHICAGO (AP) – Twelve people were hospitalized after a carbon monoxide leak at a church on Chicago’s South Side, fire officials said. The Chicago Fire Department said that just after 1 p.m. it was called to the New Philadelphia Church …
Posted: Dec 06, 2022
A family seeking $33 million in economic damages for alleged brain injuries caused by exposure to carbon monoxide must submit to a battery of neuropsychological tests by the defendant’s doctor, the Texas Supreme Court ruled. The high court on F...
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The legislative session is more than a month away, but fault lines are already emerging between Texas’ top two Republican leaders on two major issues. Both Gov. Greg Abbott and Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick want to use the state’s massive …
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The Florida Legislature will conduct a special session during the week of December 12 focusing on fixes for a failing, flailing insurance market in the state that has reached crisis levels. Symptoms of the crisis include the financial collapse of ...
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According to Fitch Ratings, the Florida homeowners’ insurance market’s already uncertain position is set to weaken further with the destruction caused by Hurricane Ian, which is potentially the second-largest hurricane in terms of insured losses....
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Exec formerly served as director of risk management
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Grants were awarded to non-profits that support workplace development and safety training
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Models expand broker's Health & Benefits Scout tool
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Its 'deep client relationships' align with Marsh's customer-centric approach, says CEO
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We’ve learned a lot of valuable lessons from the 2008 recession and the recent pandemic that can be applied to the current economic downturn. At this juncture, we’ve seen strategic investment in digital isn’t only wise, but necessary.
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The technology that Reserv brings to the table is going to change the standard of claims customer service and reporting in the UK.
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Appalachian Underwriters currently works with 30,000 insurance agencies and over 110,000 individually appointed agents.
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Rhodes joins Next with twenty years of property and casualty insurance experience.
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Days before Hurricane Ian made landfall in late September, Coterie worked with Opterrix to leverage real-time emerging data about impacted property in the projected hurricane path.
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Apple Inc. has been sued by two women who said its AirTag devices have made it easier for their former partners and other stalkers to track down victims. In a proposed class action filed on Monday in San Francisco federal …
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Global credit rating agency AM Best has announced it is maintaining its negative outlook on the US personal lines insurance segment for 2023. It was recently revised to negative in September 2022. According to the announcement, AM Best’s dec...
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Apparently nothing has changed within the last several months to change AM Best’s negative outlook on the U.S. personal lines insurance segment. Tuesday the insurance industry rating agency said it was maintaining its view, first revised in Sep...
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Amwins, a global distributor of specialty insurance products and services, has announced the appointment of Jennifer Nuest to the newly created position of transportation practice leader. Nuest has over a decade of transportation insurance industr...
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Parametric flood insurance is still in its infancy in the United States, but one index-based insurer is preparing to make a splash in five states in early 2023. FloodFlash is set to begin offering parametric coverage for commercial businesses in R...
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Karen Clark & Company (KCC) has announced the launch of complete stochastic climate-conditioned catalogs for the weather-related perils most impacted by climate change, hurricanes, floods, and wildfires. There are five associated climate catal...
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The New Mexico Office of Superintendent of Insurance approved a rate proposal submitted by the National Council on Compensation Insurance that will reduce voluntary workers’ compensation loss costs by an average of 10.7%, to become effective fo...
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More than a quarter of insurtechs will leave the insurance marketplace in 2023 – just a couple years after investments in the space were at an all-time high, according to predictions from research and consulting firm Forrester. “It’ll be...
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The bankruptcy of cryptocurrency exchange FTX is the latest example of a corporate collapse resulting from governance failures, and carries some tough lessons for insurers, according to AM Best. Although FTX is not an insurance company, the rating...
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The Future of Insurance: PLUS Conference Recap Technology is on everyone's mind. Whether it's using bi...
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Uvalde Shooting Victims Seek $27B, Class Action Status Victims of the Uvalde school shoo...
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We’ve learned a lot of valuable lessons from the 2008 recession and the recent pandemic that can be applied to the current economic downturn. At this juncture, we’ve seen strategic investment in digital isn’t only wise, but necessary.
Posted: Dec 06, 2022
A fire in downtown Columbus destroyed a commercial building containing offices and a photo studio and left three firefighters with minor injuries early Sunday. A passerby discovered the fire and called 911 around midnight. When firefighters arrived w...
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Bailey Named Chair of Aon UK Ltd. Board Aon plc, a leading global professional services firm, today announced that it has named Marshall Bailey as non-executive chair of the Aon UK Limited Board, effective Jan. 31, 2023. Bailey replaces Simon …
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Union Bay Acquisition, an aggregator of insurance agencies agent based in Princeton, New Jersey, has acquired LaBrozzi Insurance Group, Inc. of Bradford, Pennsylvania. Terms were not disclosed. Debra LaBrozzi is the founder of LaBrozzi Insurance Grou...
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SUMBERWULUH, Indonesia (AP) – Improved weather conditions Monday allowed rescuers to resume evacuation efforts and a search for possible victims after the highest volcano on Indonesia’s most densely populated island erupted, triggered by monsoo...
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Artificial Intelligence (AI) and machine learning is a growing topic within both the insurance and reinsurance industry, with more companies using the technology to manage manual, low complexity workflows and dramatically increase operational effi...
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Former Wirecard executives go on trial on Thursday, two years after the collapse of the payments company that produced Germany’s biggest post-war fraud scandal and sent shockwaves through the country’s political and financial establishmen...
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Arbol, a global climate risk solutions platform, has announced its parametric reinsurance solution has delivered one of the first payouts for loss or damage attributed to Hurricane Ian. The $10 million payout to Centauri Insurance, a property and...
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Xenia Broking Group Ltd. (XBGL) announced it has agreed to acquire the trade credit insurance business of Linda Scott Associates Limited (LSA). The transaction is expected to complete on Dec. 22, subject to certain closing conditions, following which...
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Hertz Global Holdings Inc. will spend $168 million to settle hundreds of claims that it falsely reported rental customers to the police for car theft when a vehicle was not returned on time. The company had been fighting to bottle …
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Aon has appointed Karl DeGiovanni as director of client solutions for EMEA. DeGiovanni made the announcement on LinkedIn where he also says that he has been with the firm for nearly fifteen years. Based in Malta, he will focus on insurance managem...
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A senior analyst at Bloomberg Intelligence says that European P&C insurers may struggle to register positive returns on their portfolios. Speaking on a Bloomberg Intelligence, Matthew Palazola, senior analyst for P&C insurance, spoke about...
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