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Mother Files Wrongful Death Lawsuit Against Shuttered Missouri Christian Boarding School Over Son’s...

MISSION, Kan. (AP) – A mother is suing a shuttered Christian boarding school in Missouri, blaming her son`s death on a gang rape and other abuse he endured there. Agape Boarding School has been subjected to a wave of litigation …

Posted: Oct 25, 2023

Mother Files Wrongful Death Suit Against Shuttered Missouri Boarding School Over Son’s Abuse and Sui...

MISSION, Kan. (AP) – A mother is suing a shuttered Christian boarding school in Missouri, blaming her son’s death on a gang rape and other abuse he endured there. Agape Boarding School has been subjected to a wave of litigation …

Posted: Oct 25, 2023

South Carolina Prosecutors Want to Limit Minority Leader’s Sway Over Judges

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Nine of South Carolina`s 16 elected prosecutors are asking to remove all legislators who are lawyers from a committee that decides which judicial candidates are put before the General Assembly for election. All six of the...

Posted: Oct 25, 2023

People: Myers Named Benefits Group VP at Alliant

Alliant Insurance Services, a distributor based in California, said it has named Scott Myers vice president of its employee benefits group. Myers is based in West Palm Beach. He has 15 years’ experience and has worked as a benefits consultant &...

Posted: Oct 25, 2023

Tesla Aware of Autopilot Steering Malfunction Before Fatal Crash: Lawyer

An attorney suing Tesla over a fatal accident cited an internal safety analysis conducted by the company that showed it knew about a steering malfunction in its Autopilot driver assistant feature about two years earlier. The disclosure came during cl...

Posted: Oct 25, 2023

Florida-based Brown & Brown Beats Expectations with Earnings, Dividends

Brown & Brown Inc. (BRO on NYSE) this week reported third-quarter earnings of $175.9 million. The Daytona Beach, Florida-based brokerage said it had net income of 62 cents per share. Earnings, adjusted for non-recurring costs, came to 71 cents pe...

Posted: Oct 25, 2023

Chubb Q3 Net Income Increases 158% to $2 Billion

Third quarter net income at Chubb Ltd. shot up to $2.04 billion, an increase of nearly 158% over last year’s $792 million during the same quarter. Chubb’s P/C underwriting income was up about 84% to $1.3 billion in the third …

Posted: Oct 25, 2023

Theft of 2 Million Dimes Linked to Truck Cargo Robbery Spree

Federal authorities have released more details and unsealed charges in the theft of more than 2 million dimes earlier this year from a tractor-trailer that had picked up the coins from the U.S. Mint in Philadelphia. The truck driver was …

Posted: Oct 25, 2023

Israeli Firms Try to Cope With Trauma, Worker Shortages, Missed Deadlines

Business as usual is rare right now inside the companies that power Israel’s $520 billion economy, as leaders try to keep operations going while offering emotional and other support to workers. The realities of the Israel-Hamas war are upending...

Posted: Oct 25, 2023

Meta’s Instagram Linked to Depression, Anxiety, Insomnia in Kids: States’ Lawsuit

Dozens of U.S. states are suing Meta Platforms and its Instagram unit, accusing them of fueling a youth mental health crisis by making their social media platforms addictive. In a complaint filed on Tuesday, the attorneys general of 33 states …

Posted: Oct 25, 2023

CISA Offers Guidance on Cybersecurity Awareness Month’s 20th Anniversary

As the world’s digital ecosystem has grown and become more complex, Trent Frazier, deputy assistant director in the stakeholder engagement division at CISA, or the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, said on this episode of The In...

Posted: Oct 25, 2023

Delayed Autopsies Pile Up in Mississippi, Complicating Insurance, Legal Questions

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Incomplete homicide autopsy reports have continued to pile up in Mississippi – despite tough-on-crime talk by state leaders ahead of the Nov. 7 general election. Police officers and prosecutors rely on medical examin...

Posted: Oct 25, 2023

Hurricane Otis Makes Landfall Near Acapulco as Category 5 Storm

Hurricane Otis made landfall near the tourist hotspot of Acapulco on Mexico’s Pacific Coast as a deadly Category 5 hurricane with winds capable of collapsing homes, ripping apart power lines and tossing trees. The storm made landfall around 2:2...

Posted: Oct 25, 2023

GE, Safran Find Bogus Parts on More Jet Engines in AOG Probe

CFM International Inc. identified more aircraft engines and forged documents linked to the UK parts distributor behind an alleged scheme to sell aircraft components backed by forged records. An extensive review by the engine-making joint venture of G...

Posted: Oct 25, 2023

Markets/Coverages: USQRisk Starts Corporate Cyber MGA

USQRisk, the international managing general agent specializing in alternative risk transfer solutions, has announced the launch of Pera, a managing general agent providing cyber and blended cyber and technology E&O insurance to large U.S. domicil...

Posted: Oct 25, 2023

Insurtech Startup QuoteWell Comes Out of Stealth With $15M in Series A Funding

Tech-enabled commercial insurance wholesale brokerage QuoteWell announced its public launch to serve independent retail agents. Founded in 2021, the insurtech said it “helps agents who are often overlooked and given poor customer service due to...

Posted: Oct 25, 2023

Catastrophe Bond Market Headed for Major Surge in Issuance

The market for catastrophe bonds is one of this year’s best-performing debt classes. It’s also about to see a significant increase in sales as the World Bank, a major issuer, prepares to ratchet up its offering. The lender plans to &#8230...

Posted: Oct 25, 2023

‘Superfog’ Blamed For Louisiana Highway Crashes That Killed 7

NEW ORLEANS (AP) – At least seven people were killed Monday after a “superfog” of smoke from marsh fires and dense morning fog caused a series of wrecks on Interstate 55 near New Orleans that left a long stretch of …

Posted: Oct 25, 2023

Ransomware Attacks Have Nearly Doubled Over 2022, Says Corvus

Ransomware attacks are up 95.41% globally in 2023 year over year, a trend showing no signs of slowing. The number of ransomware victims to date in 2023 (3,311) has already surpassed totals for the entirety of 2021 (3,048) or 2022 …

Posted: Oct 25, 2023

Morningstar: Coastal Communities at Risk of Becoming Uninsurable

DBRS Morningstar experts anticipate increased reliance on government insurance programs as insurers exit catastrophe-prone states. New commentary from the credit ratings business said these departures could “eventually trigger declines in prope...

Posted: Oct 25, 2023

Six Years After They Began, Strems’ Massive Litigation Actions Detailed in Book

The story of disbarred Florida plaintiffs’ attorney Scot Strems has been told, in bits and pieces, in this publication and others over the last six years. But the saga and Strems’ alleged actions and the havoc they caused in the …

Posted: Oct 25, 2023

Pennsylvaia Restaurant to Pay $269K for Illegal Pay Practices, Child Labor Violations

A Collegeville, Pennsylvania restaurant and its owners must pay $268,660 in back wages, liquidated damages and punitive damages to satisfy a consent judgment obtained by the U.S. Department of Labor after an investigation into the employers’ il...

Posted: Oct 25, 2023

Pennsylvania Restaurant to Pay $269K for Illegal Pay Practices, Child Labor Violations

A Collegeville, Pennsylvania restaurant and its owners must pay $268,660 in back wages, liquidated damages and punitive damages to satisfy a consent judgment obtained by the U.S. Department of Labor after an investigation into the employers’ il...

Posted: Oct 25, 2023

Two New York Hospitals Resume Admitting Emergency Patients After Cyberattack

Two New York hospitals that were hit with a cyberattack have resumed admitting emergency patients after shutting down their computer systems to investigate, hospital officials said. The ambulance diversion ended Saturday night and the hospitals resum...

Posted: Oct 25, 2023

Forest Service Sued Over Flooding Deaths in Wake of New Mexico’s Largest Recorded Wildfire

Relatives of three people who died last year in a flash flood stemming from the largest wildfire in New Mexico’s recorded history are suing the U.S. Forest Service. The wrongful death lawsuit filed earlier this month alleges the Forest Service...

Posted: Oct 25, 2023