Insurance Journal
The family of a Florida lawyer who suffered a heart attack at a Las Vegas blackjack table last year and died months later has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against a casino. The Las Vegas Review-Journal reports David Jagolinzer was …
Posted: Feb 22, 2023
Sanjeev Chaudhuri, the former chief actuary at Alfa Insurance, is the new chief actuary for the Alabama Department of Insurance, the DOI announced this week. Chaudhuri has more than 20 years of experience in property-casualty insurance, life insuranc...
Posted: Feb 22, 2023
This edition of International People Moves details appointments at Swiss Re, MS Reinsurance, and Aon. A summary of these new hires follows here. Swiss Re Promotes Ningen to CEO, US P&C Re Monica Ningen has been named CEO of US …
Posted: Feb 22, 2023
Two people were killed and three others injured Tuesday when at least two tractor-trailers exploded at a truck and welding business in Miami. The Miami Herald and local TV news outlets reported that the explosion and fire in the Medley …
Posted: Feb 22, 2023
Two people were killed and three others injured Tuesday when at least two tractor-trailers exploded at a truck and welding business in Miami. The Miami Herald and local TV news outlets reported that the explosion and fire in the Medley …
Posted: Feb 22, 2023
Ten months after a vehicle was found buried behind a barn in south Alabama, the former owner of the Hummer has been indicted by a grand jury. Bruce Parnell, of Washington County, reported the 2006 Hummer H2 stolen in 2016 …
Posted: Feb 22, 2023
Tysers, the independent Lloyd’s broker and part of AUB Group, announced the sale of its bloodstock broking team and the bloodstock managing agent, Galileo, to Howden. “We had built an exceptional bloodstock business but, as our focus is n...
Posted: Feb 22, 2023
The U.S. Security and Exchange Commission’s warning shot on Binance’s stablecoin over whether or not it is a security could offer a hint at what type of dollar-pegged tokens may draw regulatory scrutiny, critical information for other dig...
Posted: Feb 22, 2023
The ongoing bird flu outbreak has cost the government roughly $661 million and added to consumers’ pain at the grocery store after more than 58 million birds were slaughtered to limit the spread of the virus. In addition to the …
Posted: Feb 22, 2023
A dozen minors filed a lawsuit with Austria’s top court Tuesday seeking to force the government to ensure their constitutional rights are protected by taking tougher action against climate change. A lawyer for the group said the case submitted...
Posted: Feb 22, 2023
A gay couple won a lawsuit in South Korea granting them spousal coverage from the national health insurance program, an apparent first in the country that only legally recognizes marriage as between heterosexual couples. In its ruling, the Seoul High...
Posted: Feb 22, 2023
A central plank of global accounting rules has become a “performance penalty” which holds back investment in Britain, its financial services minister Andrew Griffith said on Tuesday. So-called mark-to-market, or valuing investments on a r...
Posted: Feb 22, 2023
A central plank of global accounting rules has become a “performance penalty” which holds back investment in Britain, its financial services minister Andrew Griffith said on Tuesday. So-called mark-to-market, or valuing investments on a r...
Posted: Feb 22, 2023
Global shipping companies are exploring ways to boost safety in transporting cargoes as risks grow from fires erupting inside containers or in cars at sea, officials said on Wednesday. Shipping transports around 90% of world trade onboard different v...
Posted: Feb 22, 2023
Despite a range of disruptions, global commercial P/C insurance carriers have actually delivered good returns over the last few years—mostly thanks to higher premiums, which have risen 6 to 8 percent a year since 2018. But that cannot go on …
Posted: Feb 22, 2023
The U.S. government on Tuesday ordered rail operator Norfolk Southern Corp. to clean up contaminated soil and water at the site of a train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, and to attend all public meetings with local residents. The Environmental &...
Posted: Feb 22, 2023
This post is part of a series sponsored by IAT Insurance Group. When it comes to mitigating risks, control and prevention go a long way. Nowhere is this more evident that in the realm of hot work. Hot work is …
Posted: Feb 22, 2023
The Florida Division of Workers’ Compensation has made a tweak to its proposed reimbursement manual for ambulatory surgical centers. The change, posted after a Jan. 12 hearing on the issue, would clarify the wording by removing the words “...
Posted: Feb 22, 2023
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — Officials in New Jersey’s capital city are calling for an investigation into security measures at an arena where a man was stabbed to death during a high school basketball game last week. Mercer County prosecutors say ̷...
Posted: Feb 22, 2023
A New York City police cruiser struck and killed a 52-year-old woman in a multivehicle accident while responding to an emergency call, police said. The crash happened at about 8:30 p.m. Friday in the Far Rockaway section of Queens. Officials …
Posted: Feb 22, 2023
The owner and manager of a Connecticut insurance firm pled guilty this week in White Plains federal court to conspiracy to commit wire fraud and bank fraud, according to prosecutors. Between 2015 and 2019, Anthony Riccardi, and his co-conspirators us...
Posted: Feb 22, 2023
How many adults not in the insurance industry can explain the risks financial loss and how insurance shares that risk, or identify factors impacting insurance premiums and grasp the relationship between premiums, deductibles, and coverage limits? How...
Posted: Feb 21, 2023
Scott Kipper will become the Insurance Commissioner at the Nevada Division of Insurance for the third time. Department of Business and Industry Director Terry J. Reynolds named Kipper to the role on Tuesday. His appointment to head the DOI is …
Posted: Feb 21, 2023
In less than two years, three workers at a leading tool manufacturer in Barberton suffered injuries from unguarded machinery. The latest injury occurred on Oct. 26, 2022, when a worker suffered a left thumb amputation while hand-feeding parts into a...
Posted: Feb 21, 2023
ATON ROUGE, La. (AP) – The city of Baton Rouge will pay a $1.17 million settlement to 14 people who accused local law enforcement of using excessive force and violating their First Amendment rights at a protest over Alton Sterling’s …
Posted: Feb 21, 2023